"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
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"Josie" wrote in message
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Message from Alan Holmes on Sat, 3 Jun 2006
22:07:05 Squirrels:


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Josie Wrote:
This year the garden is inundated with grey squirrels. Does anyone
know
whether they take rat poison, or whether a special poison is
available?

Thank you, Joe
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Your garden may be inundated with them, but before you take any
drastic
action, please consider what damage they are actually causing and
also
think about your neighbours. We have squirrels that have become the
wild pets of old folk who live near by and my disabled son. They
cause
little damage in the area since they are regularly fed by the people
who
love them and look forward to their arrival in the mornings.

I appreciate that some people may like squirrels because they look
pretty, but they are pests. They ravage costly bird food - they are
costing me a fortune in shelled sunflower seeds; they destroy birds
nests (even a tits nets box in my garden) and God help you if they
access your loft undetected.

I don't mind the odd one, even every day, but we're now inundated with
two or three almost throughout the day. I think they are nesting high
up in an apple tree!

I think poison will be the most effective solution.

Perhaps if you were to stop attracting scavengers into your garden by
putting out food for them, they might move on?

I wasn't aware that great tits were scavengers!


Any wild creatures eating food people have left lying about in the open are
scavenging. People who put out food intended as bait for one particular
species they wish to see in their garden, but which is also attractive to a
wide range of species, shouldn't be surprised when all and sundry turn up
for the free feast. Nor even when predators learn to 'harvest' the
concentrations of creatures attracted to the garden.