[Reagan69]

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?

[El Cid]

Anyone know how to keep them from chewing the house?

Pellet Gun?

[al baby]

take them to the dentist and have they toofus’s taken out

[Northern Yankee]

Hire the 81 year old with a pellet gun. ;)

[crz]

You sure they are squirrels? It might be Porcupines.

[Vigilanteman]

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.

[50cal Smokepole]

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.

[garyhope]

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

[ConservativeMan55]

Shoot em

[Squantos]

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...

[SatinDoll]

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.

[Trillian]

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.

[Trillian]

Ingredients: Water, isopropanol 20%, bitter principles, and extractives.

Nevermind about spraying it on the house, after reading the ingredients.

[rlmorel]

"...Anyone know how to keep them from chewing the house?..."

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!

[Secret Agent Man]

Spray a solution of water that has jalapeno peppers and dish soap in it over the wood.

[antceecee]

Tar?

[poobear]

Habitraps. $45 at Lowe's. Bait them with peanuts. The little rats can't resist. The raccoons and opossum can't either.