Squirrels are a nuisance. They get into the garbage and birdfeeders. They build nests in the most irritating spots of the garage, attic and eaves. The biggest nuisance of all is when they "swear" at you when you come and go from your own house.
There are several ways to discourage them:
Put a baffle or squirrel guard on bird feeder poles.
Make sure the bird feeders are at least squirrel-jumping distance away from all trees and perches.
Use metal garbage cans and bird feeders instead of plastic which they can chew through.
Use a spring loaded perch bird feeder set so it will not open with the weight of the squirrel.
Use live traps to move them to another area.
Use squirrel repellents such as chili powder, red peppers or cayenne sprinkled where you want them to stay away.
Put chicken wire over your flowerbeds (covered with a light dusting of dirt) to keep them from digging up your bulbs.
Find the holes where they're getting in and patch them up.
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All of these work, I can tell you from experience. I can also tell you that when you try to keep them away from one area they invade another area. One night I came home to find a dead squirrel in our toilet. He crawled down the drain vent stack thinking it was an interesting place to build a nest, swam to the toilet and then panicked when he found the toilet seat down until he drowned. I still think about all the fun my dog and cat could have had if the seat was up - and my family still teases me about screaming my head off when I found it!
You do have to admire the little rodents.
They can pull a tortilla through a quarter inch hole in a garbage bag and keep it in one piece.
They know that the dog can't chase them past the fence and the cat can't get them through the screen, so they can swear at them all they want at a safe distance.
They are amazing acrobats that will try anything and chew through anything to get to food.
My ingenious husband came up with a plan to use their inquisitiveness against them. He hung empty coffee cans on trees spaced several feet apart (because squirrels are territorial) and put sunflower seeds in them to feed them.
That's when we made the most amazing discovery. If you feed them, they'll leave other areas alone! They didn't even make nests in our garage anymore; instead then made nests in the trees near the feeders.
Now I must warn you that you need a coffee can feeder for each squirrel unless you want to listen to them squabble all day long when another squirrel enters their territory. Screaming squirrels confuse the other animals and birds it is a danger alarm and they stay away, which defeats the purpose of feeding the birds.
Soon we discovered that each squirrel had its own personality. One squirrel ate so the sunflower shells fell outside the can. Another would grab a seed, eat on the rim of the coffee can with its back the tree trunk so it could watch its domain while it ate. Others preferred to hide inside or to peek out now and then like it was a soldier in a foxhole. We found squirrels even more entertaining than birds!
Speaking of entertainment... squirrel feeders are a fun way for the furry court jesters to work for their supper and "earn their keep".
Put ears of dried corn on the end of a squirrel spinner or arrow feeder and enjoy watching them try to eat it.
Put a corn cob on the end of a squirrel bungee.
Put nuts or seeds in a squirrel munch box where they need to open a lid to pull out food.
Extend a wire or cord from one tree to another so they have to tightrope-walk to get to the food.
There are also cute corn cob feeders made to look like little picnic tables or adirondack chairs.
As they say, if you can't beat them - join them. We discovered that feeding the squirrels not only kept them out of trouble, but entertained us as well. As an added bonus flying squirrels were visiting the feeders at night!
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