I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

This is a thread destined to be flamed. So be it.

Dear PETA,

Don't read this.

onward.

I have squirrels (oh yes, those cutesy little scamps running around
with nuts in their mouths climbing trees and spreading glee throughout
the land) that are not only digging up my brand new seedlings but
terrorizing the pots they reside in as well. So far they have killed
at least ten burgeoning plants. No more. I'm going walking tall on
these punks very soon if I can't get some advice. (please).

So, without further adieu here is my question:

What is a safe and relatively easy alternative to preventing these
*******s from eating my seedlings (and digging into the soil)?

My first thought isn't safe- it involves a competition .22 with hot
ammo and a spray of blood so fanning that it will look like the skies
are raining death. Locked, cocked, and ready for squirrel.

These *******s taunt me. Sitting high-and-mighty in *my* trees which
I let them hang out in. They stare at me- they know me- I'm their
maker- the one they may meet. They casually dance through the
branches and always get away of course. But, from the bullet? Not
so much.

So with the secondary intention of actually saving these, ahem, a-
holes, can someone please recommend a safe solution to either
preventing them from eating my greens?

If necessary I will build a squirrel sanctuary. One with plenty of
weeds and expensive organic soil for them to dig through- sort of like
a bat house. They can sit there fancy-free and munch away at things
that nobody cares about. I will provide them a steady supply of nuts
during the winter and even crack them for them to not damage their
teeth. I will provide yearly dental checkups just in case. I will
warm their squirrel house's with a nice warm incandescent glow so they
may dine together on things OTHER THAN MY PLANTS.

Thank your your your attention to this pressing matter.

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

In article .com,
foo wrote:

This is a thread destined to be flamed. So be it.

Dear PETA,

Don't read this.

onward.

I have squirrels (oh yes, those cutesy little scamps running around
with nuts in their mouths climbing trees and spreading glee throughout
the land) that are not only digging up my brand new seedlings but
terrorizing the pots they reside in as well. So far they have killed
at least ten burgeoning plants. No more. I'm going walking tall on
these punks very soon if I can't get some advice. (please).

So, without further adieu here is my question:

What is a safe and relatively easy alternative to preventing these
*******s from eating my seedlings (and digging into the soil)?

My first thought isn't safe- it involves a competition .22 with hot
ammo and a spray of blood so fanning that it will look like the skies
are raining death. Locked, cocked, and ready for squirrel.

These *******s taunt me. Sitting high-and-mighty in *my* trees which
I let them hang out in. They stare at me- they know me- I'm their
maker- the one they may meet. They casually dance through the
branches and always get away of course. But, from the bullet? Not
so much.

So with the secondary intention of actually saving these, ahem, a-
holes, can someone please recommend a safe solution to either
preventing them from eating my greens?

If necessary I will build a squirrel sanctuary. One with plenty of
weeds and expensive organic soil for them to dig through- sort of like
a bat house. They can sit there fancy-free and munch away at things
that nobody cares about. I will provide them a steady supply of nuts
during the winter and even crack them for them to not damage their
teeth. I will provide yearly dental checkups just in case. I will
warm their squirrel house's with a nice warm incandescent glow so they
may dine together on things OTHER THAN MY PLANTS.

Thank your your your attention to this pressing matter.
Foo,
As a gardener, I'm always amazed when I make that Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde transformation that comes when you see the stumps of your
vegetative wards sticking up out of the ground or their shriveled
corpses lying on the dirt. I suggest that you look at the conversation
that we just had here (or was it in rec.gardens.edible?) about keeping
cats and dogs out of gardens. What is working for me right now is a
sprinkler that is set off by a motion detector (about $20). Hope
squirrels aren't aqua-philes.

Good luck,
- Bill
Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

"foo" wrote in message
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This is a thread destined to be flamed. So be it.

Dear PETA,

Don't read this.

onward.


Chicken wire or fence wire. Think about it. Make caps out of these
materials. Once the plants reach a certain size, remove the caps. "Certain
size" depends on which plants. You'll figure it out.

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

"foo" wrote in message
oups.com...
This is a thread destined to be flamed. So be it.

Dear PETA,

Don't read this.

onward.

I have squirrels (oh yes, those cutesy little scamps running around
with nuts in their mouths climbing trees and spreading glee throughout
the land) that are not only digging up my brand new seedlings but
terrorizing the pots they reside in as well. So far they have killed
at least ten burgeoning plants. No more. I'm going walking tall on
these punks very soon if I can't get some advice. (please).

So, without further adieu here is my question:

What is a safe and relatively easy alternative to preventing these
*******s from eating my seedlings (and digging into the soil)?

My first thought isn't safe- it involves a competition .22 with hot
ammo and a spray of blood so fanning that it will look like the skies
are raining death. Locked, cocked, and ready for squirrel.

These *******s taunt me. Sitting high-and-mighty in *my* trees which
I let them hang out in. They stare at me- they know me- I'm their
maker- the one they may meet. They casually dance through the
branches and always get away of course. But, from the bullet? Not
so much.

So with the secondary intention of actually saving these, ahem, a-
holes, can someone please recommend a safe solution to either
preventing them from eating my greens?

If necessary I will build a squirrel sanctuary. One with plenty of
weeds and expensive organic soil for them to dig through- sort of like
a bat house. They can sit there fancy-free and munch away at things
that nobody cares about. I will provide them a steady supply of nuts
during the winter and even crack them for them to not damage their
teeth. I will provide yearly dental checkups just in case. I will
warm their squirrel house's with a nice warm incandescent glow so they
may dine together on things OTHER THAN MY PLANTS.

Thank your your your attention to this pressing matter.

Get a dog.

--
Travis in Shoreline Washington

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

On May 11, 5:11 pm, foo wrote:
This is a thread destined to be flamed. So be it.

Dear PETA,

Don't read this.

onward.

I have squirrels (oh yes, those cutesy little scamps running around
with nuts in their mouths climbing trees and spreading glee throughout
the land) that are not only digging up my brand new seedlings but
terrorizing the pots they reside in as well. So far they have killed
at least ten burgeoning plants. No more. I'm going walking tall on
these punks very soon if I can't get some advice. (please).

So, without further adieu here is my question:

What is a safe and relatively easy alternative to preventing these
*******s from eating my seedlings (and digging into the soil)?

My first thought isn't safe- it involves a competition .22 with hot
ammo and a spray of blood so fanning that it will look like the skies
are raining death. Locked, cocked, and ready for squirrel.

These *******s taunt me. Sitting high-and-mighty in *my* trees which
I let them hang out in. They stare at me- they know me- I'm their
maker- the one they may meet. They casually dance through the
branches and always get away of course. But, from the bullet? Not
so much.

So with the secondary intention of actually saving these, ahem, a-
holes, can someone please recommend a safe solution to either
preventing them from eating my greens?

If necessary I will build a squirrel sanctuary. One with plenty of
weeds and expensive organic soil for them to dig through- sort of like
a bat house. They can sit there fancy-free and munch away at things
that nobody cares about. I will provide them a steady supply of nuts
during the winter and even crack them for them to not damage their
teeth. I will provide yearly dental checkups just in case. I will
warm their squirrel house's with a nice warm incandescent glow so they
may dine together on things OTHER THAN MY PLANTS.

Thank your your your attention to this pressing matter.

A live trap might be an option. I've seen them for sale at farm and
ranch supply places for about $40.00 Also, some state divisions of
wildlife lend these out to property owners (probably on a limited
basis - and maybe for a fee???) but something to check into. I am
told that once you catch the little bugger you have to take it for
ride of at least 5 miles before releasing it, in order to keep it from
returning.
Hope this helps. Happy trapping! :)

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get somehelp.
 

foo wrote:
[...]

I have squirrels [...]

Then build one of these:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f5d_1172741350

--
Grandpa

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

On May 11, 5:11 pm, foo wrote:
This is a thread destined to be flamed. So be it.

So with the secondary intention of actually saving these, ahem, a-
holes, can someone please recommend a safe solution to either
preventing them from eating my greens?

Actually the bit about the squirrel sanctuary is sometimes advised. If
they're eating nuts they aren't as interested in your salad. That
said, I don't like the idea of feeding tree rats. Besides which they
start burying nuts in the ground.

My cats are into chasing squirrels when I let them out, and I let
them, but never when there's actually a danger of them catching one.
The scare is enough. But my cats aren't out all the time, and I don't
want them digging in my garden either.

I've used blood meal sprinkled on the ground with some success. IMHO
it gives the squirrels the idea that a squirrel-like creature met its
demise in your garden. But it has to be applied after every rainfall.

Good luck!

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

On May 11, 7:11 pm, foo wrote:
This is a thread destined to be flamed. So be it.

Dear PETA,

Don't read this.

onward.

I have squirrels (oh yes, those cutesy little scamps running around
with nuts in their mouths climbing trees and spreading glee throughout
the land) that are not only digging up my brand new seedlings but
terrorizing the pots they reside in as well. So far they have killed
at least ten burgeoning plants. No more. I'm going walking tall on
these punks very soon if I can't get some advice. (please).

So, without further adieu here is my question:

What is a safe and relatively easy alternative to preventing these
*******s from eating my seedlings (and digging into the soil)?

My first thought isn't safe- it involves a competition .22 with hot
ammo and a spray of blood so fanning that it will look like the skies
are raining death. Locked, cocked, and ready for squirrel.

These *******s taunt me. Sitting high-and-mighty in *my* trees which
I let them hang out in. They stare at me- they know me- I'm their
maker- the one they may meet. They casually dance through the
branches and always get away of course. But, from the bullet? Not
so much.

So with the secondary intention of actually saving these, ahem, a-
holes, can someone please recommend a safe solution to either
preventing them from eating my greens?

If necessary I will build a squirrel sanctuary. One with plenty of
weeds and expensive organic soil for them to dig through- sort of like
a bat house. They can sit there fancy-free and munch away at things
that nobody cares about. I will provide them a steady supply of nuts
during the winter and even crack them for them to not damage their
teeth. I will provide yearly dental checkups just in case. I will
warm their squirrel house's with a nice warm incandescent glow so they
may dine together on things OTHER THAN MY PLANTS.

Thank your your your attention to this pressing matter.

Ever notice that you never see squirrels in parts of the country were
people consider them delicious?

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

"Gary" wrote in message
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On May 11, 5:11 pm, foo wrote:
This is a thread destined to be flamed. So be it.

Dear PETA,

Don't read this.

onward.

I have squirrels (oh yes, those cutesy little scamps running around
with nuts in their mouths climbing trees and spreading glee
throughout
the land) that are not only digging up my brand new seedlings but
terrorizing the pots they reside in as well. So far they have killed
at least ten burgeoning plants. No more. I'm going walking tall on
these punks very soon if I can't get some advice. (please).

So, without further adieu here is my question:

What is a safe and relatively easy alternative to preventing these
*******s from eating my seedlings (and digging into the soil)?

My first thought isn't safe- it involves a competition .22 with hot
ammo and a spray of blood so fanning that it will look like the skies
are raining death. Locked, cocked, and ready for squirrel.

These *******s taunt me. Sitting high-and-mighty in *my* trees which
I let them hang out in. They stare at me- they know me- I'm their
maker- the one they may meet. They casually dance through the
branches and always get away of course. But, from the bullet? Not
so much.

So with the secondary intention of actually saving these, ahem, a-
holes, can someone please recommend a safe solution to either
preventing them from eating my greens?

If necessary I will build a squirrel sanctuary. One with plenty of
weeds and expensive organic soil for them to dig through- sort of
like
a bat house. They can sit there fancy-free and munch away at things
that nobody cares about. I will provide them a steady supply of nuts
during the winter and even crack them for them to not damage their
teeth. I will provide yearly dental checkups just in case. I will
warm their squirrel house's with a nice warm incandescent glow so
they
may dine together on things OTHER THAN MY PLANTS.

Thank your your your attention to this pressing matter.

A live trap might be an option. I've seen them for sale at farm and
ranch supply places for about $40.00 Also, some state divisions of
wildlife lend these out to property owners (probably on a limited
basis - and maybe for a fee???) but something to check into. I am
told that once you catch the little bugger you have to take it for
ride of at least 5 miles before releasing it, in order to keep it from
returning.
Hope this helps. Happy trapping! :)


In Washington state trapping, live or otherwise is illegal.

--
Travis in Shoreline Washington

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get somehelp.
 

Travis M. wrote:
"Gary" wrote in message
ups.com...

On May 11, 5:11 pm, foo wrote:

This is a thread destined to be flamed. So be it.

Dear PETA,

Don't read this.

onward.

I have squirrels (oh yes, those cutesy little scamps running around
with nuts in their mouths climbing trees and spreading glee throughout
the land) that are not only digging up my brand new seedlings but
terrorizing the pots they reside in as well. So far they have killed
at least ten burgeoning plants. No more. I'm going walking tall on
these punks very soon if I can't get some advice. (please).

So, without further adieu here is my question:

What is a safe and relatively easy alternative to preventing these
*******s from eating my seedlings (and digging into the soil)?

My first thought isn't safe- it involves a competition .22 with hot
ammo and a spray of blood so fanning that it will look like the skies
are raining death. Locked, cocked, and ready for squirrel.

These *******s taunt me. Sitting high-and-mighty in *my* trees which
I let them hang out in. They stare at me- they know me- I'm their
maker- the one they may meet. They casually dance through the
branches and always get away of course. But, from the bullet? Not
so much.

So with the secondary intention of actually saving these, ahem, a-
holes, can someone please recommend a safe solution to either
preventing them from eating my greens?

If necessary I will build a squirrel sanctuary. One with plenty of
weeds and expensive organic soil for them to dig through- sort of like
a bat house. They can sit there fancy-free and munch away at things
that nobody cares about. I will provide them a steady supply of nuts
during the winter and even crack them for them to not damage their
teeth. I will provide yearly dental checkups just in case. I will
warm their squirrel house's with a nice warm incandescent glow so they
may dine together on things OTHER THAN MY PLANTS.

Thank your your your attention to this pressing matter.


A live trap might be an option. I've seen them for sale at farm and
ranch supply places for about $40.00 Also, some state divisions of
wildlife lend these out to property owners (probably on a limited
basis - and maybe for a fee???) but something to check into. I am
told that once you catch the little bugger you have to take it for
ride of at least 5 miles before releasing it, in order to keep it from
returning.
Hope this helps. Happy trapping! :)



In Washington state trapping, live or otherwise is illegal.


You can get a permit in Wa state to trap...just have to jump through a
few hoops

from WAC 232-12-14----- Washington Administrative Code (WAC)
April 4, 2007



(6) A person seeking a special trapping permit shall submit a complete
application to the department. The applicant shall provide the following
information:

(a) Applicant's name, address, and telephone number.

(b) Location(s) of animal problem (physical address or legal
description including township, range, and section number).

(c) Description of the animal problem:

(i) Duration of the animal problem.

(ii) Description of the damage or potential damage being caused
(i.e., crop, timber, property, livestock, or pet animals, etc.).

(iii) Any threat or potential threat to the health and/or safety
of people.

(d) Species of animal causing the problem and, if known, the
number of animals involved.

(e) Description of the measures taken to prevent or alleviate the
problem or damage.

(f) Explanation of why the measures taken were ineffective to
abate the problem or why such measures could not reasonably or
effectively be used to abate the animal problem.

(g) Whether Conibear-type traps in water, padded foot-hold traps
or nonstrangling-type foot snares will be used.

(h) Species and number of animals to be removed.


Lar

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

Lar wrote:

-snip-
In Washington state trapping, live or otherwise is illegal.


You can get a permit in Wa state to trap...just have to jump through a
few hoops

from WAC 232-12-14----- Washington Administrative Code (WAC)
April 4, 2007

I'll bet [and hope] they still won't let you relocate the vermin to
someone else's land. I'd rather get the permit for the .22.

Squirrels may[?] be cute but they are worse than rats. I swore
vengeance on them 15 years ago when they ate some Pileated woodpecker
babies out of a nest I was watching.

If you're in an area where the .22 might be too much firepower-
Crossman makes a bunch of $100 lethal pellet guns in .17 & .22
caliber.

Jim

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

I agree with the blood meal sprinkled over the top. I do this when planting bulbs.
also, it is suggested to never leave any husk on top to lure the squirrels.

Now, there is some kind of hot stuff people put into bird seed (birds cant taste very
well) to prevent squirrels from eating it.

You might want to try some light weight chicken fencing over the seeds/seedlings for
a while.

There is also the water "cannon", I think they are sensitive enough to be tripped by
squirrels. ponders use them to keep birds and raccoons away from ponds.

Ingrid


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I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

"foo" wrote in message
oups.com...
This is a thread destined to be flamed. So be it.

Dear PETA,

Don't read this.

onward.

I have squirrels (oh yes, those cutesy little scamps running around
with nuts in their mouths climbing trees and spreading glee throughout
the land) that are not only digging up my brand new seedlings but
terrorizing the pots they reside in as well. So far they have killed
at least ten burgeoning plants. No more. I'm going walking tall on
these punks very soon if I can't get some advice. (please).

So, without further adieu here is my question:

What is a safe and relatively easy alternative to preventing these
*******s from eating my seedlings (and digging into the soil)?

My first thought isn't safe- it involves a competition .22 with hot
ammo and a spray of blood so fanning that it will look like the skies
are raining death. Locked, cocked, and ready for squirrel.

These *******s taunt me. Sitting high-and-mighty in *my* trees which
I let them hang out in. They stare at me- they know me- I'm their
maker- the one they may meet. They casually dance through the
branches and always get away of course. But, from the bullet? Not
so much.

So with the secondary intention of actually saving these, ahem, a-
holes, can someone please recommend a safe solution to either
preventing them from eating my greens?

If necessary I will build a squirrel sanctuary. One with plenty of
weeds and expensive organic soil for them to dig through- sort of like
a bat house. They can sit there fancy-free and munch away at things
that nobody cares about. I will provide them a steady supply of nuts
during the winter and even crack them for them to not damage their
teeth. I will provide yearly dental checkups just in case. I will
warm their squirrel house's with a nice warm incandescent glow so they
may dine together on things OTHER THAN MY PLANTS.

Thank your your your attention to this pressing matter.


rec.birds just had a useful discussion on this topic under the heading
"squirrel question." I think some people described using nonlethal pellet
guns.

Re trapping and relocating -- squirrels? By the hundreds?

And cats aren't especially useful against squirrels, which have exact
knowledge of cats' limitations (how far they can jump) and can tease them
mercilessly. Yes, on purpose -- I've seen squirrels lure a cat up into a
tree, only to run down the tree on the other side and then sneak up on the
cat from behind, chittering at it, while it was splayed helplessly on the
trunk above the squirrel. I also once saw a squirrel "train" a young cat on
its first Spring outing. The cat ran up a tree after the squirrel, which
turned around and boxed the young cat's ears -- yes, it hit the cat on both
ears with its paws! Luckily, the whole episode was repeated a few minutes
later, and, luckily, my daughter saw it too, or I would doubt whether it
actually happened.

helco

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

In article .com,
foo wrote:

This is a thread destined to be flamed. So be it.

Dear PETA,

Don't read this.

onward.

I have squirrels (oh yes, those cutesy little scamps running around
with nuts in their mouths climbing trees and spreading glee throughout
the land) that are not only digging up my brand new seedlings but
terrorizing the pots they reside in as well. So far they have killed
at least ten burgeoning plants. No more. I'm going walking tall on
these punks very soon if I can't get some advice. (please).

So, without further adieu here is my question:

What is a safe and relatively easy alternative to preventing these
*******s from eating my seedlings (and digging into the soil)?

My first thought isn't safe- it involves a competition .22 with hot
ammo and a spray of blood so fanning that it will look like the skies
are raining death. Locked, cocked, and ready for squirrel.

These *******s taunt me. Sitting high-and-mighty in *my* trees which
I let them hang out in. They stare at me- they know me- I'm their
maker- the one they may meet. They casually dance through the
branches and always get away of course. But, from the bullet? Not
so much.

So with the secondary intention of actually saving these, ahem, a-
holes, can someone please recommend a safe solution to either
preventing them from eating my greens?

If necessary I will build a squirrel sanctuary. One with plenty of
weeds and expensive organic soil for them to dig through- sort of like
a bat house. They can sit there fancy-free and munch away at things
that nobody cares about. I will provide them a steady supply of nuts
during the winter and even crack them for them to not damage their
teeth. I will provide yearly dental checkups just in case. I will
warm their squirrel house's with a nice warm incandescent glow so they
may dine together on things OTHER THAN MY PLANTS.

Thank your your your attention to this pressing matter.

Get a Jack Russell Terrorist dog. They're bred to kill things.

Jan

--
Bedouin proverb: If you have no troubles, buy a goat.

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

In article MMb1i.87$145.75@trnddc02,
"Travis M." wrote:

"Gary" wrote in message
ups.com...
On May 11, 5:11 pm, foo wrote:
This is a thread destined to be flamed. So be it.

Dear PETA,

Don't read this.

onward.

I have squirrels (oh yes, those cutesy little scamps running around
with nuts in their mouths climbing trees and spreading glee
throughout
the land) that are not only digging up my brand new seedlings but
terrorizing the pots they reside in as well. So far they have killed
at least ten burgeoning plants. No more. I'm going walking tall on
these punks very soon if I can't get some advice. (please).

So, without further adieu here is my question:

What is a safe and relatively easy alternative to preventing these
*******s from eating my seedlings (and digging into the soil)?

My first thought isn't safe- it involves a competition .22 with hot
ammo and a spray of blood so fanning that it will look like the skies
are raining death. Locked, cocked, and ready for squirrel.

These *******s taunt me. Sitting high-and-mighty in *my* trees which
I let them hang out in. They stare at me- they know me- I'm their
maker- the one they may meet. They casually dance through the
branches and always get away of course. But, from the bullet? Not
so much.

So with the secondary intention of actually saving these, ahem, a-
holes, can someone please recommend a safe solution to either
preventing them from eating my greens?

If necessary I will build a squirrel sanctuary. One with plenty of
weeds and expensive organic soil for them to dig through- sort of
like
a bat house. They can sit there fancy-free and munch away at things
that nobody cares about. I will provide them a steady supply of nuts
during the winter and even crack them for them to not damage their
teeth. I will provide yearly dental checkups just in case. I will
warm their squirrel house's with a nice warm incandescent glow so
they
may dine together on things OTHER THAN MY PLANTS.

Thank your your your attention to this pressing matter.

A live trap might be an option. I've seen them for sale at farm and
ranch supply places for about $40.00 Also, some state divisions of
wildlife lend these out to property owners (probably on a limited
basis - and maybe for a fee???) but something to check into. I am
told that once you catch the little bugger you have to take it for
ride of at least 5 miles before releasing it, in order to keep it from
returning.
Hope this helps. Happy trapping! :)


In Washington state trapping, live or otherwise is illegal.

In Alaska, it's a way of life and a living for many people.

Jan (who prefers cross-fox fur)

--
Bedouin proverb: If you have no troubles, buy a goat.

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

On 11 May 2007 16:11:06 -0700, foo wrote:


If necessary I will build a squirrel sanctuary. One with plenty of
weeds and expensive organic soil for them to dig through- sort of like
a bat house. They can sit there fancy-free and munch away at things
that nobody cares about. I will provide them a steady supply of nuts
during the winter and even crack them for them to not damage their
teeth. I will provide yearly dental checkups just in case. I will
warm their squirrel house's with a nice warm incandescent glow so they
may dine together on things OTHER THAN MY PLANTS.

Thank your your your attention to this pressing matter.

You just gave the answer. However, unless you see them in pots, as
you say, "living in them" they are not what is doing the damage.
Squirrels don't eat seedlings that I know of. They eat nuts, fruits,
and seeds, acorns, etc.

I just came in and there are aborted peaches on the ground and my
husband asked me if I thought it was the squirrels and I said, "I
don't care if it is."

Let it go. Killing is the worst thing you could do for yourself.
Please avoid that at all costs. Not to save the squirrels, but to
save the nightmare you'll have when you are a squirrel in another
lower life.

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

On 11 May 2007 17:55:44 -0700, Gary wrote:


A live trap might be an option. I've seen them for sale at farm and
ranch supply places for about $40.00 Also, some state divisions of
wildlife lend these out to property owners (probably on a limited
basis - and maybe for a fee???) but something to check into. I am
told that once you catch the little bugger you have to take it for
ride of at least 5 miles before releasing it, in order to keep it from
returning.
Hope this helps. Happy trapping! :)

And what if the trapped animal has a nest in a tree with young
depending on that squirrel for life? More killing. It disgusts me.

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

On May 12, 7:23 am, "helco" wrote:

And cats aren't especially useful against squirrels, which have exact
knowledge of cats' limitations (how far they can jump) and can tease them
mercilessly. Yes, on purpose -- I've seen squirrels lure a cat up into a
tree, only to run down the tree on the other side and then sneak up on the
cat from behind, chittering at it, while it was splayed helplessly on the
trunk above the squirrel. I also once saw a squirrel "train" a young cat on
its first Spring outing. The cat ran up a tree after the squirrel, which
turned around and boxed the young cat's ears -- yes, it hit the cat on both
ears with its paws! Luckily, the whole episode was repeated a few minutes
later, and, luckily, my daughter saw it too, or I would doubt whether it
actually happened.

LOL. Oh the indignity of it all!
Dora

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

And not a single flame! Is Usenet growing up after 20 years?! :)

THANKS TO EVERYONE! I love the blood meal idea!!! And its good for my
plants!


On May 12, 10:23 am, bungadora wrote:
On May 12, 7:23 am, "helco" wrote:

And cats aren't especially useful against squirrels, which have exact
knowledge of cats' limitations (how far they can jump) and can tease them
mercilessly. Yes, on purpose -- I've seen squirrels lure a cat up into a
tree, only to run down the tree on the other side and then sneak up on the
cat from behind, chittering at it, while it was splayed helplessly on the
trunk above the squirrel. I also once saw a squirrel "train" a young cat on
its first Spring outing. The cat ran up a tree after the squirrel, which
turned around and boxed the young cat's ears -- yes, it hit the cat on both
ears with its paws! Luckily, the whole episode was repeated a few minutes
later, and, luckily, my daughter saw it too, or I would doubt whether it
actually happened.

LOL. Oh the indignity of it all!
Dora

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

"Lar" wrote in message
...
Travis M. wrote:
"Gary" wrote in message
ups.com...

On May 11, 5:11 pm, foo wrote:

This is a thread destined to be flamed. So be it.

Dear PETA,

Don't read this.

onward.

I have squirrels (oh yes, those cutesy little scamps running around
with nuts in their mouths climbing trees and spreading glee
throughout
the land) that are not only digging up my brand new seedlings but
terrorizing the pots they reside in as well. So far they have
killed
at least ten burgeoning plants. No more. I'm going walking tall
on
these punks very soon if I can't get some advice. (please).

So, without further adieu here is my question:

What is a safe and relatively easy alternative to preventing these
*******s from eating my seedlings (and digging into the soil)?

My first thought isn't safe- it involves a competition .22 with hot
ammo and a spray of blood so fanning that it will look like the
skies
are raining death. Locked, cocked, and ready for squirrel.

These *******s taunt me. Sitting high-and-mighty in *my* trees
which
I let them hang out in. They stare at me- they know me- I'm their
maker- the one they may meet. They casually dance through the
branches and always get away of course. But, from the bullet?
Not
so much.

So with the secondary intention of actually saving these, ahem, a-
holes, can someone please recommend a safe solution to either
preventing them from eating my greens?

If necessary I will build a squirrel sanctuary. One with plenty of
weeds and expensive organic soil for them to dig through- sort of
like
a bat house. They can sit there fancy-free and munch away at
things
that nobody cares about. I will provide them a steady supply of
nuts
during the winter and even crack them for them to not damage their
teeth. I will provide yearly dental checkups just in case. I will
warm their squirrel house's with a nice warm incandescent glow so
they
may dine together on things OTHER THAN MY PLANTS.

Thank your your your attention to this pressing matter.


A live trap might be an option. I've seen them for sale at farm and
ranch supply places for about $40.00 Also, some state divisions of
wildlife lend these out to property owners (probably on a limited
basis - and maybe for a fee???) but something to check into. I am
told that once you catch the little bugger you have to take it for
ride of at least 5 miles before releasing it, in order to keep it
from
returning.
Hope this helps. Happy trapping! :)



In Washington state trapping, live or otherwise is illegal.


You can get a permit in Wa state to trap...just have to jump through a
few hoops

from WAC 232-12-14----- Washington Administrative Code (WAC)
April 4, 2007



(6) A person seeking a special trapping permit shall submit a complete
application to the department. The applicant shall provide the
following information:

(a) Applicant's name, address, and telephone number.

(b) Location(s) of animal problem (physical address or legal
description including township, range, and section number).

(c) Description of the animal problem:

(i) Duration of the animal problem.

(ii) Description of the damage or potential damage being caused
(i.e., crop, timber, property, livestock, or pet animals, etc.).

(iii) Any threat or potential threat to the health and/or safety
of people.

(d) Species of animal causing the problem and, if known, the
number of animals involved.

(e) Description of the measures taken to prevent or alleviate the
problem or damage.

(f) Explanation of why the measures taken were ineffective to
abate the problem or why such measures could not reasonably or
effectively be used to abate the animal problem.

(g) Whether Conibear-type traps in water, padded foot-hold traps
or nonstrangling-type foot snares will be used.

(h) Species and number of animals to be removed.


I doubt one could get a special permit to trap squirrels.

--
Travis in Shoreline Washington

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

"Travis M." wrote:

| I doubt one could get a special permit to trap squirrels.

127 lines just for this?

Alexander

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"Alexander Miller" Alex@. wrote in message
...
"Travis M." wrote:

| I doubt one could get a special permit to trap squirrels.

127 lines just for this?

......or 6KB.
Can you express your connection speed in lines?

--
Travis in Shoreline Washington

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On 11 May 2007 16:11:06 -0700, foo wrote:

This is a thread destined to be flamed. So be it.

Dear PETA,

Don't read this.

onward.

I have squirrels (oh yes, those cutesy little scamps running around
with nuts in their mouths climbing trees and spreading glee throughout
the land) that are not only digging up my brand new seedlings but
terrorizing the pots they reside in as well. So far they have killed
at least ten burgeoning plants. No more. I'm going walking tall on
these punks very soon if I can't get some advice. (please).

So, without further adieu

ADO

here is my question:

What is a safe and relatively easy alternative to preventing these
*******s from eating my seedlings (and digging into the soil)?

[...]

In case you do decide to "terminate them with extreme prejudice" (as
they used to ? say in the CIA), be sure to eviscerate *before*
broiling (or your preferred method of preparation).

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

On May 12, 10:55 am, foo wrote:
And not a single flame! Is Usenet growing up after 20 years?! :)

THANKS TO EVERYONE! I love the blood meal idea!!! And its good for my
plants!

Good luck with it. You have to be fairly vigilant about applying the
blood meal around the plants. And if they are really hungry, I don't
know how well it will work. One of my neighbors feeds every invasive
pest there is, and while it attracts scads of pigeons etc., the
squirrels probably don't dig up as many bulbs, etc. as they might
otherwise.

I don't think there are many gardeners who haven't had to contend with
squirrels and even if the gentler souls have probably felt like
throttling the little buggers. The last I saw of my sunflowers last
year was a fat little squirrel bum bouncing across the garden with the
entire flower head in his mouth.
Dora

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get somehelp.
 

Persephone wrote:
On 11 May 2007 16:11:06 -0700, foo wrote:

This is a thread destined to be flamed. So be it.

Dear PETA,

Don't read this.

onward.

I have squirrels (oh yes, those cutesy little scamps running around
with nuts in their mouths climbing trees and spreading glee throughout
the land) that are not only digging up my brand new seedlings but
terrorizing the pots they reside in as well. So far they have killed
at least ten burgeoning plants. No more. I'm going walking tall on
these punks very soon if I can't get some advice. (please).

So, without further adieu

ADO

here is my question:
What is a safe and relatively easy alternative to preventing these
*******s from eating my seedlings (and digging into the soil)?

[...]

In case you do decide to "terminate them with extreme prejudice" (as
they used to ? say in the CIA), be sure to eviscerate *before*
broiling (or your preferred method of preparation).


Alrighty guys, Maddie here, speaking for me friend Ethyl who has the
fluffy tailed nutter by the Eastern Tennessee HORDES.........we have
worked on this for three years now, and we've come up with a PARTIAL
solution.. the main thing that deters the little shits is a good THICK
mulch of sharp and pointy rocks to deter them from digging..... they
ADORE deep, compost and loose mulchy soils. They THRIVE on the ideal
burying places of hanging pots, container gardens (I have discovered
numerous "volunteer" black walnuts growing in containers and I KNOW they
didn't fall into them......the offending black walnut trees on my
property are several scores of feet from these containers), thank
goodness they pull up easily...........the other deterrents appears to
be dusting with ground red cayenne pepper........I have decided that her
other problem, the nibbling bunny horrendous suburbius is the other
reason she has nibbled shoots of hosta, seedlings and such scattered
about......so I recommended a trial effort.......take petroleum Vaseline
and mix in the afore mentioned ground red cayenne pepper (I buy it in
restaurant sized containers at me local Sam's Club.........) and smear
it upon the plants.......maybe we could take some assorted nuts and
spritz them with peanut oil, sprinkle heavily with red cayenne pepper
and roast a bit to infuse them and see if the fluffy tailed nutters
"bite"..............

personally, I recommend a nice stew with some aeromatic's like celery, a
crunchy Vadalia onion and some garlic and simmered until tender, then
throw in some potato's, some carrots, a sweet potato and simmer until
the veggies are tender............yummmmmmmmmm!! as fat and HUGE as
Ethyl's are, it only would take two of them puppies (squirrels, not
puppies) to make a meal for four or five!! The biggest problem would be
of course if they LIKED the taste of the cayenne pepper and were Cajun
fluffy tailed nutters!

try the rocky mulch, though and the red pepper..........

madgardener up on the ridge, back in Faerie Holler, overlooking English
Mountain in Eastern Tennessee, zone 7, Sunset zone 36 where the trees
are FINALLY recuperating from the hard freeze from a few weeks
ago.............

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

In article , madgardener
wrote:

On 11 May 2007 16:11:06 -0700, foo wrote:

This is a thread destined to be flamed. So be it.

Dear PETA,

Don't read this.

onward.

I have squirrels (oh yes, those cutesy little scamps running around
with nuts in their mouths climbing trees and spreading glee throughout
the land) that are not only digging up my brand new seedlings but
terrorizing the pots they reside in as well. So far they have killed
at least ten burgeoning plants. No more. I'm going walking tall on
these punks very soon if I can't get some advice. (please).

So, without further adieu

So you've had lots of advice. Who's gonna' stand-up Dr. Jekyll or Mr.
Hyde, St. Francis or Freddy Krueger? Who can walk taller?

- Bill
Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

On 12 May 2007 17:52:44 -0700, bungadora wrote:

On May 12, 10:55 am, foo wrote:
And not a single flame! Is Usenet growing up after 20 years?! :)

THANKS TO EVERYONE! I love the blood meal idea!!! And its good for my
plants!

Good luck with it. You have to be fairly vigilant about applying the
blood meal around the plants. And if they are really hungry, I don't
know how well it will work. One of my neighbors feeds every invasive
pest there is, and while it attracts scads of pigeons etc., the
squirrels probably don't dig up as many bulbs, etc. as they might
otherwise.

I don't think there are many gardeners who haven't had to contend with
squirrels and even if the gentler souls have probably felt like
throttling the little buggers.

You got that right!

Many tales to tell. The most recent: I put in 6 plants each of three
varieties of strawberries. Saw nice fat berries ripening. Went out
to pick -- surprise! Somebody had been there first. Had to improvise
a mickey-mouse fence with netting on type. So far, so good...

The last I saw of my sunflowers last
year was a fat little squirrel bum bouncing across the garden with the
entire flower head in his mouth.
Dora

Few years ago, my plum tree was on the way out. Only one limb still
bearing. I had to go out of town, and wasn't about to sacrifice those
few plums to THEM. Got a bunch of small paper bags and carefully tied
them around each plum. Lotta work. In vain. How did they get those
bags off???!!!!

Persephone

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

I got one of those edible pit apricot trees from Stark.
5th year after it was planted it bloomed all over. I rubbed my hands gleefully and
thought, this is it. finally. well ..... the squirrels found the pits, they
stripped the entire tree of medium sized green apricots overnight to get those yummy
pits. I cut the tree down the next day. no use training squirrels to strip all
peach and apricot trees of fruit looking for those edible pits.

stark must know that those edible pits put the fruit at risk. I mean where in the
world is there a place doesnt have tree rats?

kill em, kill em all. Ingrid

Persephone wrote:
Few years ago, my plum tree was on the way out. Only one limb still
bearing. I had to go out of town, and wasn't about to sacrifice those
few plums to THEM. Got a bunch of small paper bags and carefully tied
them around each plum. Lotta work. In vain. How did they get those
bags off???!!!!


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be very careful with squirrels west of the big river. they been found to carrying
plague again. fleas will jump if body is handled. and DONT mow over dead rodents.
Ingrid

Persephone wrote:
In case you do decide to "terminate them with extreme prejudice" (as
they used to ? say in the CIA), be sure to eviscerate *before*
broiling (or your preferred method of preparation).




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"Grandpa" wrote:
foo wrote:
[...]

I have squirrels [...]

Then build one of these:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f5d_1172741350

--
Grandpa

That is absolutely the funniest thing I've seen in months!

Seahag

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"Travis M." wrote:

| | I doubt one could get a special permit to trap squirrels.
|
| 127 lines just for this?
|
|.....or 6KB.
|Can you express your connection speed in lines?

127 lines of "message" - virtually all quoted thread from other people.
Connection speed would be very relevant for folks on dial-up or other
slow/expensive connections.
For me it's just the irritation of having to scroll all the way down to find one
line of message that adds virtually nothing.
I know it's probably a waste of time responding, and I shouldn't do it, but once
in a while .....


Alexander

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

I ask people to top post if they are unwilling to hard prune.
if they wont and they do a couple "me toos" at the bottom I just killfile them.
Ingrid

Alexander Miller Alex@. wrote:
127 lines of "message" - virtually all quoted thread from other people.

For me it's just the irritation of having to scroll all the way down to find one
line of message that adds virtually nothing.
I know it's probably a waste of time responding, and I shouldn't do it, but once
in a while .....


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A .410 works great. We had them living in our attic. After we did an
extensive remodeling which involved ripping out most of the walls and all of
the ceilings in our house (not because of the squirrels), the critters tried
to come back. They would romp and play on the roof and tease and taunt me
as they frolicked and scampered about on the deck, even looking in the low
windows on the deck. My husband was totally against killing the beasts, but
he did trap a few in a sav-a-heart trap and took them to a deeply wooded
area 10 miles away. But, there were more of them than the trap could take
care of. As their assault on our dwelling continued, I knew it would just
be a matter of time till they would find, or MAKE, a way back into our home
again. That's when hubby sorrowfully got the .410. The man is a deer
hunter, and he has hunted and killed wild turkey and wild hogs, but
considered these fluffy tailed rats that built nests in our attic, chewed on
the wood up there, pooped, ****ed and reproduced up there, to be something
that shouldn't be killed ?????? I finally told him it was them or me and he
got his .410 and shot one! He told me about it, but didn't produce a
carcass for me to see. From then on, he had to bring me a squirrel tail to
prove he was doing the deed. I nailed them to the railing on the deck, the
one they used to romp on. Blessed peace reigned for a long time. Then,
when I started to see them again, and they taunted me every time I tried to
shoo them off the deck, I got me a slingshot. I got pretty good with it.
The little devils became aware of the yellow strap of the slingshot and
would run away as soon as they saw it. Now, peace is reigning again and
this time it has lasted for several years. I still see some, in the trees
where they belong, but nary a one has dared to approach my house or my deck.
if they do, well, I know what to do.

Gloria



"foo" wrote in message
oups.com...
This is a thread destined to be flamed. So be it.

Dear PETA,

Don't read this.

onward.

I have squirrels (oh yes, those cutesy little scamps running around
with nuts in their mouths climbing trees and spreading glee throughout
the land) that are not only digging up my brand new seedlings but
terrorizing the pots they reside in as well. So far they have killed
at least ten burgeoning plants. No more. I'm going walking tall on
these punks very soon if I can't get some advice. (please).

So, without further adieu here is my question:

What is a safe and relatively easy alternative to preventing these
*******s from eating my seedlings (and digging into the soil)?

My first thought isn't safe- it involves a competition .22 with hot
ammo and a spray of blood so fanning that it will look like the skies
are raining death. Locked, cocked, and ready for squirrel.

These *******s taunt me. Sitting high-and-mighty in *my* trees which
I let them hang out in. They stare at me- they know me- I'm their
maker- the one they may meet. They casually dance through the
branches and always get away of course. But, from the bullet? Not
so much.

So with the secondary intention of actually saving these, ahem, a-
holes, can someone please recommend a safe solution to either
preventing them from eating my greens?

If necessary I will build a squirrel sanctuary. One with plenty of
weeds and expensive organic soil for them to dig through- sort of like
a bat house. They can sit there fancy-free and munch away at things
that nobody cares about. I will provide them a steady supply of nuts
during the winter and even crack them for them to not damage their
teeth. I will provide yearly dental checkups just in case. I will
warm their squirrel house's with a nice warm incandescent glow so they
may dine together on things OTHER THAN MY PLANTS.

Thank your your your attention to this pressing matter.

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

PUH-LEASE! If you see a mouse in your house are you going to feed it and
protect it in case it has little ones?

Gloria

"Ash Williams" wrote in message
...
On 11 May 2007 17:55:44 -0700, Gary wrote:


A live trap might be an option. I've seen them for sale at farm and
ranch supply places for about $40.00 Also, some state divisions of
wildlife lend these out to property owners (probably on a limited
basis - and maybe for a fee???) but something to check into. I am
told that once you catch the little bugger you have to take it for
ride of at least 5 miles before releasing it, in order to keep it from
returning.
Hope this helps. Happy trapping! :)

And what if the trapped animal has a nest in a tree with young
depending on that squirrel for life? More killing. It disgusts me.

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

Squirrels dig up lots of stuff just to see if it's something they want.
They are attracted to freshly disturbed soil thinking that they have found
the cache of another animal to rob from. They're nasty, devious destructive
pests.

Gloria


"Ash Williams" wrote in message
...
On 11 May 2007 16:11:06 -0700, foo wrote:


If necessary I will build a squirrel sanctuary. One with plenty of
weeds and expensive organic soil for them to dig through- sort of like
a bat house. They can sit there fancy-free and munch away at things
that nobody cares about. I will provide them a steady supply of nuts
during the winter and even crack them for them to not damage their
teeth. I will provide yearly dental checkups just in case. I will
warm their squirrel house's with a nice warm incandescent glow so they
may dine together on things OTHER THAN MY PLANTS.

Thank your your your attention to this pressing matter.

You just gave the answer. However, unless you see them in pots, as
you say, "living in them" they are not what is doing the damage.
Squirrels don't eat seedlings that I know of. They eat nuts, fruits,
and seeds, acorns, etc.

I just came in and there are aborted peaches on the ground and my
husband asked me if I thought it was the squirrels and I said, "I
don't care if it is."

Let it go. Killing is the worst thing you could do for yourself.
Please avoid that at all costs. Not to save the squirrels, but to
save the nightmare you'll have when you are a squirrel in another
lower life.

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

On May 14, 9:13 pm, "Gloria" wrote:
Squirrels dig up lots of stuff just to see if it's something they want.
They are attracted to freshly disturbed soil thinking that they have found
the cache of another animal to rob from. They're nasty, devious destructive
pests.

But delicious, if prepared properly. It isn't often you get a chance
to eliminate vermin and fill the cook pot with the same shot.
I use a 22 and a pump-em-up pellet gun. Season here is nine months,
but they taste good year 'round. Coyotes get the coons.

cheers

oz, whose karma is just fine, thank you

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

much better than shotgun and picking all those pellets out ...

MajorOz wrote:
But delicious, if prepared properly. It isn't often you get a chance
to eliminate vermin and fill the cook pot with the same shot.
I use a 22 and a pump-em-up pellet gun


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Gloria wrote:
A .410 works great. We had them living in our attic. After we did an
extensive remodeling which involved ripping out most of the walls and all of
the ceilings in our house (not because of the squirrels), the critters tried
to come back. They would romp and play on the roof and tease and taunt me
as they frolicked and scampered about on the deck, even looking in the low
windows on the deck. My husband was totally against killing the beasts, but
he did trap a few in a sav-a-heart trap and took them to a deeply wooded
area 10 miles away. But, there were more of them than the trap could take
care of. As their assault on our dwelling continued, I knew it would just
be a matter of time till they would find, or MAKE, a way back into our home
again. That's when hubby sorrowfully got the .410. The man is a deer
hunter, and he has hunted and killed wild turkey and wild hogs, but
considered these fluffy tailed rats that built nests in our attic, chewed on
the wood up there, pooped, ****ed and reproduced up there, to be something
that shouldn't be killed ?????? I finally told him it was them or me and he
got his .410 and shot one! He told me about it, but didn't produce a
carcass for me to see. From then on, he had to bring me a squirrel tail to
prove he was doing the deed. I nailed them to the railing on the deck, the
one they used to romp on. Blessed peace reigned for a long time. Then,
when I started to see them again, and they taunted me every time I tried to
shoo them off the deck, I got me a slingshot. I got pretty good with it.
The little devils became aware of the yellow strap of the slingshot and
would run away as soon as they saw it. Now, peace is reigning again and
this time it has lasted for several years. I still see some, in the trees
where they belong, but nary a one has dared to approach my house or my deck.
if they do, well, I know what to do.

Gloria


I'm with you there, Gloria. I used to have a good wrist rocket and I use
glass marbles. I am quite a shot. My wrist rocket has gone missing
(after children resembling grandkids were here, so another one is in
need of Granny Maddie......they fear me when they see me. No yellow but
the sound of the door opening used to strike fear into their little
fluffy nutter hearts. I've discovered black walnut trees in the PATHS
now because they're too lazy to plant the nuts into the raised beds of
loose, rich soils. They come down the Pawlonia tree and taunt me as
they raid the bird buffet that they used to be banned from. So beware, I
am going to the Fart of Wall (Wall Fart) and purchasing a wrist rocket
and my bag of marbles and I hit what I aim's at, thank you very much.
Nothing like a glass marble careening towards you at full velocity! I
always hit the ass I aim at, and have cracked a few heads with the
marbles too! LOL Discovered a little nasty secret about Sugar
recently. She adores to kill squirrels and caught her shaking one she'd
gotten when it tried to divert her and go around the back of the tree.
She was out flanking it and was waiting for it when it went around the
back. Saw her come out the backside of a good sized hackberry tree with
a fluffy tailed nutter in her mouth and she shook it until she broke
it's back, then brought it to me and I told her good dawg and petted
her. tossed it into the bendejo's woods over the nine foot chain link
fence with the razor barbwire tops for the turkey vultures or coyote to
find (they will, in no time) or even the raccoons. I just wish they ate
Vinca Major!! LOL

madgardener up on the ridge where we desperately need RAIN, back in
Faerie Holler, overlooking English Mountain in Eastern Tennessee, zone
7, Sunset zone 36 where we're in a red burning warning right now, the
lightening bugs are three weeks EARLY, the hummingbirds are five weeks
EARLY, and I ain't planted my squash seeds in the containers yet.......

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

On Tue, 15 May 2007 02:13:49 GMT, "Gloria"
wrote:

Squirrels dig up lots of stuff just to see if it's something they want.
They are attracted to freshly disturbed soil thinking that they have found
the cache of another animal to rob from. They're nasty, devious destructive
pests.

And so cute! I've also noticed that they dig up where I've recently
planted. I solved the problem of their digging up my flower
containers by placing plenty of rocks around the plants when I arrange
them. The rocks also help hold in moisture (the containers are cement
and dry out quickly).

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

I'm about to eviscerate a lot of squirrels if I can't get some help.
 

"madgardener" wrote in message
...
Gloria wrote:
A .410 works great. We had them living in our attic. After we did
an extensive remodeling which involved ripping out most of the walls
and all of the ceilings in our house (not because of the squirrels),
the critters tried to come back. They would romp and play on the
roof and tease and taunt me as they frolicked and scampered about on
the deck, even looking in the low windows on the deck. My husband
was totally against killing the beasts, but he did trap a few in a
sav-a-heart trap and took them to a deeply wooded area 10 miles away.
But, there were more of them than the trap could take care of. As
their assault on our dwelling continued, I knew it would just be a
matter of time till they would find, or MAKE, a way back into our
home again. That's when hubby sorrowfully got the .410. The man is
a deer hunter, and he has hunted and killed wild turkey and wild
hogs, but considered these fluffy tailed rats that built nests in our
attic, chewed on the wood up there, pooped, ****ed and reproduced up
there, to be something that shouldn't be killed ?????? I finally
told him it was them or me and he got his .410 and shot one! He told
me about it, but didn't produce a carcass for me to see. From then
on, he had to bring me a squirrel tail to prove he was doing the
deed. I nailed them to the railing on the deck, the one they used to
romp on. Blessed peace reigned for a long time. Then, when I
started to see them again, and they taunted me every time I tried to
shoo them off the deck, I got me a slingshot. I got pretty good with
it. The little devils became aware of the yellow strap of the
slingshot and would run away as soon as they saw it. Now, peace is
reigning again and this time it has lasted for several years. I
still see some, in the trees where they belong, but nary a one has
dared to approach my house or my deck. if they do, well, I know what
to do.

Gloria


I'm with you there, Gloria. I used to have a good wrist rocket and I
use glass marbles. I am quite a shot. My wrist rocket has gone missing
(after children resembling grandkids were here, so another one is in
need of Granny Maddie......they fear me when they see me. No yellow
but the sound of the door opening used to strike fear into their
little fluffy nutter hearts. I've discovered black walnut trees in
the PATHS now because they're too lazy to plant the nuts into the
raised beds of loose, rich soils. They come down the Pawlonia tree
and taunt me as they raid the bird buffet that they used to be banned
from. So beware, I am going to the Fart of Wall (Wall Fart) and
purchasing a wrist rocket and my bag of marbles and I hit what I aim's
at, thank you very much. Nothing like a glass marble careening towards
you at full velocity! I always hit the ass I aim at, and have cracked
a few heads with the marbles too! LOL Discovered a little nasty
secret about Sugar recently. She adores to kill squirrels and caught
her shaking one she'd gotten when it tried to divert her and go around
the back of the tree. She was out flanking it and was waiting for it
when it went around the back. Saw her come out the backside of a good
sized hackberry tree with a fluffy tailed nutter in her mouth and she
shook it until she broke it's back, then brought it to me and I told
her good dawg and petted her. tossed it into the bendejo's woods over
the nine foot chain link fence with the razor barbwire tops for the
turkey vultures or coyote to find (they will, in no time) or even the
raccoons. I just wish they ate Vinca Major!! LOL

Our Vanessa keeps the squirrels and racoons out of our back yard also.
She does the same to the squirrels as Sugar.
The racoons don't want to tangle with her after she got one of the
babies spring of 06.

--
Travis in Shoreline Washington