[Rapscallion St Croix]

Originally Posted by DonH57

I think it's the poor quality in sources of food available for them. I'm thinking the palm nuts wouldn't be that nutritious, but then again I don't eat them myself!

Palm nuts or squirrels?

[MACH7SS]

Easy solution. Have-a-heart trap from Amazon for 26 bucks. They are easy to trap and relocate to "greener" pastures. If you take them to a wooded area, they will not return. To squirrels, one place is as good as another if they have a food source.

[DonH57]

Originally Posted by Rapscallion St Croix

Palm nuts or squirrels?

The palm nuts!

[BobnBev]

Originally Posted by biker1

Yes, I have trapped 4 or 5 at our previous home. They were becoming a serious problem after chewing through a soffit. Once trapped, you have essentially two options. Drown them or relocate them. Some have the opinion that relocation must be far away. I took them about 10 miles away on the other side of an interstate so returning was going to be a real challenge. Good luck.

I heard they taste like chicken..

[Doro22]

I understand your problem, and...we may be crazy but...wait for it, wAit for it...it’s coming.

We put a few black plastic forks stuck in the ground around the beds, teeth side up. Honestly the squirrels avoid our yard mostly. We see them running all around and they do come across for a few minutes. But they leave pretty quickly. They must think it’s the teeth of a predator. A few neighbors have noticed and think we are nutty. But that’s ok. Lol!

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by DonH57

I think it's the poor quality in sources of food available for them. I'm thinking the palm nuts wouldn't be that nutritious, but then again I don't eat them myself!

About every oak around here produces acorns.

[aninjamom]

Make sure that you don't have anything inside your screen that they would want; grease trap in the grill, birdseed, pet food, etc. If there's no reason to get inside, they won't.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by karostay

Relocating you may be breaking the law

I can read the headlines now, Man get beat to death at square, accused gets 6 months probation, other gets charges dropped. Man caught relocating nuisance squirrel gets 6 months in jail.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by aninjamom

Make sure that you don't have anything inside your screen that they would want; grease trap in the grill, birdseed, pet food, etc. If there's no reason to get inside, they won't.

In fall and before mating season squirrels look for shelter, food has nothing to do with it.

[Fredman]

Squirrels were living in my soffit used a hava heart trap and got a young one. Momma left with remaining young ones never to be seen again.

[Vladimir]

Originally Posted by biker1

Yes, I have trapped 4 or 5 at our previous home. They were becoming a serious problem after chewing through a soffit. Once trapped, you have essentially two options. Drown them or relocate them. Some have the opinion that relocation must be far away. I took them about 10 miles away on the other side of an interstate so returning was going to be a real challenge. Good luck.

In my previous suburban home a neighbor would sit in the back with a pellet gun and shoot them. He was a pretty good shot.
I had some squirrels get into my attic in my previous home so I put up cage traps, put peanut butter in the trap and caught 4 of them. Took them to the lake and drowned them since they would come back even if released a few miles from the house.

[DonH57]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

About every oak around here produces acorns.

True. I just wonder why the squirrels around here compared to the ones up north are smaller, skinnier, and their tails are not as fluffed and full. Just an observance.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by DonH57

True. I just wonder why the squirrels around here compared to the ones up north are smaller, skinnier, and their tails are not as fluffed and full. Just an observance.

Diet and grooming.

[DonH57]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Diet and grooming.

Yep, good point. I forgot maybe the little fellows are running around searching out sucking down the remaining alcohol from all those nips villagers throw out !

[New Englander]

Originally Posted by DonH57

Yep, good point. I forgot maybe the little fellows are running around searching out sucking down the remaining alcohol from all those nips villagers throw out !

I've never seen any empty nip bottles on the ground in TV.