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I have made mouse traps out of five gallon buckets, and a tin can on a
wire stretched over the open end. Wipe peanut butter on the can, and
when the mouse steps out on it, it spins and dumps the mouse in the
water.

I have been fighting squirrels all spring. Tomorrow a king size
version goes up, and we'll see how the squirrels do. Going to get
two more for other positions on my property.

Will keep you posted.

Steve


Why?

Why what?


Why are you fighting squirrels?

Because they come into my property, and will strip an apricot tree in
half a day. They don't eat the meat, they leave that on the ground.
They take off the pits. Same thing with almonds. They eat a lot of
stuff, and also destroy a lot without eating it. They chew their way
into the shed and plow through a bag of feed, eat some, and urinate and
defecate in the rest of the bag while they're in there. We have
hantavirus here, and so they bring that with them.

Other than that, I guess they're pretty okay.

Steve


You're never going to trap them all. The only sane solution is to protect
things like the grain. How about storing it in clean metal trash cans with
the lids strapped with bungee cords? If you think they'll chew the bungee
cords, use chain. If they continue chewing on the shed until they figure
out it's pointless, call a siding company and have them wrap the
vulnerable areas in aluminum.

Killing them with these simple devices is far cheaper, and far more
effective. Plus the damages they do in lessened numbers is cost effective.

Steve