"jeffrey lohn" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote:

"jeffrey lohn" wrote in message
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we laid a new mini-citi-backyard lawn(with sod) about 6 weeks ago...
it's great!! but squirrells are digging holes in it every day.
it's such a small lawn that if this keeps up, alas, our lawn will
disappear.
any suggestions to deal with this greatly appreciated...

Throw lots of peanuts into your neighbors' yards. :-)



i might just do that given that the neighbors left and right have no
grass to be dug up(so i wouldn't be exporting my problem to them)

Another option is to get a Havahart trap, bait it with crackers & peanut
butter, catch the little beasties, and drive them to a park. Be sure to put
some corrugated cardboard under the trap when you put it in the car.
Squirrels have lots of claws, and they'll shred whatever's under the cage.

Of course, this is temporary, since other squirrels will soon move into the
vacated territory, but if you continue the trapping, it might buy you the
couple of months you need for the lawn to get tough enough to be
un-diggable.

By the way, practice at opening the trap from behind and taking 3 steps
backward, quickly. Squirrels get really ****ed off. My experience is that
really don't attack you, but I've seen one or two jump on top of the trap so
fast that your hand gets caught in the action.