Squirrels

[kneeshooter]

There are Squirrels in the loft. I thought there was just one originally, but I poked my head up earlier and saw at least two.

They are not paying rent. Something has to be done...

Comments

[quondam.livejournal.com]

Send in the chinchillas (with a rent arrears notice)

[spida-x.livejournal.com]

Heh theres a family of em in my Dad's my house.
Noisy buggers they are aswell.
My bro has been up the loft trying to get rid o fem by shooting at em with a BB gun lol.....

[ex-abbie.livejournal.com]

..and quickly cos they chew through wires and the supporting beams.
Bournville pest control 0121 624 7476 (Mark)
Unfortunately it's illigal for them to be set free again but mark feeds them to the local fox and her cubs which i thought was the next best thing.

bournville pest control?

[westernind.livejournal.com]

you tempt them out with chocolate?

Re: bournville pest control?

[ex-abbie.livejournal.com]

and waste good chocolate?

[kneeshooter]

I'm hoping that if I get up into the loft they'll leg back out through the hole they entered by, I can plug the gap and everyone will be happy.

[ex-abbie.livejournal.com]

I tried that, they removed the plug. Tho i suppose it depends what you use, concrete would work.
Don't forget to check for nests first, apparently they worse when trapped.

Good luck, hope you can do it without killing.

[toxicpixie.livejournal.com]

There's only one thing for it...

PIE!

Nathan, the Toxic Pixie

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Friends of mine bought a BB gun to keep the squirrels off the bird feeder...

[toxicpixie.livejournal.com]

S'very handy, but I recomend a decently powered airrifle. Otherwise you run the risk of not actually killing them.

Nathan, the Toxic Pixie

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

They didn't want to kill them, just scare them, which has worked. They now need only open the window and the squirrels will scamper.

Slightly more difficult if they're actually nesting in the loft...

[curlwomble.livejournal.com]

You're meaning an "airsoft" type BB gun shooting plastic pellets, I'm guessing...

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

[toxicpixie.livejournal.com]

I found water pistols to work quite well on cats, so that may help!

Nathan, the Toxic Pixie

[boglin.livejournal.com]

One of those sonic high pitched noise device things?

[mr-h-r-hughes.livejournal.com]

In my experience they don't work.

[curlwomble.livejournal.com]

2 squirrels will rapidly become >2...

[blackvelvetmag.livejournal.com]

Aw. Be nice to them.

[kneeshooter]

That's certainly my intention!

[ephraim.livejournal.com]

Buy a lion and pop that in the loft.

No more squirrel problems.

[scary-lady.livejournal.com]

This made me laugh. A lot.

[lsowersby.livejournal.com]

My dad took a shotgun to the last squirrel that got in where he didn't want it.

A real one - he has a licence & everything.

Apparently he used loads of shells before actually getting it.

I told him he was mean!

[nortysarah.livejournal.com]

Do it quickly! Squirrels are the biggest cause or rural house fires because of chewing through cables. They're a bugger to get rid of too, especially if you want to do it humanely. They don't tend to eat poison. (My parents had them...)

[nortysarah.livejournal.com]

*giggle* My dad shoots them...

[atropa42.livejournal.com]

get a cat! one of mine's very good at catching them. he caught the one i'd painstakingly tamed over winter, anyway. but make sure you get rid of the bodies - they're riddles with fleas!

[t0astbandit.livejournal.com]

a trap perhaps?

http://www.trapman.co.uk/squirrel-traps.htm

[richc.livejournal.com]

Explosive nuts?

[wulfboy.livejournal.com]

During my first year at University I had a terrifying sequence of nightmares about squirrels. I still don't trust them to this day. Odd but true. And not relevant.

gas 'em all.

[purplewizard.livejournal.com]

Capture them and give them to me.
I like squirrels in our garden and feed them every day.
Here's one of our regulars: http://www.paulwilder.co.uk/images/squirrel.jpg

Cats on the other hand I chase out of our garden!