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Produce => Pests & Diseases => Topic started by: small on July 21, 2015, 22:30:33

Title: Squirrels, pah
Post by: small on July 21, 2015, 22:30:33: At least I suppose it must have been a squirrel .... while I was watering in the greenhouse last night, I thought, those last dozen strawberries will be just right tomorrow...so I went down for them, and every single one had gone. I'd brought them in (I'd grown them in large pots) because I couldn't keep the birds off them, at least i thought it was birds, now I wonder if it was squirrels all along...I suppose I should be grateful they don't like tomatoes!
Title: Re: Squirrels, pah
Post by: squeezyjohn on July 22, 2015, 00:05:44: I think everyone and everything likes strawberries! For me it has been birds, mice, voles, foxes, badgers and children ... why not squirrels as well?

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Title: Re: Squirrels, pah
Post by: hinks87ford on July 24, 2015, 12:48:42: Hinks87ford; we have just started having trouble with Squirrel's, eating beetroot ,sweet corn .We have put down snap traps and got our first one last night .
Title: Re: Squirrels, pah
Post by: Vinlander on August 03, 2015, 20:26:39: If you put chicken wire over the vent openings it will keep squirrels out - but if you've any openings at ground level you are more likely to have fallen foul of mice.

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Title: Re: Squirrels, pah
Post by: ancellsfarmer on August 12, 2015, 20:32:21: Quote from: hinks87ford on July 24, 2015, 12:48:42
Hinks87ford; we have just started having trouble with Squirrel's, eating beetroot ,sweet corn .We have put down snap traps and got our first one last night .
Hope its not in Britain, cos its not legal here. You would need Fenn Mk4 traps in suitable treebox enclosures, and full compliance within the scope of the Animals Act 2006. Other than these, live capture cages and disposal without "undue suffering" is the only route.
Title: Re: Squirrels, pah
Post by: Gavin63 on August 13, 2015, 19:52:56: I find this the best way to deal with Grey's(if safe of course).