Patty in Wisc

Nana Nut, I'm going to your original post about your pest.

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Gardener972

Are the squirrels eating your plants or fruit?

Patty in Wisc

Nana Nut, please stay on one thread!!!!!!!!.

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stumpy4700

That was probably my fault for bumping up the old thread, I just didn't know how to relate back to the old one and insert it to his new thread...Sorry folks

momoese

Thanks guys for finding the post made by Harveyc with the link to the traps.

Gardener972

I wonder if alum would be an effective deterrant to the varmits (spray with it)? Did anyone decide if the castor oil works? Seems to me that if we just let them go, we will be overrun with them. What's a natural enemy to squirrels?

stumpy4700

12 gauge.........

Nana Nut

Ah, yes, the Kania trap. I have one on the way; they are out of the office until the 22nd, but yes, I have one of these coming. Problem is, I have more squirrels than one trap can handle and am looking for any and all things that would repel them as well.

I am pretty sure I'll start hauling bodies out with the Kania trap, BUT I have tried other squirrel traps, like the live trap, and it has been my experience that they seem to learn from OTHER squirrels' past mistakes! When I used the live Havahart trap, at first I was catching them at least a couple a day. Then, it got to where I could put a cup of peanut butter in there and it would go rancid. I could watch them go right past it.

I sure hope that's not going to be the case again with this new trap and I'm still knee-deep in the varmints...

mskitty38583

hahahahahahahahha

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Sailfish

I feel your pain. I am having the same problem here. I think they will be eating my fruit next.

here read what we/I have tried (to no avail)
My praying hands
Even the firecrackers are not working anymore.

I am going to try the cayenne pepper next.

And if that doesn't work borrow the neighbors 12 g. (I think my .270 is overkill)

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Nana Nut

Sorry to burst your bubble, Sailfish, but save your cayenne pepper for cooking. It will have no affect on the squirrels whatsoever.

I literally dumped it into the side stalk indentations of all my banana plants and watched in horror as they simply ate them like a salad in front of my eyes.

In fact, I have lemon trees, and they will even pull the lemons off the trees and eat them as well.

I don't think there is anything they will NOT eat, so anything organic just doesn't work on them.

I still hope someone will post who's used the Baar castor oil because I'm not going to spend anymore money on "repellents" that claim to work and don't. If anyone's actually used this with good results, then I'll happily spring for the gallon! Otherwise, it's lethal methods for me from now on.

stumpy4700

Dont sell the .270 short. It will not only end the varmits path of destruction, but the explosion will also give lots of family enjoyment. Plus it will improve your aim. I myself like the .300 win mag.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

harveyc

Thanks for posting my old link, I couldn't keep up with all of the threads yesterday.

Nana Nut, sorry to hear you're having such terrible problems. From what some nut growers shared, the Kania Trap took care of their squirrel problem very well. If you have lots, it will just take more time. I don't really believe that squirrels learn from one another based on the large numbers of squirrels some growers caught. Dead squirrels tell no tales! LOL

Just remember to ask Patty for some recipes!

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Nana Nut

Well, I do feel that the trap will provide me some relief...and revenge at the same time.

Also, anyone having a lead on where I can buy some of that tainted peanut butter from the recent recall, I'd be interested. In the meantime, I'm headed for ebay to see if I can find somebody with a cache of agent orange........

harveyc

Since Mitchel mentioned squirting some squirrely squirrels with water with some success, I'm reminded of seeing some motion-activated sprinkler that has been sold to discourage various animal intruders. I don't know of anyone who has used it, but it's got good reviews on Amazon: Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Contech Electronics CRO101 Scarecrow Motion-Activated Sprinkler

Boy, I'm thankful I don't have these critters!

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Nana Nut

Oh, man, at least I'm not alone in my pain. I found an almost identical thread to the one I started here on another forum I didn't know existed. Help!! Squirrel's eating my banana's - Banana Forum - GardenWeb

I guess the bigger question in all this is the curious one of WHY the squirrels now have put banana plants on their menu? I live in North Central Florida, and you can't spit down here without hitting a 100-year oak tree, so it's not lack of food.

Somehow, these b-tards are morphing into the Borg or something...

lorax

I'd say the squirrels, which are not exclusively nut-eaters, are looking at fresh banana shoots as "oh yum, fresh salad!"

I've used a motion-activated sprinkler to reasonable success against tree rats, so I'd assume it would have a similar benefits with squirrels. The most effective thing I've found thus far, however, remains my trusty slingshot and pea gravel.

saltydad

A friend who's plagued with deer uses the motion-activated sprinkler and seems quite happy with it (but not with his water bill).

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Patty in Wisc

I have a scarecrow. They do work! I sometimes forget I have it on & walk in its path & it scares the b'jeebers out of me.
Even that only scares them away & they come back. I've trapped 5 in one day. It was work getting rid of one & resetting the trap for the next. Hopefully the first few you get will be the ones eating the nannas. They don't all eat nanna leaves.
I still have squirrels around but the ones that ate my grapes & figs & citrus are gone. The others don't know of them - YET. Last year was the first year I got to eat my grapes & other fruits.
Don't know if you read this on a diff thread but since last June, I trapped 77 squirrels.

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Nana Nut

Only 77? Hell, I see that many over morning coffee. They are completely out of control here in Gainesville, FL. Because Gainesville is full of tree huggers, and probably squirrel huggers as well, the animal "control" will not do anything about it. Homeowners here are on their own.