Subject: Re: [TR] Shop pests

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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 20:55:09 -0600 (MDT)

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Two years ago I had squirrels living in a space in the attic that only they=
 could get to. I tried trapping them in a Havaheart trap then releasing the=
m 4-5 miles from here.  All that did was making room for more of the little=
 pests.=20
I finally bought a spray bottle of peppermint oil from Amazon and cut an ac=
cess hole to the squirrel chamber. I liberally sprayed it around. I also so=
aked several cotton balls with the oil and tossed them in too. Finally I co=
vered the hole with an electrical outlet cover plate.=20
The squirrels didn't move out immediately but were gone within a couple of =
weeks and so far they haven't returned.=20
Much more effective than trapping them and if they do come back all I have =
to do is take the cover plate off and get the peppermint oil out again.

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Sent: 2020-04-01 8:07:37 PM=20
Subject: Re: [TR] Shop pests

Squirrels are furry rats. They will destroy anything, just ask my buddy Jim=
 Gray who is busy doing 150 spices on his wiring loom for his tow vehicle. =
I have had them chew up hundreds of dollars of my cedar fence and deck and =
tear up a deck chair just for the hell of it. When they do that shit they b=
ecome expendable.
Get a trap (Home Depot) bait it with peanut butter, shoot them with an air =
gun, throw them in a trash bag and then the garbage or they will just come =
back. I have also throw them in the nearest slew to feed the local coyotes =
and foxes.

Ruthless yes, but been burned too many times by being nice to them. I'm a f=
arm boy and believe in live and let live up until they don't abide by that =
when there's plenty of things to do and eat than destroy property for no re=
ason. Two hundred dollar cedar boards and deck chairs are not food.

Rant off.

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> On Apr 1, 2020, at 4:30 PM, Bob <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> Bill,
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> Short of sending them to animal heaven, get a have a heart trap and bait =
it with peanuts. Then take them to the next county and let them go. Using a=
mmo in a closed area is not a good idea. You may put holes in your wall. Go=
od luck. Save your ammo for other things. Next job is to seal the area wher=
e they entered. Been there and done that!
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> Bob
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>> On 4/1/20 6:19 PM, bill beecher wrote:
>> Help!!! I now have squirrels in the shop.  Way up in the ridge, about 16=
=E2=80=99 in the air, they are thinking a making their home in the wall tha=
t separates the shop and the barn.
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>> Short of some .22 bird shot has anyone a suggestion to run them out?   I=
 could probably spray something up there.
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>> Bill B
>> TS30800L
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>> =E2=80=9CCactus Jack drinks coffee black......=E2=80=9D M.Murphy
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