Squirrels

[V8mate]

Someone in my locality took to feeding squirrels last autumn. They have now made the whole area 'their manor'. They dug up and ate loads of bulbs during the winter; today I noticed that they have been digging up and eating bedding plants put in at the weekend (and having a go at more established plants too).

Short of a



which would mean I have to stay at home all day waiting for the critters, any more realistic ways of making my garden a less pleasant place for squirrels?

[V8mate]

shirt said:

V8mate said:

Someone in my locality took to feeding squirrels last autumn. They have now made the whole area 'their manor'. They dug up and ate loads of bulbs during the winter; today I noticed that they have been digging up and eating bedding plants put in at the weekend (and having a go at more established plants too).

Short of a



which would mean I have to stay at home all day waiting for the critters, any more realistic ways of making my garden a less pleasant place for squirrels?

leave em be! my parents have a trio living in the garden and its great just sitting watching them tit about and playfight. they dig up the occasional plant but mum doesn't care, she'd rather have the squirrels.

i love squirrels, they are my second favourite animals after sloths.


yup, been to the pub

Wrong answer. V8 calls gunsmith

[V8mate]

Sam_68 said:

Air rifle.

I've got a constant running battle with the little bds, since I live in a thatched cottage (which squirrel nutkins seems to think is there to supply him with nesting material) and back onto several hundred acres of woodland.

I typically manage to terminate about half a dozen per weekend in the summer months.

It did occur to me, but unfortunately my garden is bordered on every side by other people's properties and I couldn't guarantee that stray pellets wouldn't leave my borders.

I was wondering if there was some 'smell' that they didn't like; a bit like cats and pepper.