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I've built a rather fetching decorative raised bed & planted it up with lillies, lavender a few alpines etc. On top of the soil, I've laid down mulched redwood bark & all in all, it's a good job.
However, every day, the family of sodding grey squirrels keep digging it up. Not helped I might add by one of the neighbours who feeds the buggers with nuts. What can I do to deter the squirrels, short of buying an air rifle?
However, every day, the family of sodding grey squirrels keep digging it up. Not helped I might add by one of the neighbours who feeds the buggers with nuts. What can I do to deter the squirrels, short of buying an air rifle?
KrazyIvan said:
Fixed that for you
You'll never beat them, they're too smart for humans. You can shoot them but there's a never ending supply to take their place. You have to think outside the box.
You should start feeding them too, they won't be digging up bulbs of there's better food on offer. But don't give them anything they can bury, like nuts in shells. Just give them stuff they have to eat now.
They like seeds, fat balls pastry and fruit. The odd egg. And chocolate. Out of date mince pies and the like go down a treat.
You should start feeding them too, they won't be digging up bulbs of there's better food on offer. But don't give them anything they can bury, like nuts in shells. Just give them stuff they have to eat now.
They like seeds, fat balls pastry and fruit. The odd egg. And chocolate. Out of date mince pies and the like go down a treat.
Just get some traps and kill them humanely. Perfectly legal. Illegal to release once trapped though. They're just tree living rats/vermin with bushy tails. They destroy your lawn. If you have fruit trees or magnolias they'll destroy those too. They eat the flower buds and steel the unripe fruit. People that feed them are as mental as people that feed foxes and seagulls.
boy said: Get a few beers in and an rifle, open the patio doors and shoot them from the comfort of your lounge.
Think mine was more humane, and the dogs get a lot of fun from it. Mine has yet to catch one ( if you want to kill them off, get some greyhounds in ) , but I swear there's a lot of cardiac squirrels in our local park . Hare coursing with dogs is illegal as it is considered inhumaine, thus letting dogs chase squirels is simillar in my book and inhumaine. However it is still legal to shoot squirels as this is considered to be a humaine method of despatching them be that with an air rifle or shotgun. Infact many people partake in a spot of drey poking inorder to get the little buggers out of their hidy holes ready to be shot.
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