GET RID OF SQUIRRELS!
To Get Rid of Squirrels
Knowledge is the Key
to Success in the Fight to Get Rid of Squirrels
FOR GOOD!
How to Get Rid of Squirrels in the Attic.
How to Get Rid of Squirrels Chewing, Eating Car Wiring / Wires.
How to Get Rid of Squirrels Naturally.
How to Get Rid of Squirrels in the Garden.
FIRST - HOW TO GET GID OF SQUIRRELS IN THE ATTIC:
.....Grey Squirrels in the Attic ................Flying Squirrels in the Attic.
Knowledge to Get Rid of Squirrels!
If you want to know how to Get Rid of Squirrels the long term solution is simple:
High Intensity Squirrel Control Strobe Lights:
A squirrel control strobe light in an attic space use to get rid of squirrels. The flash last only 1/30th of a second.
And Flashes 70-90 times per minute.
The constant high intensity Flash! - Flash! - Flash! - Flash! Will Get Rid of Squirrels!
The High Intensity Get Rid of Squirrels Rodent Strobe Light pictured uses only 4.8 watts of electricity - about the same as the average night light. This strobe covers a maximum of 900 sq .ft. (30X30) of space/area. For a greater "shock and awe" type of effect to get rid of squirrels in an attic 500 sq. ft. (25X25) of coverage give the maximum effect.
How it Will Get Rid of Squirrels:
The ciliary muscle in the eyes' of squirrels controls the expansion and contraction of the squirrels' pupils. The usual adjustments made by this muscle in the eyes of squirrels are small. In response to the strobes in a dark (naturally dark or becomes dark at night) environment this muscle has to make dramatic adjustments (140-180 times per minute). An ophthalmologist I spoke to, at a world-renowned clinic in Scottsdale AZ, likened it to this: Imagine you lift a ten pound dumbbell weight one time. Then imagine that you lifted the same weight 1,500 times in a ten minute period. Your arm would be hurting for days. The ophthalmologist said the strobes would have the same effect on rodent (and other animal pests’) eyes. RESULT: YOU GET RID OF SQUIRRELS FOR GOOD!.
The High Intensity Get Rid of Squirrels Strobe Light in the Photo above is made by Rodent Strobe Inc. 
Approximately 15,000 Residential Fires are caused each year by rodents, such as Rats, Squirrels (squirrels are rodents too) and mice living in the walls and attic, chewing on wiring. A failure to get rid of squirrels in your attic could cost you your home - and even your life.
Do Not Let Squirrels Which Get in Your Attic:
Grey Squirrels Get into an Attic
Become This:
Squirrels' Get Busy Chewing Wiring In Attics:
The product that was used to get rid of squirrels in this home's 10 year attic squirrel control problem was Rodent Strobe's pest control strobes.
Her "They Ran The Squirrels Out" Testimony:
"I have had problems with squirrels getting in my attic for about ten years. The noise they made bothered me and I hated the holes they made in my house. I called a nationwide pest control service and they gave me the name of a man who would come out and trap the squirrels. The man charged me $250.00. I hired him two different times but did not notice a difference. Then I had the strobe lights installed. They work. They ran the squirrels out". (This testimony was emailed to Rodent Strobe Inc. 10 months after the strobes were installed.)
Vernice B. Memphis, TN
Used Squirrel Control Strobe Lights to Get Rid of Squirrels
The Squirrels Chewed Her Wires Until She Used Rodent Strobe to Get Rid of The Squirrels:
Here is a video of one of the squirrels when he came back to her attic just after the strobes were installed.
Hello Kevin,
Thank you for all your help and information with the squirrel problem in my attic. I received the dual strobe kit on 4-21-10; 9AM(2 days as you said) and promptly installed the lights, which took less than an hour. The installation was simple ... .
The five squirrels I saw playing on the roof the previous afternoon were "not at home" during the installation so I periodically checked the outside during that afternoon. About 4:30PM I saw one squirrel peering into one of the three entrances. Just as in the video, it would look in - back out - look in - try again; finally, giving up, scurried up and over the ridge of the roof not to be seen again.
I was excited to see the positive results so quickly but had a sinking feeling the next morning as I saw two more agitated squirrels near another entrance and after a brief pause they went into the soffit area. I did not observe them exit but, upon inspection, there was no evidence of them actually being in the attic area.
I can only conclude that they immediately exited from another location since I have not seen any further activity in the two weeks since the installation. Later, after a more detailed inspection of the nesting area I did find one electrical cable that had been gnawed to the point that the copper was visible on all three wires! This could have been real trouble if they were there for much longer.
Your quality strobes were promptly delivered, are easy to install, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, work as advertised! I feel fortunate to have seen your ad online and have told several people about my experience; they are as impressed as I was. Feel free to share this experience with others.
Thanks again,
Bob G.
Weddington, NC
Used Squirrel Control Strobe Lights to Get Rid of Squirrels
Dear Kevin, I purchased two Rodent Strobes from you in December. I immediately put them in my attic, and the results are astounding. Within days, the squirrels who had ruined many personal items plus chewed the insulation from my A/C ducting were gone. I still hear an occasional squirrel in the attic, but they do not leave any droppings or damage. I do not turn off the strobes at all. I live in an area with huge oak trees, and many other critters. I feel Rodent Strobe is without a doubt the ONLY way to get rid of squirrels in attics once and for all. I had spent a small fortune on repellents and other things that did not work. Now, I feel safe knowing that Rodent Strobe is protecting my attic, my belongings, and my electrical wiring. Squirrels who venture in the attic never stay long, and that is what I want. To say I am pleased with your product is an understatement. I have recommended Rodent Strobe to others, but they are trying to do things the "cheap" way with those repellents, which do NOT work. I once saw squirrels walking around in the repellent I used to use!!!
Even though everyone has seen the results I obtained, there are still the skeptics. Rodent Strobe is the most effective, humane way to control squirrel attic infestation I have ever seen. The strobe light makes common sense...make the attic a miserable place for them, and the squirrels will go elsewhere. Again, words cannot my express my total satisfaction with Rodent Strobe. Feel free to use my letter as a testimonial to an outstanding product that does what it promises.
Sincerely,
David Parsons
Clearwater, Florida
(This testimony was emailed to Rodent Strobe Inc. 4 months after the strobes were installed.)
Used Squirrel Control Strobe Lights to Get Rid of Squirrels
It also works to get rid of rats:
"Kevin, I just wanted to let you know that the rodent strobes we purchased for our fire station have worked perfectly. We have a station located in the middle of the Everglades and had a severe rodent infestation problem which resulted in $10,000 dollars in damages. We installed the rodent strobes and have had no infestation since. Thanks for a great product!" (This testimony was emailed to Rodent Strobe Inc. 10 months after the strobes were installed.)
Alan McLaughlin CHS-III
Fire Chief
Ochopee Fire Control District
Everglades City, Florida
Used Squirrel Control Strobe Lights to Get Rid of Rats
"I ordered some of your strobes on 4/15/09. (this email's date 6/1/09) I must say, I am SO delighted! I could hear the monster squirrels in my attic, chewing chewing, playing, Lord knows what. Every morning I awoke to the sounds of their party. Tried trapping, and yes, even poison too, before I knew it was illegal to poison. Anyhow, they never ate it, and I never caught a thing in my traps smeared with peanut butter. I even hired a guy to take care of it.....and still, the evil squirrels remained in complete control of my attic space. After 4 months of fighting the infestation, I was literally in tears and did not know what to do. I'm widowed, and couldn't afford thousands of $$$ in repair bills and pest control companies. I spoke with you, and ordered 3 lights. The day after I installed, the sound stopped. The next day after the sound stopped, I awoke to sound and activity over my bed (that was their spot, right over where I sleep!) and I thought "OH NO, the lights are not working!" However, after I listened for a few seconds, I realized it was a "different" sound than their normal sound. It was a very ANGRY sound. The squirrel, or squirrels making it were simply furious, the excessive chattering was very intense and angry. I did not hear so much scrambling and playing, as angry, angry chattering. It lasted for two days. After two days, I never heard another sound--they apparently gave up and left. I was delighted they were so angry, because they'd been making me angry for months!!! Oh, hallelujah!!!!! I never even bothered to call the handyman back to check again for holes (which the monsters had literally CHEWED into my house near the chimney to gain access!!!), just left the light flashing in my attic. I just want to say THANK YOU THANK YOU for such a wonderful, useful product!! It's really saved my bacon!"
T. B. in Flower Mound, Texas.
When Rodent Strobe asked T. B. in Flower Mound, Texas for permission to use this email on our testimonies page she responded on 8/27/09(4 months after the strobes were installed.):
"Kevin: By all means, yes, use the testimony. I am so delighted with this product, I tell everybody about it. It remains one of the best things I have ever bought. And the light still up there flashing away, not a squirrel, not a rat to be heard. One thing tho....when I got a lightning hit awhile back that fried my air conditioner unit, cable/internet, and phone lines, the HVAC guy and the insurance guy......and the cable guy.....and the phone guy....were all pretty freaked out when they went into my attic to assess the situation. Particularly the HVAC guy -- after I'd told him the lightning messed up my AC, and he opened the attic door to all this flashing when he went up there to check it. He jumped back and exclaimed 'WHAT IS THAT????" har de har har. Guess he thought it was the 220 volt cable that broke loose and dancing around, maybe. And I explained to him it was my squirrel chaser off-er, and he says skeptically "And that REALLY worked for you on the squirrels???", and I said 'YOU BETCHA, I wouldn't trade it for nuthin'!"
T.B. in Flower Mound, Texas.
Used Squirrel Control Strobe Lights to Get Rid of Squirrels
This might be a good time to mention that Rodent Strobe's High Intensity Pest Control Strobes have built-in surge protection.
25% of house fires of "unknown cause" are attributed to Rodents, such as Squirrels, chewing on attic wires.
Learn why it is so important to get rid of squirrels in the attic:
The word “rodent” derives from the Latin verb rodere (to gnaw). Rodents, like Squirrels are constantly chewing on wood and wiring because the squirrels' front teeth are continually growing.
For instance, the grey squirrel’s front teeth grow a half a foot in length each year. Squirrels have to chew / gnaw constantly to keep their teeth’s length under control otherwise the squirrels' teeth would get too long - making the Squirrels unable to eat
and thereby the squirrels would starve to death.
As a result of this constant need to chew twenty-five percent of fires of “unknown cause” are attributed to rodents, such as Squirrels, chewing on electrical wires in attics. A lack of Squirrel Control which will get rid of the squirrels could lead to your house catching fire - sometimes in the middle of the night.
According to the United States Fire Administration, a residential / house fire happens every 79 seconds. There are usually about 50,000 – 60,000 residential fires of “unknown cause” each year in the US. The Department of Homeland Security estimates that they receive reports from fire departments on only half of the actual number of fires that occur annually. This means that the number of fires of “unknown cause” annually could be twice the 50 to 60 thousand average. That is possibly reaching up to 120,000 fires of “unknown cause” annually in the US as a result of a failure to get rid of rodents such as squirrels. Keep in mind that 25% of these fires are attributed to Squirrels in the attic, Roof Rats and Mice chewing on wiring in the attic. Based on government statistics and statements made by government authorities, the number of residential house fires cause by the failure to get rid of Attic Squirrels, Roof Rats / Attic Rats, Norway Rats and Mice are approximately 15,000 fires each year and could be as high as 30,000 fires. If you have squirrels in your attic – you probably also have wire damage in your attic.
LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW HIGH INTENSITY PEST CONTROL STROBE LIGHTS CAN GET RID OF SQUIRRELS IN THE ATTIC FOR GOOD!:
Knowledge is the key - to get rid of squirrels.
Where are the places that squirrels get in to my attic?
Squirrels will get into an attic by chewing an access hole under a shingle.
Squirrels get into an attic by:
chewing the wood of attic louvered vents just enough to get under and in - notice how the squirrel damage has been painted over.
This is a near-by house -
with multiple gnawed vent boards chewed by squirrels so they could get into the attic.
This utility power line (just across the street from the two homes pictured above) -
was chewed daily by a squirrel.
Squirrels like to get into attics by:
chewing just below the shingles at the top of fascia boards.
Want to get rid of squirrels that are getting into the attic? Then -
you should not underestimate the climbing abilities of squirrels in their attempts to get into your attic.
The squirrels chewed louvered vents - chewed from the outside by the squirrels.
I have seen squirrels climb brick and board walls with ease to get into an attic.
Squirrels like to get in attics at corners which -
enable the squirrels to get a better grip while chewing their way into the attic.
This is a magnified photo of the above squirrels' access hole. Notice how it had been screened over with wire mesh to get rid of the squirrels? - BUT - the squirrels gnawed and pulled on the hard wire mesh until they were able to get rid of this obstacle and get back into THEIR ATTIC!
This more clearly shows the bent back areas where the squirrels worked hard to get rid of this obstacle by chewing and bending until the metal wire mesh broke off.
Even Metal Flashing(sheets) will not get rid of squirrels that are determined to get back into THEIR attic.
The metal flashing was bitten, chewed, pulled and ripped by the squirrels that wanted to get back into this attic.
House sealing is NOT a long term solution to get rid of squirrels in the attic.
Trying to get rid of squirrels by means of wolf urine, coyote urine, fox urine, predator urine, or scents? Will these get rid of squirrels in the attic?
Why shake out your hard earned money on odor repellents, that the academic pest experts say do not get rid of squirrels?
I have been there and done that. I can tell you from personal experience that this does not get rid of squirrels for long - In my case it did not get rid of the squirrels at all. Anyway, I do not want more urine odor in my attic. Enough is enough. Oh! (But the web sites say) this will scare away the pest because the rat, mouse, mice, squirrels, raccoon will smell the predator urine and it will be frightened away. Please do not waste your hard earned money on these products. Too many people do.
Here's Something Else to Think About:
The MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) for one of these products lists fox urine as a main ingredient. Where is all this dried fox urine coming from? Are there fox port-a-potties placed in the forest? It takes a lot of fox urine to produce these products. Where is it coming from? The largest source of fox urine on the market is supplied by the fur trade industry. Hundreds of foxes in cages with trays beneath each cage to collect the marketable urine. Do you want to purchase a product that does not give long term results? Do you want your money going to support the fur trade industry?
There is a restaurant with a large Paul Bunyan statue in the parking lot with a huge axe in his hands. Is this frightening away the humans?
Ever seen a picture of a scarecrow out in a field with a bird sitting on it? – I have. Take my advice and don’t waste your money on a
plastic owl to get rid of squirrels – unless all you want is one or two days of being able to get rid of squirrels until the squirrels figure out it’s not real. Plastic Owls to get rid of squirrels? - Not (REAL)ly.
WHOOOO can get rid of squirrels? - Owls are a natural way to get rid of squirrels. Just two Barn Owls can get rid of up to 2,000 rodents (squirrels are rodents) a year. Owls are nature's own pest control to get rid of squirrels. Owls usually do not build their own nest - instead they take up residence in the abandoned nest of falcons and hawks. A good way to get rid of squirrels naturally is to attract owls to your yard. An Owl Box on your property can cause owls searching for a new home to take up residence and get busy at the job of getting rid of the squirrels. Get Owls and get rid of squirrels naturally. Owls are nature's way to get rid of squirrels.
Hawks and Falcons are a good way to get rid of squirrels. An Owl Box can also be used by Falcons or Hawks. Hawks and Falcons are also nature's pest control to get rid of squirrels. An Owl Box on your property can be a good way to get Falcons and Hawks to take up residence and also get busy at the job of getting rid of the squirrels. Get Falcons and get Hawks and get rid of squirrels naturally. Falcons and Hawks are also a good way to get rid of squirrels. Owls will get rid of squirrels and will get rid of rats in the evening and morning hours. Then like nature's shift change - Hawks and Falcons will get rid of squirrels and get rid of rats during the day. It is a 24 hours nature's pest control service to get rid of squirrels and to get rid of rats.
Get rid of the squirrels feeding in your garden and you move a step closer to being able to get rid of squirrels that are living in your attic. I once asked a Master Gardener how to get rid of rabbits that were feeding on a turf area. Rabbits, like squirrels, are rodents and what will work to get rid of rabbits - also work to get rid of squirrels that are feeding on your garden and living in your attic. The Master Gardener was really a master gardener - one of his jobs included taking care of the turf on a major league baseball team's stadium field. The master gardener told me "blood meal will get rid of the rabbits". Rabbits and Squirrels are prey of coyotes, foxes, cats, etc. Predator urine will not get rid of the squirrels and rabbits for long - but blood meal will and it is good for your garden. Blood Meal is available from most garden centers and is a commonly used fertilizer. Now, Blood meal is just what it sounds like - it is dried / powdered blood from the processing of beef and it is one of the most used natural fertilizers around. Rabbits and squirrels will get away from a place in which the dirt smells like blood - the squirrels do not want to "get it" next. Blood meal - to get rid of squirrels in the garden - experts say it works.
This will work for a couple of days to get rid of squirrels - but that is about all. I know people who regularly sleep with a radio or television on all night - with the volume up.
When I asked how they could sleep with such noise they respond “Oh, I’m used to it”. The squirrels will get used to the noise too. No one likes to get kicked
out of their bed – squirrels are no exception. A radio in the attic to get rid of squirrels? - No.
Will Mint Oil Get Rid of Squirrels living in your attic? I recently spoke to a man who is using mint oil in an attempt to try and get rid of rodents (Squirrels are rodents) in an attic in Memphis, TN. I asked him how it was going - He response was "OK" and then continued "The only problem is that I am having to spray the attic with the mint oil about every three weeks". He added that he had to re-spray so often because the smell of the mint oil did not last very long. Needless to say he was a little fatigued of spraying the attic with the mint oil to try and get rid of the rodents. This can become an expensive way to get rid of squirrels and to get rid of rats. A one ounce bottle of mint oil can cost $25 to $30 - that could get expensive if you mixed the mint oil with water and sprayed your attic every couple weeks to get rid of the squirrels. Mint oil to get rid of squirrels - No thanks!
Pellet Guns - to get Rid of Squirrels?
Something to think about first - What if you just wound the squirrels and the squirrels get to their nest – IN YOUR ATTIC – and die? Or -the squirrels have baby squirrels in the attic or in your house walls? Well, happy smells to you Annie Oakley. Also, in many towns and cities this is an illegal way to get rid of squirrels.
Pumpkins to get rid of squirrels? - too seasonal.
Squirrels get rid of pumpkins through pre-emptive strikes.
This is a way to get rid of squirrels - ONLY, there are several considerations. Be careful for your fingers – if it can snap a mouse’s spine it can certainly break
a finger. Children can get hurt. Family pets could get hurt. Emergency rooms - expensive.
Rat traps are meant for rodents that are smaller than squirrels. Trying to get rid of squirrels by this method could mean a squirrel caught in one of these could suffer for hours. A large squirrel might possibly have to be killed while still caught in the trap. Pest control textbooks recommend attaching snap traps to a larger board so a larger wounded animal caught in a trap doesn’t drag it elsewhere where it will die and smell and be hard to retrieve. I have seen a squirrel in an attic that caught its foot in a snap trap. The squirrel had retreated with the snap trap attached to its foot into an inner house wall and became caught between the attic wall and the open attic area because the snap trap attached to its broken and twisted foot would not fit back through the space between the wall and the attic. This animal would have suffered and died in the wall and would have rotted and smelled had it not been found and removed.
If you use a rat trap, or a squirrel trap that is designed to kill the pest - what if it has babies living in the attic or wall spaces of your house? The squirrels die and the smell is horrible! Then you have to go through the expense of having a pest control professional crawling through your attic and possibly cutting into your walls to remove the dead litter. But with Rodent Strobe if the strobes are turned off for short periods of time (several hours) during the first few days - squirrel has a chance to remove its young and the whole family leaves. This is squirrel control that does not leave a rotting dead squirrels in your walls or attic. This is truly the best way to get rid of attic squirrels in the attic.
Pest control textbooks give guidelines on disposal of trapped and killed or injured squirrels. Warnings are made that a wounded squirrels can be dangerous. Dead squirrels can carry diseases so wear the proper protective equipment. It is recommended that the dead squirrels be sprayed thoroughly with a clorox and water solution before removal and disposal. Also be aware that the dead squirrels may have fleas that have been feeding on its blood and if one of its fleas bites you then you could get infected with a pathogen. Lyme disease, a disease that was once thought only to be in deer ticks, has now been found in fleas. The “black death” was spread by fleas on roof rats. Ground squirrels in the South Western US have tested positive for the "black death" aka. plague in the past ten years.
The use of moth balls in an attic to get rid of squirrels in the attic is against the law in all 50 states. If you use moth balls in the attic to get rid of squirrels in the attic or any other vertebrate pest or even suggest their use to someone you are committing, at least a misdemeanor, and even a felony in many states. If you are thinking about using Moth balls to get rid of squirrels in the attic then you need to be advised that - Moth balls are toxic to humans and pets. Most moth balls are produced from naphthalene which is derived from coal tar. The gaseous vapors
emitted from moth balls are heavier than air and will seep from your attic into the lower levels of your residence – your living areas. Many people will
recommend moth balls to get rid of squirrels in the attic and other pests. In states such as California, Arizona, Florida and New York this seemingly innocent recommendation
is or has been a felony. Moth balls take oxygen out of the air. The purpose of moth balls is to suffocate moths in an enclosed environment. It is similar to running
a car engine in a garage with the garage door closed. Several years ago a friend of mine had a yard man tell her to put moth balls in her attic to get rid of her problem with squirrels. It worked for a while but the amount of moth balls she had to put in the attic spaces to get rid of the squirrels made her house stink of moth
balls. My friend could not smell the moth balls after several days, but everyone who entered her house was over-whelmed by the smell of the mothballs. I have asthma
and while visiting her house it greatly irritated my asthma. Two years later the lower places in her house, such as bathroom cabinets, linen closets, etc. still
smells of the moth balls. Many people who make this common mistake spend years trying to get the moth ball smell out of their homes. To this day,
freshly laundered towels that have been placed in my friend's bathroom cabinets soon get the smell of the long removed moth balls. Again, my friend could not smell the
moth balls but all who entered her home could. Same thing with attic squirrels - they will get used to the smell - unless you use so many moth balls
that the toxic vapors are so heavy that the squirrels can’t stay – which means these heavier than air toxic gaseous vapors are seeping down into
your living areas and into your lungs and into your blood stream. Babies that have been wrapped in blankets which were stored with moth
balls have been found to have high levels of naphthalene in their blood streams? Moth balls to get rid of squirrels, been there – smelled that, in most cases it
is illegal and toxic to humans and pets.
Been there, done that too! And, it did not get rid of squirrels or roof rats. I wish I had my money back. That ultrasonic box was expensive and the owner of the company told me how great it would work.
Yeah buddy. Did you know that a number of the leading vertebrate pest specialists - PhD. Professors, experts in the field have tried to get the Federal
Trade Commission to ban ultrasonic pest control devises because they do not work to get rid of squirrels and other pest? The Federal Trade Commission has published a warning to all ultrasonic pest repellent manufacturers and their retailers. There may be an initial effect but the research shows that the pests return and soon get habituated (get used to the noise). How long do ultrasonic repellents work? The research shows that the repelling effect last for 1 to 3 days, but after 3 to 7 days the squirrels get habituated to the noise and continue living in the attic space not bothered enough to leave their home. Additional research confirms that ultrasonic pest repellents may have a partial / transitory effect, but have no persistent effectiveness. Many academic researchers have urge legislatures and consumers to view ultrasonic pest repellents with skepticism. The New York State Consumer Protection Board cautioned against using ultrasonic repellents. In addition to this, contrary to the claims of many ultrasonic pest control device sellers, there is scientific evidence that some of these devices cause hearing loss in pets, most especially dogs . Even the US Army does not approve of ultrasonic pest control devices.
I went to San Diego, California to speak with the vertebrate pest expert who does the pest control products investigations for the Federal Trade Commission. When I told him I had a pest control product that I needed some help in designing container and field experiments for product testing the first thing he asked me (with a look of disgust) was “this isn’t another one of those ultrasonic pest repellers is it? – Those things don’t work”. I am happy to say that he seemed very impressed with my pest control strobes, especially when he was in a dark room with my strobe flashing and he was commenting that it was making him dizzy as he moved around the room. I observed him try several times to turn on the lights with the wall switch and his hand was meandering around for several seconds before he was able to secure his hand on the switch and turn the lights on. I was one happy camper.
The Grey Squirrel's Latin name - "Sciurus Carolinensis". Grey squirrels usually mate twice a year - in the early spring or late winter and in the summer. The mother squirrels will give birth to their young about forty-five days after mating. A squirrel has 4 to 6 baby squirrels per litter. A pair of healthy squirrels could produce a dozen offspring each year. In twelve months the baby squirrels mature enough to become breeding adults. Each litter does not leave its mother's nest for the first 10 to 12 weeks of its life. It is totally dependant on its mother's milk to live. If you have squirrels in the attic there most likely are baby squirrels in your attic 40% of the year. Squirrel trapping or poisoning to get rid of squirrels could leave baby squirrels up in your attic in a nesting site to die of starvation. A mother squirrel will nest in the safest place she can find to protect her young. Attics are ideal places. The cavities in the your home's walls are many times chosen by nesting squirrels - the radiant heat in the winter and the cool air from air conditioning make the interior house walls good nesting sites for mother squirrels. These cavities are accessed by the squirrel through top of the wall openings in your attic. If you use rat poison or a squirrel trap to try to get rid of squirrels in the attic, then you could be smelling dead, baby squirrels rotting in your attic or walls for weeks. And if you use a rat poison to kill the squirrels, the squirrel will often retreat to its nest in your attic to die and you will be smelling its rotting body for weeks. Often interior walls have to be cut into to remove the dead squirrels. An attic squirrel may nest under attic flooring and the flooring will have to be removed to remove the dead squirrel in the attic. AND PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, THAT IF YOU HEAR SQUIRRELS IN YOUR ATTIC THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YOU MOST LIKELY HAVE 4 TO 6 BABIES PER EACH MOTHER SQUIRREL IN THE ATTIC 40-50% OF THE YEAR. A MOTHER SQUIRREL CAUGHT IN A SQUIRREL TRAP, WHETHER SNAP TRAP OR LIVE TRAPPED, AND CARRIED AWAY - OR - A POISONED SQUIRREL - OR - A SQUIRREL SHOT WITH A PELLET GUN - COULD, 40% TO 50% OF THE YEAR, RESULT IN DEAD YOUNG SQUIRRELS IN YOUR ATTIC OR INTERIOR HOUSE WALLS LEFT TO DECAY AND SMELL.
Rat traps used as squirrel traps. Rat traps are designed for rats - not for squirrels! I am speaking of the snap trap variety of rat traps. I have seen a squirrel that was trapped in one of these rat traps and it did not kill the squirrel. The rat trap used as a squirrel trap was placed in an attic by a well meaning husband trying to get rid of his squirrels in the attic. He had placed about a dozen rat traps in a 2,000 square foot attic space. The traps had been up in the attic for seven years! A squirrel ran past one and tripped the rat trap trigger. The rat trap snapped shut on the attic squirrel's foot. Where do you think this injured squirrel with a rat trap attached to its broke leg ran to? It ran to a interior house wall where its nest was. There's no place like home. The squirrel managed to force its broken leg through the wall opening in the attic with the rat trap still attached. But as it tried to leave the interior wall space to go back up into the attic the rat trap used as a squirrel trap became stuck and so was the injured squirrel. Unfortunately the squirrel had to be put down.
If you use a rat trap as a squirrel trap the squirrel will usually not face an immediate death being as the rat traps are not designed to be used as a squirrel trap. The squirrel will definitely suffer and if it is able to move it will often retreat to its squirrel nest in your attic to die and rot and smell.
If you use a rat poison to poison a squirrel, besides the risk of it or its young dying in your attic or home's wall, is the risk of a sickened or dead family pet.
Every year there a hundreds of cases of secondary poisonings from a dog or cat chewing on or partially ingesting poisoned rat, mouse or squirrel. If a dog or cat finds a dead rodent - and they can smell them out, they find what to them is a chew toy and/or an extra meal. As they carry around the dead rodent in their mouths, as some kind of trophy, they are ingesting the very poisons that killed the rat. At least, your pet could get sick and sometimes they die. This death will occur some times because there is often, over time, more than one dead rat or squirrel that they find and the poisons accumulate in the pet's blood stream until it becomes sick and dies, or at least runs up a considerable veterinary bill.
The scent glands of squirrels are located in their feet. As they run they leave little scent road maps for other squirrels to follow. The pheromones in rodent urine (squirrels are rodents) can last up to two years. Tree squirrels love to live in attics. It’s warmer, drier and safer from predators. Unfortunately most attics are not equipped with squirrel toilets. But this is not a problem for the squirrels - they will just urinate and defecate all over the attic. And I do mean all over. It is amazing to see an attic where squirrels have been residing. Raisin sized dung all over the place and matted down insulation which is stained with and smells of urine. It is truly nasty – but not to the squirrels. The urine and glands in the squirrels’ feet leave pheromone trails which are like a welcome mat or “attic for rent” sign for future squirrels. This is why squirrel trapping, poisoning, or house sealing has to be done over and over and over by homeowners at great cost each time and most definitely accumulatively. I know from experience and so does my pocketbook.
I am in the pest control industry. I have to be familiar with many aspects of the industry. In one of the pest control classes I attended, taught by a pest
control inspector, the inspector informed us that integrity was a big part of keeping our state license. As part of ensuring this, the inspectors
would “shadow”/observe unawares a pest control operator and before an inspector does a site, chemical, equipment, paper work, and service
vehicle inspection he/she would often watch the pest professional from a distance without the pest control operator’s knowledge he/she was being
watched/inspected. The inspector teaching the class said that in the vast majority of the times an animal was live trapped at a customer’s residence
or business the animal pest was unethically released within two blocks of where it was caught. In this case the pest would just return to the capture site.
Pest control operators in most states are required to take the pest at least two miles away from the capture site before releasing it. The inspector
told the class that our license would be in jeopardy if we were caught doing this unethical practice.
So if you hire a pest control company to live trap and/or seal your home or business - what certainty do you have that the pest control employee won’t just let the squirrel, mouse, or rat out of the live trap just down the street? Again this was not the exception but the majority according to the inspector’s class. And if you snap trap the pest, or glue trap the pest, or zap trap the pest – What keeps other animal pest from following the scent trail to your home or property?
A Squirrel's Motto:
"There's No Place Like Home"
Squirrel Traps and the Homing Behavior of Squirrels
Eighty percent of squirrels that are trapped in live squirrel traps and released within two miles return will return to your their home.
This number drops in percentage with each mile that the squirrel is taken from the capture site. At a 5-7 mile range a significant, but reduced, number of trapped and released squirrels still return to the capture site. In field experiments approximately 5% of trapped and released squirrels returned from as far a 10-12 miles from where they were caught in live squirrel traps. One squirrel trapped and carried about twenty-five miles away from the squirrel trap site returned to its home.
In the two experiments, from which the figures were taken, over 100 individual squirrels were trapped and released. One squirrel trapping and homing behavior study was performed by the University Of Connecticut. The other squirrel trapping and homing behavior study was performed by a large pest control company over a three year period. In each case the trapped squirrels were caught in live squirrel traps and transported with special attention paid to the prevention of the squirrels having visual cues along the traveled paths aka. they could not see where they were going. This was done because squirrels that are trapped and then can see along the route to their release site almost always find there way back. Hey, a squirrel can turn left at the park and then right at the McDonalds too.
Still if they can't see the relocation route - how do they find their way back? One study by University of Laval in Quebec, Canada found that red squirrels, when released from the squirrel traps, had a basic sense of the direction which they needed to travel back to the place where they were trapped. But, the trapped and released squirrels did not seem to have any knowledge of how far they were from the place where the squirrel traps were set and they were captured. Seventeen squirrels were trapped and released in this squirrel trap and release homing behavior study. This squirrel trapping study suggest that the squirrels use two strategies to return the the site where the squirrels were trapped. The first is the squirrels innate sense of direction orientation. The second was the exploratory trips the squirrels made toward the place where the squirrel traps were placed and they were captured. Since the squirrels did not see the travel route form the squirrel trap placement to the release sites how did they find their way back home if they had no visual cues by which to orient themselves. Was it a re-adjusting of their internal sense of direction or their keen sense of smell that enable them to pick of the pheromones of familiar squirrels? In another study done on a different member of the rodent family suggest that visual cues or a lack of them may not be the only mechanism of squirrel homing behavior. In this other rodent homing study the mice (cousins of squirrels) were trapped. Half of the mice were blinded. The blind mice found their way back to the place where they were trapped equal to the seeing mice. This study was repeated ten times with a new set of mice each time and the blind mice found their way home just as well as the seeing mice. Still thinking about using squirrel traps to solve your attic squirrel problem? Still thinking about using squirrel traps to solve your attic squirrel problem? Still thinking about using squirrel traps to solve your attic squirrel problem? Sorry for repeating myself - but squirrel traps can put you into a repetitive cycle too. And if you hire a professional squirrel trapper the cost are very often repetitive too.
The preponderance of the returning squirrels in most squirrel tarp studies are males. Within a two mile range this male to female returning squirrel ratio was not as pronounced. Closer to, and up to, the two mile range most of the returning, trapped and released squirrels were males. After two miles the number of trapped and returning female squirrels dropped significantly. The two experiments were performed in opposing seasons. The University of Connecticut experiment was conducted in the middle of winter. The pest control company's experiment was conducted over three consecutive summers. The term of the pest control company's experiment would have cover the period during which the female squirrels would have had nursing/blind baby squirrels in their nests. Again, few of these female squirrels returned to their nesting sites to care for their baby squirrels if they were carried more than two miles away from the live squirrel trap site.
In the University of Connecticut experiment the trapped squirrels were individually identified and marked via toe clippings and released. The squirrels that returned to the capture site were recaptured and taken a farther distance away and still half of them returned - all of theses second trip squirrels were males.
Very little is known about the internal mechanisms of a squirrel's homing ability. Other rodents show the same abilities. In one experiment of the homing abilities of mice almost all of the trapped and release mice returned to their nesting areas when taken and release up to two miles away.
In each of these squirrel trapping experiments the miles measured were in straight lines ("as a crow flies"). In the pest control company's experiments the mileage was measured also in a straight line but in some cases the additional precaution of traveling in a zigzag pattern was employed and this additional measure did not seem to confound the squirrels innate homing abilities. Again, 'There's no place like home" - even for a squirrel in the attic.
The Reason Squirrels Return? - NUTS!
Squirrels spend a great deal of their time foraging for food. A squirrel will scent mark and bury hundreds of acorns to see itself through the winter. Imagine if you had all your winters food stored in one place. Imagine that you spent a great deal of your time protecting your territory and food hidden on it. Ever heard of a Fort?, Castle?, Bank Vault? And imagine that your saved stores could last for two years. And someone kidnapped you and took you far away from your home and its food. I'd be back too! And if you don't return? Another squirrel will scent out your hidden food stores and move right in.
The Get Rid of Squirrels Solution:
With pest control strobe lights these problems are addressed. First, we have found that if a squirrel or rat is living in a house wall that it accesses through a space that is protected by a high intensity strobe that the squirrel or rat will give up going to its nesting area in the wall. It just is not worth it - see Rodent Strobe's How It Works page.
Second, Attic squirrels and rats are good mothers. If their young are in what the rodent mother deems an "unsafe" area she will move them to another place that she sees as safe. We recommend that a person using our pest control strobe lights simply turn off the strobes for a few hours at a time during the first few days to allow the mothers to move their young. Then when all the attic squirrels, attic rats, raccoons, etc., are gone - turn on the strobes and leave them on. Problem solved! No dead, rotting squirrels or rats. No dead or sick family pets. No repeating and repeating the squirrel trapping, or rat trapping nightmare.
The most active foraging time for the squirrels that live in your attic is the fall. As the fall season progresses the squirrels spend a greater percentage of their time foraging and hiding their winter food stores. The attic squirrel's typical behavior is to carry a nut, such as an acorn or pecan, about 50 feet from the tree from which it is harvested and then pretend to bury it. Yes you read right - squirrels are smart. We protect our money with passwords and pin codes. An attic squirrel protects his or her food stores by pretending to bury it as many as three times. The squirrel will dig a hole. Then the squirrel will pretend to put the nut in the hole. The squirrel covers the hole with leaves and dirt and repeats this process. And, if a squirrel sees that it is being watched it will then repeat this process with the same nut for several days. The squirrel will dig up its buried acorns and relocate each nut with the same deceptive behavior for each nut. Then after a full day of foraging and hiding its winter stores it will retreat at dusk and will be a happy squirrel in attic - with food stores in your yard. Researchers have even dug around areas where a squirrel has buried a nut in the sight of the squirrel and the squirrel will then multiply its deceptive tactics in order to protect its winter food.
Squirrels are very territorial, especially the male squirrels. This makes squirrel control via squirrel traps very difficult. If a male squirrel is caught in a cage squirrel trap and released into an area with other male squirrels which are protecting their nut stores the trapped and relocated squirrel is chased away. Squirrel Control by other squirrels! This is another reason why the preponderance of squirrels that are caught in a squirrel trap that return to their capture sight are male. Females are more readily accepted into a new squirrel community especially by the male squirrels in the area. Squirrel trapping professionals love this because you will be calling them back to fish dead baby squirrels out of a wall. I talked to one pest professional who owns a rather large pest control company which is back-logged with squirrel control work setting squirrel traps and house sealing for at least a month in the months from October to May. He told me that by the time he gets through with the added up squirrel trapping and house sealing charges to the typical home it averages from $1,200 - 2,600 per home. Squirrel Control can be expensive! And, if the pest professional who trapped the squirrel in the attic releases the squirrel within 2 miles of your attic (and according to pest control inspectors most do) the squirrel eighty percent of the time will make it back to your attic within about 2 weeks.
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