by "Discerning" (discerning2003c5z)
Published 09/20/2017 at 09:45
by "Discerning" (discerning2003c5z)
Published 09/20/2017 at 09:45
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There’s a squirrel that keeps scratching near a window and the sound manages to resonate throughout the entire room. They haven’t made any progress in terms of damage or breaking in, but it happens every morning.
Every time I go outside, it runs up and over the roof and jumps on a tree and is gone. So... Possible solutions...
1) Chicken wire of some sort over the area where it scratches.
2) Any number of liquids and sprays that deter rodents (though I assume they will wash off in a short period of time)
3) Airsoft pistol
We don’t want to kill it apparently, but I vote Airsoft. 300 fps shouldn’t kill it, but spook it. Plus, airsoft pistol....
"JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2)
09/20/2017 at 09:50, STARS: 3
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"Tripper" (tripe46)
09/20/2017 at 09:52, STARS: 1
We have a “have-a-heart” trap that we use from time to time. I just let them go a few miles away.
"itschrome" (itschrome)
09/20/2017 at 09:54, STARS: 3
Death is the only TRUE solution for those fluffy tailed nazi’s!
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
09/20/2017 at 09:54, STARS: 3
Sorry. Please don’t shoot.
"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
09/20/2017 at 09:55, STARS: 0
HammerheadFistpunch just hasn’t been the same since he got off the roids
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/back-when-hammerheadfistpunch-was-swole-1797090756
"jariten1781" (jariten1781)
09/20/2017 at 10:02, STARS: 0
I used to airsoft squirrels when I got sick of cleaning up their corpses when my dog would catch them. Dog would hide in the bush near the bird feeder and wait for them to begin to scale the pole then...bam...dead squirrel. Because she was so proud she’d bring the bodies back in through the dog door and leave them at the foot of my chair. Bought an el-cheapo Walmart airsoft and would ping them whenever I was around and eventually they learned to stay away, never saw any permanent injury (then I started getting sparrow corpses.)...
"E92M3" (E46M3)
09/20/2017 at 10:04, STARS: 0
I feel your pain. There’s a chipmunk that has a burrow right in front of one of my windows. Makes my dog go crazy 20 times a day, as it is literally 3 feet from his mouth. I’ve tried filling in the holes to it’s burrow, but he just digs out again. He’s too fast to shoot with anything. I don’t what else to do, besides block the window so my dog can’t see out.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
09/20/2017 at 10:11, STARS: 0
That’s just HamnerheadFistpunch looking for some Bilstein shocks.
"CobraJoe" (cobrajoe)
09/20/2017 at 10:16, STARS: 0
I’ve heard that a mix of water, cayenne pepper, and egg whites (or something similar, I can’t remember the recipe) can deter animals from eating plants, maybe it’ll work on squirrels too.
Might not be a permanent solution, but once they find out that it hurts to scratch there, they should remember.
"Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever" (rustanddust)
09/20/2017 at 10:17, STARS: 1
My grandparents live in the woods in the middle of nowhere, Maine. My grandmother, a life long bird watcher, asked for bird feeders and seed for Christmas one year. My grandfather, on the other hand, asked for .22 long ammunition. Grandma wanted to feed the birds, grandpa wanted to ace some squirrels.
Fast-forward to springtime, flowers are blooming, birds are returning north, and the goddamned squirrels are everywhere. Seems my grandfather, the Marine, decided to set up an overwatch position on the feeders in the back yard from the upstairs bathroom. Grandma was out running errands, and grandpa was laying waste to the Garland woods squirrel population. The only problem was that grandma would be pissed when she looked out the kitchen window, and spotted a dozen squirrel corpses at the bases of her feeders. Thinking quickly, grandpa collected the KIA and tossed them into the road, staging a roadkill scene. Granted, the “road” is just a dirt logging trail that might see a dozen pickups/logging trucks a day (at most).
That evening, grandma and grandpa went for a walk after dinner. They rounded the corner near the side/backyard, and encountered the fruits of grandpa’s labor. “Jesus Christ, what happened here?!” my grandmother exclaimed at the rodent mass-execution. Seems the logging trucks had only flattened one or two of the squirrels, leaving a rather peculiar scene for my grandmother, and my grandfather completely tight lipped.
"PS9" (PS9)
09/20/2017 at 10:31, STARS: 1
Wow, that’s really bad news. Hope hammerhead doesn’t succeed in breaking into your window. Otherwise...
Look, just buy a steel sports cup jock strap combo and wear them every night to bed. You’ll thank me later.
"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
09/20/2017 at 10:38, STARS: 1
I do the same thing with an air rifle. We have tried every type of special bird feeder under the sun, and I refuse to be outsmarted by a rodent.
"Nibby" (nibby68)
09/20/2017 at 10:38, STARS: 2
is it driving you nuts?
"Discerning" (discerning2003c5z)
09/20/2017 at 10:44, STARS: 0
Unfortunately, yes.
"Svart Smart, traded in his Smart" (svartsmart)
09/20/2017 at 11:14, STARS: 0
That escalated quickly.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
09/20/2017 at 11:28, STARS: 1
no.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
09/20/2017 at 11:58, STARS: 0
We don’t want to kill it apparently...
I can guess at the internal family politics going on.
"Discerning" (discerning2003c5z)
09/20/2017 at 12:12, STARS: 1
To be completely honest, I don’t want to kill it either. But I wasn’t completely opposed to the idea if it was the only long-term solution
"xyzabc" (stackofoldwood)
10/15/2017 at 08:44, STARS: 0
Put a bunch food out at your neighbor’s.
The squirrel(s) will follow.