To: Vigilanteman
We have a log home in TN that the squirrels are chewing apart. I hate them. We have all the ends of the logs wrapped in tin foil - looks really great.
Anyone know how to keep them from chewing the house?
12 posted on
05/22/2010 7:46:40 PM PDT by
Reagan69
(Let me know when those health insurance premiums go down.)
To: Reagan69
Anyone know how to keep them from chewing the house?Pellet Gun?
14 posted on
05/22/2010 7:48:24 PM PDT by
El Cid
(Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
To: Reagan69
take them to the dentist and have they toofus’s taken out
17 posted on
05/22/2010 7:49:09 PM PDT by
al baby
(Hi Mom sarc ;))
To: Reagan69
Hire the 81 year old with a pellet gun. ;)
25 posted on
05/22/2010 7:53:46 PM PDT by
Northern Yankee
(Where Liberty dwells, there is my Country. - Benjamin Franklin)
To: Reagan69
You sure they are squirrels? It might be Porcupines.
35 posted on
05/22/2010 8:05:47 PM PDT by
crz
To: Reagan69
There is supposed to be a creosote type solution available which wood-chewing critters despise. Some of the contractors who build log homes use pretreated logs, but others can put you on the right type of coating solution.
Be careful to ask about flammability. Some of the solutions keep the wood chewing creatures away, but they can also be a fire hazard.
37 posted on
05/22/2010 8:06:51 PM PDT by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Reagan69
There are several tree rat repellents available now. Most contain a nasty tasting pepper juice, along with other stuff that only varmints can smell. Consult a trusted garden center.
38 posted on
05/22/2010 8:07:49 PM PDT by
50cal Smokepole
(Effective gun control involves effective recoil management)
To: Reagan69
I've heard of people coating some things with a very hot pepper solution. Get a large bottle of some kind of cheap hot pepper sauce, maybe thin it a little and paint it on all the ends of your logs. You can probably by it by the gallon at some Hispanic markets or maybe Sam's etc.
Birds aren't affected by hot pepper, but I think squirrels are.
Maybe metal screening over the ends of the logs might be less visible than alum. foil. Like 1/4 inch “wire cloth”. You can staple it on and mold it around the ends.
Or some .22 short sub sonic rounds so the neighbors won't hear you shooting them or a small gage shotgun and just kill the little f******s
39 posted on
05/22/2010 8:08:53 PM PDT by
garyhope
(It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam.)
To: Reagan69
To: Reagan69
BIG rat traps with peanut butter dusted with sunflower seeds.....aka squirrel meth !
Or a live trap with same recipe an take em on a ride to coyote country...
49 posted on
05/22/2010 8:25:22 PM PDT by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Reagan69
Get a couple of big, hungry cats?
I’ve found dead squirrels in my garden, which I’m sure were left by Mr. Boots, my very large black/white cat. He’s a super hunter.
50 posted on
05/22/2010 8:25:25 PM PDT by
SatinDoll
(NO Foreign Nationals as our President!!)
To: Reagan69
I wonder if any of these would work http://www.bitterapple.com/
I know they’re for spraying on fur and feathers.. but I wonder if spraying it on wood would do anything to keep those pests away.
52 posted on
05/22/2010 8:26:07 PM PDT by
Trillian
To: Reagan69
Ingredients: Water, isopropanol 20%, bitter principles, and extractives.
Nevermind about spraying it on the house, after reading the ingredients.
53 posted on
05/22/2010 8:30:38 PM PDT by
Trillian
To: Reagan69
"...Anyone know how to keep them from chewing the house?..."
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Of course, squirrels can be quite aggressive, and I have seen one face down my cat...they looked like gunfighters, about 15 feet apart, both of them with twitching tails, the cat under the birdfeeder, and the squirrel wanting the birdfeeder. They both decided not to fight, so...maybe a dog or two would be better!
63 posted on
05/22/2010 9:29:30 PM PDT by
rlmorel
(We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
To: Reagan69
Spray a solution of water that has jalapeno peppers and dish soap in it over the wood.
65 posted on
05/22/2010 9:38:59 PM PDT by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: Reagan69
80 posted on
05/22/2010 11:53:15 PM PDT by
antceecee
(Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
To: Reagan69
Habitraps. $45 at Lowe's. Bait them with peanuts. The little rats can't resist. The raccoons and opossum can't either.
81 posted on
05/23/2010 2:56:24 AM PDT by
poobear
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