Author Topic: ANyone having a squirrel problem (Read 2167 times)

delta88 · « **on:** September 12, 2007, 09:46:15 am »

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/feature/squirrel-catapult-is-awful-yet-we-cant-look-away-270290.php

flippin sweet!!!

patrickl · « **Reply #1 on:** September 12, 2007, 10:00:28 am »

wow, that's rude

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #2 on:** September 12, 2007, 10:01:42 am »

Rude....but FUNNY!

All they need to do now is drop in some cat food and wait for the local kitty kitty to come by...

MEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

ChadTower · « **Reply #3 on:** September 12, 2007, 10:09:43 am »

Eff that. I'll drop in a 6 pack of Budweiser and get rid of the rednecks.

Hey look, a green card! SPROING Immigration problems solved. I have no idea who built that thing, sir.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #4 on:** September 12, 2007, 10:17:50 am »

Quote from: ChadTower on September 12, 2007, 10:09:43 am

Hey look, a green card! SPROING Immigration problems solved. I have no idea who built that thing, sir.

mr.Curmudgeon · « **Reply #5 on:** September 12, 2007, 10:21:16 am »

I just bought an older house, with a Squirrel problem in the garage. I could use the device in this video.

See the Squirrel holes?

ChadTower · « **Reply #6 on:** September 12, 2007, 10:23:16 am »

It's not their fault the walls are made of graham crackers.

mr.Curmudgeon · « **Reply #7 on:** September 12, 2007, 10:32:28 am »

Heh. Yeah, we're tearing that out eventually. But for now....I need to teach those Squirrels a lesson they won't forget!

ChadTower · « **Reply #8 on:** September 12, 2007, 10:34:33 am »

Short term, I'd say most effective way to keep them out of that area is dog urine.

mr.Curmudgeon · « **Reply #9 on:** September 12, 2007, 10:52:13 am »

I'll have to do that. I had tried pissing all over my garage myself and all that did was succeed in making the neighbors think I'm crazy.

ChadTower · « **Reply #10 on:** September 12, 2007, 10:58:34 am »

You did that before the squirrels showed up, though. They seem to like you. Are you sure that wasn't done by gerbils?

jbox · « **Reply #11 on:** September 12, 2007, 11:15:12 am »

And now here's something we hope you'll really like!

mr.Curmudgeon · « **Reply #12 on:** September 12, 2007, 11:18:15 am »

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Are you sure that wasn't done by gerbils?

BIG gerbils.

You know, I spoke with our city's resident Squirrel expert (He's charged with controlling them in the parks and in residences) and he told me that if these Squirrels were raised by their parents, IN my garage, then they will always seek out a garage to bare and raise their young. You can't "unlearn" them, and you can't relocate them (legally).

You have to kill them. Which sucks, because I think Squirrels are cute. But I'm not going to renovate my garage just to have a bunch of prettied-up rats destroy it again. And I'm going to have to do it myself, since the city charges $150 to come out and remove them. Each time they have to come out. 'Eff that, Squirrels. I'm going Rambo on your asses.

ChadTower · « **Reply #13 on:** September 12, 2007, 11:19:55 am »

A dog will do that for you. Is the garage heated?

mr.Curmudgeon · « **Reply #14 on:** September 12, 2007, 11:21:15 am »

No heat, but it's surrounded by trees, so a dog wouldn't get them to permanently move out...they'd just get back in and nest inside in the Winter. We use the garage every day, two cars..and a loud garage door opener. They couldn't give a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.

Squirrels....time to die.

ChadTower · « **Reply #15 on:** September 12, 2007, 11:35:46 am »

Quote from: mr.Curmudgeon on September 12, 2007, 11:18:15 am

You have to kill them.

Quote from: ChadTower on September 12, 2007, 11:19:55 am

A dog will do that for you.

See where I'm going? Dead squirrels don't come back. A dog isn't poison and it's not illegal. Some small dogs live to hunt, and they don't mind spending long periods in the garage if there is something to do in there...

mr.Curmudgeon · « **Reply #16 on:** September 12, 2007, 12:02:27 pm »

I'm not buying a dog, just to kill Squirrels. We don't even have a fenced in yard.
I want LESS animals...not more.

ErikRuud · « **Reply #17 on:** September 12, 2007, 01:20:34 pm »

I had an issue with squirrels getting into the eaves and attic of my house. they had chewed holes through the cedar facia boards.

I tried a number of various repellants to discourage them, but nothing really worked. They were actually tearing up the fiberglass insulation to make nests, so i don't know what it would take to really irritate a squirrel.

I finally bought a live trap. I used a peanut butter and bird seed mixture as bait. Each morning I would load the trap and each evening I would release a trapped squirrel into the woods west of my house. The advice I found on the web suggested that the squirrels have to be released at least 10 miles away so that they don't find their way back. After a couple

You are never going to build a catapult that will fling them ten miles away!

After a few weeks of trapping the squirrels, we had the soffit and facia redone in aluminum. they have not come back in since.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #18 on:** September 12, 2007, 01:34:24 pm »

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You are never going to build a catapult that will fling them ten miles away! Grin

That is why you aim the catapult STRAIGHT UP...just come out to clean up every once in a while...most would likely limp away before finally succumbing to the damage inflicted by a 40' drop...

ChadTower · « **Reply #19 on:** September 12, 2007, 01:41:18 pm »

Fling them into the neighbor's pool.

ErikRuud · « **Reply #20 on:** September 12, 2007, 01:43:05 pm »

Hey!

I did find a dead squirrel in my pool last year.

I'll have to check my neighbors' decks for catapults.

ChadTower · « **Reply #21 on:** September 12, 2007, 01:49:32 pm »

Even better, fling them into your neighbor's BBQ.

ErikRuud · « **Reply #22 on:** September 12, 2007, 02:54:48 pm »

The extra thermal energy from the burning corpse would boost his red neck pool heater's output! A plus for you and your neighbor!

Samstag · « **Reply #23 on:** September 12, 2007, 03:09:31 pm »

Quote from: ErikRuud on September 12, 2007, 01:20:34 pm

You are never going to build a catapult that will fling them ten miles away!

That sounds like a challenge!

clanggedin · « **Reply #24 on:** September 12, 2007, 03:37:04 pm »

LOL... I just showed that video to my Venture crew last night (I'm the advisor). They got on Youtube and hadn't seen that one before.

ChadTower · « **Reply #25 on:** September 12, 2007, 03:38:38 pm »

Dude should build a giant target in his yard. Douse the squirrels in chalk just before flinging them and you can have a nice little squirrel chucking competition.


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