Ridgeviewer
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Very doubtful that they have left. The insulation hanging out of the hole confirms one thing for sure, "They are getting in your attic". Do you have a digital camera?
Problem Squirrels!!!!!!!!! HELP
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Brent,
Try the PETA approach. I did a quick internet search and guess what I found. www.critter-repellent.com , LOL, who knew. Anyways it looks like they have a predator piss repellent that might be your easiest fix, don’t kill em, just make em relocate. You are going to open the dreadful scuttle/hatch/etc. to place the powder in the attic. I wouldn’t shake it all over as much as put a layer in the bottom of several butter bowls for easy clean up. When they vacate the premises repair the hole. The shake predator piss repellent can is $ 15.95. Well worth the investment.
Good luck and happy hunting!
Peace,
Dave
Try the PETA approach. I did a quick internet search and guess what I found. www.critter-repellent.com , LOL, who knew. Anyways it looks like they have a predator piss repellent that might be your easiest fix, don’t kill em, just make em relocate. You are going to open the dreadful scuttle/hatch/etc. to place the powder in the attic. I wouldn’t shake it all over as much as put a layer in the bottom of several butter bowls for easy clean up. When they vacate the premises repair the hole. The shake predator piss repellent can is $ 15.95. Well worth the investment.
Good luck and happy hunting!
Peace,
Dave
Badgerbacker89
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I had the exact same thing happen back home in Wisconsin. I tried the live trap, and never caught a squirrel. Then I tried a smoke bomb type thing meant for moles and gophers, but that didn't seem to work either. The only way I resolved it was by climbing up on the roof with my .22 while someone stayed inside and thumped on the ceiling to drive them out. But more came back! I remember shooting at least 8 squirrels over a two-year period. You can buy subsonic .22 rounds that sound like a BB gun. I even had a box of subsonic .22 shorts that I used to shoot rats in the barn with. Shoot them and patch the hole would be my two cents.
tripod3
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Hi, We have dealt with the squirrel thing too. Starlings are the next fun thing. Wild bird seed is very attractive to squirrels. if you are around alot just make a small pile(cup)on the ground and replenish regularly until you can ambush them. Or by hanging a small bird feeder by wire from tree or post just barely within a squirrels reach they will spend alot of time balancing and reaching for the seed. Just ask anyone with a bird feeder in your area. But don't tell em why. Pellet gun is very effective. Good Luck
The Perferator
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I've got a solution that is very effective but needs extreme care in the use. Be very careful with this.......ever hear of "fly bait" or "blue streak"?? It's a farmers answer to killing flys in the critter stalls but works very effectively on varmints.
You must be careful of any animals in the area as poison left out overnite is very non-selective.
This stuff is found at most farmer's supplies and co'ops. You mix it with a pepsi or coke in a small bowl which acts as an attractant. For squirrels you may have to mix it with peanut butter. I know a fella that uses it for 'coon and it kills them nearly instantly if mixed correctly.
The problem is when there are kids nearby or neighbors pets.....but if the location and need are in sync nothing will get rid of pests quicker or cleaner. Dcon will chase them into tight places looking for water or who knows where they will go to die and stink.
In case I didnt mention it...be careful with this stuff. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Good luck!
Perferator
You must be careful of any animals in the area as poison left out overnite is very non-selective.
This stuff is found at most farmer's supplies and co'ops. You mix it with a pepsi or coke in a small bowl which acts as an attractant. For squirrels you may have to mix it with peanut butter. I know a fella that uses it for 'coon and it kills them nearly instantly if mixed correctly.
The problem is when there are kids nearby or neighbors pets.....but if the location and need are in sync nothing will get rid of pests quicker or cleaner. Dcon will chase them into tight places looking for water or who knows where they will go to die and stink.
In case I didnt mention it...be careful with this stuff. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Good luck!
Perferator
Ridgeviewer you owe me a dry pair of pants and some cleaner for my office chair. I can't quit envisoning the miner's lamp and the water skis. I too carpenter for a living and have seen the fall through more than once. Thanks for the great laugh. By the way they do make a poison that will kill and stop the smell. Talk to an exterminator.
lost_arkie
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I had same prob I baited with every thing then my son put grape jelly in trap and bang we got all 5 of the little @#$@^% in 2 days they love grape jelly
Krustyklimber
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Brent,
Until you seal the hole you'll continue to have animal problems of one kind or another.
I saw a show recently that said squirrels (all species) do 5 billion dollars worth of damage to homes and crops in this country, try not to have to pay your share.
First you have to make sure you have evicted everyone, as mentioned a dead squirrel above your bedroom is not a good thing. "Honey, what's that brown spot on the ceiling?"
Here's what the pro's use. You can buy em for about ten bucks, or make one (and a cage) with wire from the hardware store.
Get a ladder and climb up there in the evening, after the squirrels are in, screw the one way trap head onto the wall over the hole.
A cage with the same type of gravity door can be attached to the one on the wall with some bailing wire, and the offending squirrels can be relocated, or sent to heaven.
That way they don't do even more damage trying to break back in, to get to the food they have stored in your house.
Make sure to wear heavy gloves to remove the cage from the wall, and use a piece of bailing wire to hold the cage door shut (if the cage tips over the door opens).
After you're sure no more squirrels are in your house, and they have no other ways in and out, seal the hole.
Krusty
Until you seal the hole you'll continue to have animal problems of one kind or another.
I saw a show recently that said squirrels (all species) do 5 billion dollars worth of damage to homes and crops in this country, try not to have to pay your share.
First you have to make sure you have evicted everyone, as mentioned a dead squirrel above your bedroom is not a good thing. "Honey, what's that brown spot on the ceiling?"
Here's what the pro's use. You can buy em for about ten bucks, or make one (and a cage) with wire from the hardware store.
Get a ladder and climb up there in the evening, after the squirrels are in, screw the one way trap head onto the wall over the hole.
A cage with the same type of gravity door can be attached to the one on the wall with some bailing wire, and the offending squirrels can be relocated, or sent to heaven.
That way they don't do even more damage trying to break back in, to get to the food they have stored in your house.
Make sure to wear heavy gloves to remove the cage from the wall, and use a piece of bailing wire to hold the cage door shut (if the cage tips over the door opens).
After you're sure no more squirrels are in your house, and they have no other ways in and out, seal the hole.
Krusty
trapper-predator-caller_04
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I'm not quite an expert on it but 
i have got my fair share of squirrels get a 110 conibear aput it in a box in your attic put some p-nut butter bread in the back, or get a pellet gun and shoot him out of a tree. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
i have got my fair share of squirrels get a 110 conibear aput it in a box in your attic put some p-nut butter bread in the back, or get a pellet gun and shoot him out of a tree. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif