My Mom used to have a terrible time with squirrels. Her whole backyard was like ‘Disneyland’ with all of her model trains set up, little towns she’d build, etc.
The squirrels would steal her little plastic people and accessories, LOL!
She started trapping them and would spray paint their tails blue while they were still caged, then would drive them out past the dump and let them go.
She never got bit, and she never saw a blue-tailed squirrel come back to her yard!
I’ve often wonder what happened to them? Were they ostracized by other squirrels? Did they have to start their own community of blue-tailed squirrels? Did their offspring develop blue tails, genetically?
So many unanswered questions! *SNORT*
My Mom. Always entertaining. ;)
Curious ... how far away was the dump? I have read you have to take squirrels at least 5-10 miles away to keep them from returning. Some references say they can travel 15 miles & one even said 25!
True story - friend of mine was overrun with squirrels so he was trapping & relocating. I think he was up to 30+ or more in a fairly short period of time. He had periodically noticed a strange pickup truck parked briefly along a wooded spot just up from his house so one day he decided to watch & see what was going on. You probably guessed it - the guy was releasing squirrels! So friend Bob is trapping like crazy & removing squirrels, only to have someone “restocking” about as fast as he could trap!
If she had stuck with pink flamingos and garden gnomes she would not have had this problem!
"She started trapping them and would spray paint their tails blue while they were still caged, then would drive them out past the dump and let them go."
And let them go. Um Hum. And where did everyone in the township go to practice shooting?? Probably out past the dump.