Squirrel Damage (con't)

[GlennSullivan]

I have now tried every approach and can tell you that the trap door bucket deal is by far the best. I needed to reinforce them with glue because they are cheap chinese construction, but these deals are amazing. In 3 months the 3 bucket traps I deployed have caught and killed (drowned) 12 mice, where the 3 electric traps I deployed have only caught and killed (electrocuted) 2.

 

[homesick]

But there IS some fun to be had by catching one mid-span, and whacking the strand with a lineman''s wrench to see if it could hang on.

We did that one night with a possum. It spun around that cable, like an acrobat, several times before it lost its grip.

I've had many squirrels sit there and just cuss me up and down because they want to get by.

joe

 

[GlennSullivan]

In addition to the trap door buckets outside, I've now added large glue traps on the inside (both sides) of each of our garage doors. It seems that as soon as you have the first cold snap, the little bastards look to come indoors and the small gap between the garage door and the door frame (covered by flexible rubber strip) allows them to squeeze in. Got a few with the glue traps.