Subject: Re: [TR] Shop pests

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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 07:11:40 -0600 (MDT)

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My wife used to think they were cute before the day she reached into the=20
Milkbone box to reward our dog for something or other. When a squirrel ran =
up her arm folks on the other side of town probably heard her scream. Once =
the dog recovered his senses, he dutifully dispatched the thief.=20
That's when I knew I had to do something more than "trap and release", and =
since shooting them in the house was out of the question, I turned to a mor=
e "organic" approach.
I have read that peppermint oil actually makes squirrels sick but have no w=
ay to confirm it.

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 Came, knocked down the bird feeder, tore it up, ate the contents, and claw=
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and dented the other bird feeder. Then, as a middle finger to humiliate us,=
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dumped the above onto our garden hose. Maybe we'll try the peppermint oil??=
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On April 1, 2020 at 10:55 [email-masked] (mailto:[email-masked])=
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wrote:

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

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Shop pests
 Squirrels are furry rats. They will destroy anything, just ask my buddy Ji=
m=20
Gray who is busy doing 150 spices on his wiring loom for his tow vehicle. I=
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have had them chew up hundreds of dollars of my cedar fence and deck and te=
ar=20
up a deck chair just for the hell of it. When they do that shit they become=
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expendable. Get a trap (Home Depot) bait it with peanut butter, shoot them =
with=20
an air gun, throw them in a trash bag and then the garbage or they will jus=
t=20
come back. I have also throw them in the nearest slew to feed the local coy=
otes=20
and foxes.
 Ruthless yes, but been burned too many times by being nice to them. I'm a=
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farm boy and believe in live and let live up until they don't abide by that=
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when there's plenty of things to do and eat than destroy property for no=20
reason. Two hundred dollar cedar boards and deck chairs are not food.
 Rant off.=20
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 On Apr 1, 2020, at 4:30 PM, Bob < [email-masked]=20
(mailto:[email-masked])> wrote:=20
 Bill,=20
 Short of sending them to animal heaven, get a have a heart trap and bait i=
t=20
with peanuts. Then take them to the next county and let them go. Using ammo=
 in=20
a closed area is not a good idea. You may put holes in your wall. Good luck=
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Save your ammo for other things. Next job is to seal the area where they=20
entered. Been there and done that!
 Bob=20
 On 4/1/20 6:19 PM, bill beecher wrote: Help!!! I now have squirrels in the=
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shop. Way up in the ridge, about 16=E2=80=99 in the air, they are thinking =
a making=20
their home in the wall that separates the shop and the barn.
 Short of some .22 bird shot has anyone a suggestion to run them out? I cou=
ld=20
probably spray something up there.
 Bill B TS30800L=20
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