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  • From: "stan briggs" <stan AT StanBriggs.com>
  • To: "'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Squirrels in my attic
  • Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:44:31 -0400

you can buy the cages at northern tool and equipment. they're about $45
each. there are also people that will do this for you. some guys from a
place that i think was called "country critter" did some removal for me. [a
yp.bellsouth.com search did not find them but did find others.] they did it
humanely. safe capture and then a release out in the country.

i think that steve's recommendation is strong, also. if you don't figure out
how and why they got in then it's a futile effort.

stan

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[mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Steven
Champeon
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:29 AM
To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Squirrels in my attic

on Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 09:53:37AM -0400, wuzzled AT nc.rr.com wrote:
> I have squirrels in my attic. (Sort of like snakes on a plane, but
> different.) I don't mind houseguests, but these were uninvited, and
> they're making a mess of my insulation!

First, figure out how they got in and block that access. We had some in our
attic (ate through a rotten place in one of the eaves) and it took us
rebuilding the rotted bits to keep them out.

> Anyone have exterminator recommendations? Any idea how much it's going
> to cost? The all-knowing internet tells me it's possible to tackle
> this is as a DIY project, but that sounds a bit scary. Anybody done it?

I tried putting mothballs in the hole - they ate them. I heard they really
dislike pepper spray, and you can put vinegar in half-milk-jugs nailed to
the rafters, that supposedly keeps them away, too, but YMMV.

Good luck. I hate squirrels.

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