View Full Version : Squirrels in my loft....
Not flamin squirrel or squirrel hunter. Real, live squirrels. How do I get rid? Any ideas??
maviczap
22-03-10, 06:33 PM
pest controller
maviczap
22-03-10, 06:34 PM
Or bribe them with hazelnuts
yorkie_chris
22-03-10, 06:36 PM
Fry up, if they're grey ones you can shoot them.
Wideboy
22-03-10, 06:37 PM
gun!!.... will be fun i can bring a rifle round if you want, not a very good aim tho
carternd
22-03-10, 06:41 PM
Do they do any damage? I'd be a hippy and live with them!
Otherwise shoot em and get rid of the access so you don't get more. But they'll be waiting for you in the Bardo, man!!
:flower:
Grey squirrels are indeed classed as vermin. You could trap them, but if you do it is then illegal to release them, they have to be humanely killed.
Treacle
22-03-10, 06:49 PM
You could smoke them out steve. Just make sure your out of the house before you burn it down.
HTH ;-)
Do they do any damage?
Yes. Little feckers. There's not much in my loft, but they are ripping up all the insulation and trashing cardboard boxes and stuff.
Tazer
;)
Thank you Matthew.
You could smoke them out steve. Just make sure your out of the house before you burn it down.
HTH ;-)
Thank you Matthew.
Wideboy
22-03-10, 07:06 PM
Yes. Little feckers. There's not much in my loft, but they are ripping up all the insulation and trashing cardboard boxes and stuff.
your roof is made of cardboard?........... hmm your avatar makes sense then
yorkie_chris
22-03-10, 07:07 PM
An air rifle is a good idea, I suspect a shotgun may do more damage than the squirrels. However it would be hilarious to watch and listen from a reasonable distance.
An air rifle is a good idea, I suspect a shotgun may do more damage than the squirrels. However it would be hilarious to watch and listen from a reasonable distance.
I'd be more than happy to pick the bastids off with an air rifle. Trouble is, once I open the loft hatch the blighters have scarpered. Not sure where they are getting in otherwise I would just block the hole.
Yorkie Chris = Doesn't like clean bikes. Likes takin the píss and shooting stuff. ;)
yorkie_chris
22-03-10, 07:18 PM
Do a full recce around the house and see where they're getting out, then you can block that up and pick them off at leisure. Or you could get sighted in to a spot in the garden and bait it with some nuts and sit there with a few tinnies all hillbilly-like.
Dave20046
22-03-10, 07:20 PM
Semi auto gas gun, security light, a cushion and patience.
Dave20046
22-03-10, 07:21 PM
Or massive mouse traps?
you could get sighted in to a spot in the garden and bait it with some nuts and sit there with a few tinnies all hillbilly-like.
I'm gonna need plenty of ammo. My house backs on to a wood. There's thousands of the feckers. I'm gonna need plenty of tinnies as well.
Dave20046
22-03-10, 07:26 PM
There's always this old favourite if you're venturing into the garden....
yorkie_chris
22-03-10, 07:29 PM
I'm gonna need plenty of ammo. My house backs on to a wood. There's thousands of the feckers. I'm gonna need plenty of tinnies as well.
Cool.
Firepower party at yours?
Probably best to just block the holes in your loft then just shoot any that are left inside!
But actually I'd still recommend a BBQ, they taste surprisingly good to say they're just a rat with a fluffier tail!
If they are Red Squirrels then bung in a few Grey ones....... that'll shift 'em :thumbsup:
Failing that, t-wat 'em with a rolling pin.
ceeshaw
22-03-10, 08:22 PM
This is pretty inhumane, but it works a treat on rats n mice, so should work on Squirrels too.
Mix Polyfilla (this one: http://www.polycell.co.uk/products/polycell_multi_purpose_polyfilla_powder.jsp) with something they'll eat (breakfast cereal works on rats) and leave it in the loft... the rest you can imagine.
Downside is you'll have to go in there at some point and remove your new Squirrel paperweights.
CoolGirl
22-03-10, 08:28 PM
Treat them as low-committment pets. We hide bits of food around he place and they provide us with hours of entertainment.
Or, do what we did with our mice. Catch them carefully and then 'deport' them to somewhere nicer. Ours are now all residing in the posh flats up the road :cool:.
kwak zzr
22-03-10, 08:49 PM
dont they chew stuff like roof joists and cables?
squirrel_hunter
22-03-10, 09:29 PM
Never been in your loft. I spend most of my time hiding in the bushes out front.
As for a solution, go ninja on them. Hide in the loft perfectly still dressed all in black. Wait, wait for hours in darkness, lull them in to a false sense of security and then pounce attacking them with a Taser.
However go careful with that Taser, dangerous thing I hear...
the_lone_wolf
22-03-10, 09:43 PM
Take off, and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure...
or this...
removed, complaint received re animal cruelty. Spidey
ceeshaw
22-03-10, 09:49 PM
Take off, and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure...
or this...
removed, complaint received re animal cruelty. Spidey
haha... can't stop watching this!!! Classic. Wish I had more time on my hands... and a squirrel problem.
TLW that's the funniest thing I've seen in ages! :smt043
TLW that's the funniest thing I've seen in ages! :smt043
Agreed. Proper lol'age.
Phone'd lol
Sorry mate didn't realise the time!!
Right in the middle of my beauty sleep.
Tell them to stop messing about and do something useful - ie clearing all your leaves. Two problems sorted out at once.
phil24_7
23-03-10, 08:04 PM
I thought loft spaces had to have air gaps all along the roof edge? This'll mean that it'll be almost impossible to block up the holes. Get a cat and put him up there with out food for a few days!
i'll lend you my python mate, he'll soon take care of that problem. he is a fan of attacking things bigger than him. :)
http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp169/J2UK/DSCF2885-1.jpg
AndyBrad
24-03-10, 05:09 PM
your sick, the lot of you!!!
Brain fade says "Isn't there some sonic thing that admits a noise they don't like?"
You want em out of there before they start chewing on cables really...still that could also work out...
Spiderman
24-03-10, 06:27 PM
[QUOTE=Sosha;2223060]Brain fade says "Isn't there some sonic thing that admits a noise they don't like?"
QUOTE]
I dunno about anything that "admits" to making noise squirrels dont like tbh ;)
carternd
24-03-10, 08:59 PM
[QUOTE=phil24_7;2221628]I thought loft spaces had to have air gaps all along the roof edge? This'll mean that it'll be almost impossible to block up the holes. Get a cat and put him up there with out food for a few days![/QUOTE/]
Damn! Got there before me! Was going to say that when you've finished playing the Dr Mengele's of the squirrel world, a dog or a cat would probably scare them away to a new habitat. No need for any gore.
:cat::smt059
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