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"Janice" wrote in message
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I wonder if setting a rat trap, baited with peanuts or similar, would
catch
them? Anyone know if that'd work?


Ewwwww ... but then I'd have to dispose of them! I just want to make my
garden a place they don't want to come to ...

Butbutbutbutbut I've *TOLD* you how to dispose of them!

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(al) wrote:

Is there any way of stopping them or discouraging them from my
garden?

A lead spray!

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com

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(al) wrote:

do they hibernate
No
and are they at all nocturnal?
They don't go outside at night, they dance the night away in some poor
bugger's loft.


Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com

In article ,
(al) wrote:

I just want to make my
garden a place they don't want to come to ...

Some neighbours have a dog loose. It doesn't totally discourage them but
they move when the dog wants them to.

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com

"al" wrote in message:
For a month or so now, little holes have been appearing in my nice new
lawn
and in my flowerbeds. Finally, I caught one of the little buggers at it -
it was a squirrel trying to bury a nut!!

Is there any way of stopping them or discouraging them from my garden?
What attracts them to me?
---
A squirrel writes... "Come off it mate, we're only doing what comes
naturally. You put nuts out in your garden, how do we know they're not for
us? You should thank your lucky stars you only have us, you could
have a family of bloody badgers digging damn great holes around your garden,
and depositing piles of crap. Every day our 'landlord' puts out nuts, seeds
and fat balls for us then calls us a tree rats, tree rats I ask you, how
insensitive can you get?
I sometimes think we'd be better off back in the woods."

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"bigboard" wrote in message
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AFAIK, they sort of hibernate! And only if it gets very cold, otherwise
they're up and about most of the winter.

But walking around Holland Park in London last winter in the REALLY hard,
cold days there were loads of squirrels following me about. During the
summer they were far less brazen (maybe because more ppl & kids are there to
terrorise them!).

As for why they bury their nuts in your garden rather than the park, I
would guess that the park is mostly grassland and there are no obvious
landmarks for reference points as to where they left there nuts.

You might be on to something there - perhaps I'll change the garden around
every week to really **** them off so they can't find anything!!

My solution would be to leave them alone, but if they were really
causing a nuisance, to shoot them. I realise this may not be desirable
for you or practical!


Well, firstly, I've only ever seen one once and there are holes all over my
garden. Secondly I don't have a gun. Thirdly, pests as they might be, I
really don't want to execute them - just repulse them. Perhaps pictures of
Jade from BB last year with her "kebab" on show would do the trick. There
again, the neighbours might burn the house down while I'm at work ...!


a

"Jaques d'Altrades" wrote in message
They don't properly hibernate, they snooze at reduced metabolism rate,
then waken if the temperature is high enough and search for hidden nuts.

They aren't at all nocturnal AFAIK, but might be fooled by strong
artificial lights. I've never seen one after dark, and yes, I probably
would, as I go lamping for rats and foxes.

Thanks for the info - the reason I thought they might be is because I've
never seen them digging during the day so I figured they may be doing it
when dark.


a

"S.carolinensis" wrote in message
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A squirrel writes... "Come off it mate, we're only doing what comes
naturally. You put nuts out in your garden, how do we know they're not for
us? You should thank your lucky stars you only have us, you could
have a family of bloody badgers digging damn great holes around your
garden,
and depositing piles of crap. Every day our 'landlord' puts out nuts,
seeds
and fat balls for us then calls us a tree rats, tree rats I ask you, how
insensitive can you get?
I sometimes think we'd be better off back in the woods."


But I don't have any nuts .... lol - yeah right, not going to walk into that
one ;P



a

In article ,
al wrote:

But I don't have any nuts .... lol - yeah right, not going to walk into that
one ;P

Yes, you need to be careful. Walking into things can definitely
cause a pain in the nuts.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
(S.carolinensis) wrote:

I sometimes think we'd be better off back in the woods."

So we can agree on something!

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com

"al" wrote in message
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"Janice" wrote in message
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I wonder if setting a rat trap, baited with peanuts or similar, would
catch
them? Anyone know if that'd work?


Ewwwww ... but then I'd have to dispose of them!

They are eminently edible.

I just want to make my
garden a place they don't want to come to ...

Franz

"al" wrote in message
...
"Janice" wrote in message
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I wonder if setting a rat trap, baited with peanuts or similar, would
catch
them? Anyone know if that'd work?


Ewwwww ... but then I'd have to dispose of them!

They are eminently edible.

I just want to make my
garden a place they don't want to come to ...

Franz

"al" wrote in message
...
"Janice" wrote in message
news:871fb.5343$QH3.1710@newsfep4-

I wonder if setting a rat trap, baited with peanuts or similar, would
catch
them? Anyone know if that'd work?


Ewwwww ... but then I'd have to dispose of them!

They are eminently edible.

I just want to make my
garden a place they don't want to come to ...

Franz

"al" wrote in message
...
"Janice" wrote in message
news:871fb.5343$QH3.1710@newsfep4-

I wonder if setting a rat trap, baited with peanuts or similar, would
catch
them? Anyone know if that'd work?


Ewwwww ... but then I'd have to dispose of them!

They are eminently edible.

I just want to make my
garden a place they don't want to come to ...

Franz

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al wrote:

But I don't have any nuts .... lol - yeah right, not going to walk
into that
one ;P

Yes, you need to be careful. Walking into things can definitely
cause a pain in the nuts.

But IIRC, al is of the female persuasion.....

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