My husband has been at war with squirrels invading our home for 3 years. He has tried everything to seal the roof to keep them out, but they still find ways to enter. We changed the siding from cedar to hardi plank, on one side of the home and replaced the roof. Now he has been on the roof everyday trying to nail down everything in sight. If anyone knows the best way to deal with this issues, please respond. Thanks in advance!!!
2007-01-15 13:14:38 · 7 answers · asked by aprettybown 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
I had a squirral issue back in my old house before we had a fire and had to totally rebuild it.
The problem with the squirrals is that they chew through anything soft. The house was built in 1942 and they would chew right through the sophet and at one point even went right through the roof.
The thing that worries me most is that when you seal up the holes you want to make sute the squirrals are totally out of your attic. Nouthing worse than blocking them inside and then 3 weeks later noticing a really bad smell and have to go hunting through the insulation to remove a dead squirral.
For a temporary fix, get some sheet metal or aluminum and go over the hole and screw it to the existing roof or wood.
When we re-built my house we installed all new alumimum siding, the squirrals can't chew through it so the problem is solved!
The other thing you might want to consider is that its probably the same darn squirral who is chewing holes into your attic. Get a trap and place it in the attic. Once you catch the squirral, let it go a few miles away from your house and hope it doesn't find its way back!
I had a simmilar problem with a raccoon in my attic, for weeks I thought it was a squirral and it got to the point where the raccoon decided to get into the christmass decorations and I could hear the glass balls from the christmass tree rolling around in the attic at 3am. I get the ladder out at 3am with my squirt gun, open the hatch to the attic and the raccoon is looking me right in the face. I turned white and almost fell off the ladder :)
But I couldn't get rid of it, I kept on sealing up the holes and it would make a new hole. Finally got a trap, caught it and drove it seveal miles away from my house and let it go in the woods, and no more raccoon in the attic anymore.
A BB Gun will solve this problem also, but I don't like killing small animals no matter how annoying they may be!
2007-01-15 16:10:36 · answer #1 · answered by metrodish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Besides hiring professional pest control people try smashing moth balls in a plastic bag and sprinkling it around the areas the squirrels hang out in they don't like it. Also if the squirrels are getting in your attic try renting an attic blower from a hardware store and up-grading your attic with cellulose insulation. It is treated with numerous chemicals, one of which is an rodent repellant that mice and squirrels stay out of, besides, you will make your house more energy efficient in the process, it doesn't cost much, the hardware store will sometimes waive the rental fee if you buy the cellulose from them and it only takes two people a couple hours out of you day. Good Luck.
2007-01-16 06:26:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This attic area is the best one available for the squirrels to nest, and have young. The answers that you have recieved concerning removal of tree limbs, access to roof line are good ones. I dont advocate the killing of wildlife, however if you could get your hands a very large housecat(a real one, with claws and a temper) that had access to the roofline, it would not take long for the squirrels to move.
2007-01-19 08:42:27 · answer #3 · answered by ridge.runnr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't understand how they can be getting in if there are no openings and the chimney is covered. Have you used live traps inside and on the roof? Some times they can be rented. Take them for a ride or swim. I'm not trying to be heartless, but if they chew the wiring you could have a house fire.
2007-01-15 15:45:52 · answer #4 · answered by lyyman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What can you do to prevent them from getting on your roof in the first place? If there are overhanging trees, can they be cut back or removed? (If they are doing the high wire act on your phone/cable/electric I guess you are stuck!) Vines up the side of the house? Remove or block their access to the roof.
So between what you guys have already done, and what I have proposed, have covered mechanical. That leaves chemical and electrical as options! Apply a pesticide/repellant recommended by Animal Control in your state, or one of those sonic repellers sold in hardware stores.
2007-01-15 13:25:46 · answer #5 · answered by KirksWorld 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I own a stay capture for catching groundhogs and skunk. it is going to paintings solid for this. a million. placed the tap contained in the area you spot the animal maximum. 2. Bait the capture making use of produce scraps. Apple cores, corn, bread, peanut butter. 3. be sure the tap feels organic to the animal. often times the animal can tell that the capture is made up of metal and it wont flow close to it or step on the set off. For this you're taking grass and leaf clippings and position them on top of the set off and around the perimeters of the capture to make it sense better secure for the animal to enter. 4. go away your capture out or open at evening. Raccoon's not often come out in the course of the day. discover the position the close by state parks are on your section. you'll take your animal there and drop them off. be sure the drop off is a minimum of 10 miles out of your position.
2016-12-02 08:29:11 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a fake owl nothing will come near it.
2007-01-15 13:22:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋