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Posted on 1/19/19 at 8:14 pm to Dawgirl
Posted on 1/19/19 at 8:14 pm to Dawgirl
Try #3.
New Geometry.
Rigid cardboard with peanut butter on the end. There's no way to sidestep it or simply lick it off without triggering the pedestal lever.
And to keep the animals from getting it on the side, it goes in this perfectly formed box, so they have to enter correctly.
New Geometry.
Rigid cardboard with peanut butter on the end. There's no way to sidestep it or simply lick it off without triggering the pedestal lever.
And to keep the animals from getting it on the side, it goes in this perfectly formed box, so they have to enter correctly.
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Posted on 1/19/19 at 8:21 pm to deeprig9
Well thought out. Great initiative! The box is perfect!
Good luck!!
Good luck!!
Posted on 1/20/19 at 12:04 pm to deeprig9
I'm pulling hard for the squirrels. C'mon guys, you can do it.
Posted on 1/20/19 at 12:24 pm to Whiznot
They didn't enter the trap. Bait is still there, untouched. Funny thing is I didn't hear them scratching around last night either. Maybe they spent the night out.
Another update, I watched a squirrel bust arse trying to climb the pergola again. Confirmed, they can't climb it.
Maybe they stayed out last night because the wet gutters are too slippery for them to climb and it rained like hell.
Another update, I watched a squirrel bust arse trying to climb the pergola again. Confirmed, they can't climb it.
Maybe they stayed out last night because the wet gutters are too slippery for them to climb and it rained like hell.
This post was edited on 1/20/19 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 1/20/19 at 6:03 pm to deeprig9
I don't think you mentioned how they are getting in your house or did I miss that?
Posted on 1/20/19 at 6:06 pm to deeprig9
Animals trapped over the years from our household.
3 Raccoons
2 Opossums
They were all delivered to the Oconee national forest.
An aside, do not feed wild animals like my neighbor that tossed waffles to the vermin.
Nature has a way of balancing. A pair of red shoulder hawks are currently decimating the squirrel population.
I had to laugh when my BIL took an old strobe light into his attic. Pests were gone until he made repairs.
3 Raccoons
2 Opossums
They were all delivered to the Oconee national forest.
An aside, do not feed wild animals like my neighbor that tossed waffles to the vermin.
Nature has a way of balancing. A pair of red shoulder hawks are currently decimating the squirrel population.
I had to laugh when my BIL took an old strobe light into his attic. Pests were gone until he made repairs.
Posted on 1/20/19 at 11:58 pm to Dawgirl
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I don't think you mentioned how they are getting in your house or did I miss that?
Lowe’s Pergola means ‘squirrel ladder ‘ in Italian
Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:23 am to deeprig9
Have you tried a strobe light? I have read that it will drive squirrels insane and they leave pretty much immediately.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 10:07 am to Eric Nies Grind Time
I’ve heard that as well.
We thought we had rodents in the house because I could hear scratching in a wall. I couldn’t find any signs but reasearched what to do. One time when I heard it I ran outside and saw it was a squirrel on the roof chewing on the PVC bathroom vent pipe on the roof. The vibrations made it sound like it was coming from in the walls. We put some squirrel proof cover on it and that fixed the problem.
They used to get in our roof all the time but never got in.
We thought we had rodents in the house because I could hear scratching in a wall. I couldn’t find any signs but reasearched what to do. One time when I heard it I ran outside and saw it was a squirrel on the roof chewing on the PVC bathroom vent pipe on the roof. The vibrations made it sound like it was coming from in the walls. We put some squirrel proof cover on it and that fixed the problem.
They used to get in our roof all the time but never got in.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 10:26 am to SquatchDawg
This morning, trap not tripped, bait not touched. Not a sound last night.
The squirrels have been making a ruckus every night for weeks then suddenly stops the last two nights.
The squirrels have been making a ruckus every night for weeks then suddenly stops the last two nights.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 11:07 am to deeprig9
they are planning something.
be prepared.
be prepared.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 4:18 pm to Hobnail
Don’t worry, the squirrels can’t climb the wooden posts of the pergola.
They also can’t jump from the handrails of the deck to the nylon roof of said pergola.
The squirrels “bust their arse” when they try that.
They also can’t jump from the handrails of the deck to the nylon roof of said pergola.
The squirrels “bust their arse” when they try that.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 4:36 pm to Hobnail
They are figuring shite out. They always do. 
Posted on 1/21/19 at 4:37 pm to deeprig9
They comin
Posted on 1/21/19 at 5:17 pm to RhodeDawg
Pergola cover in storage for winter, has been since September, and there is no wood involved. All powder coated metal they can't climb.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 6:12 pm to deeprig9
frick, i think we have something more serious. Details later tonight when i can get on computer.
This post was edited on 1/21/19 at 6:12 pm
Posted on 1/21/19 at 7:48 pm to deeprig9
Three year old is upstairs taking off clothes for bathtime. Mommy comes downstairs to get more soap from downstairs bathroom. Kid stands at top of stairs whining, hurry up mommy, whine whine whine. Then 5 seconds of silence. Then screaming bloody murder. I run over to the stairs, he is halfway down, half dressed, and I assume he slipped and fell down the stairs. He said no.... he said:
"Daddy I heard a scary noise"
He was crying, real crying, not his fake whine crying. I was unable to extract additional details of this "scary noise."
Fast forward 5 minutes.
Wife has him in the bathtub. She yells at me from top of the stairs - "Was that you?"
"Me what?"
"Did you just make a loud sound?"
"I just opened a Bud Light"
"Well I just heard the scary sound too"
So I run upstairs to see what I could extract from her.
She said it sounded like it was in the attic, like "a dragging sound".
My attic is completely empty. We don't use it for storage. It is just insulation and the hvac unit. I take the flashlight up and look around, nothing. Nothing that could or would fall over, or drag around.
Squirrels mysteriously disappeared almost three days ago.
What the frick is in my attic?
"Daddy I heard a scary noise"
He was crying, real crying, not his fake whine crying. I was unable to extract additional details of this "scary noise."
Fast forward 5 minutes.
Wife has him in the bathtub. She yells at me from top of the stairs - "Was that you?"
"Me what?"
"Did you just make a loud sound?"
"I just opened a Bud Light"
"Well I just heard the scary sound too"
So I run upstairs to see what I could extract from her.
She said it sounded like it was in the attic, like "a dragging sound".
My attic is completely empty. We don't use it for storage. It is just insulation and the hvac unit. I take the flashlight up and look around, nothing. Nothing that could or would fall over, or drag around.
Squirrels mysteriously disappeared almost three days ago.
What the frick is in my attic?
Posted on 1/21/19 at 8:25 pm to deeprig9
Possum.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 8:26 pm to deeprig9
Posted on 1/21/19 at 8:28 pm to Dawgirl
quote:
Possum
Or raccoon
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