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Post by millring on Dec 13, 2020 9:34:04 GMT -5
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Post by Marshall on Dec 13, 2020 9:41:30 GMT -5
their trade in a particular species could endanger its future in the wild.
Ha ha
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Post by james on Dec 13, 2020 11:35:13 GMT -5
Superhero landings.  |
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Post by brucemacneill on Dec 13, 2020 12:00:45 GMT -5
I've been at war with some squirrels for over a year. They broke into the attic of Mary's quilt studio which I suppose is a nice insulated space that even gets heat when she's out there. They scratched some holes in the sheetrock ceiling. I shot some expanding foam up into the holes and mudded them closed. That was back in 2018. Last winter Mary said she could hear them up in the attic. There is a shed roofed shed attached to the back of the quilt studio that I keep the mower in. The way the rafters of the shed were attached to the rafters of the studio left gaps enough for them to get in. I cut some 2x4 pieces and blocked the holes. That seemed to work until a couple of months ago when she said they were back and had made more holes in the ceiling. The area in the ceiling the holes are in is hard to get to because of the stuff in the studio so I wound up just putting tome wide Flex-Tape over them. They had chewed through the 2x4s. So I got some more expanding foam and sealed all the holes. They gnawed through the foam and made the holes bigger. I asked a guy who has done some aluminum work for me if he could make some aluminum blockades. He didn't think that would work but suggested I staple some screening over the foamed areas. I tried that. They broke through the screening, gnawed through the foam and made the holes in the 2x4s bigger. I advertised on Facebook for someone to do some fascia bending work to keep squirrels out. Had a guy come over who does that sort of thing as a side line to hie job as a fireman. He looked at the problem, we discussed it and he thought he could make something. He brought his break and a coil of aluminum over Thursday a week ago and spent 5 hours making custom barricades between the 12 bays between the rafters, across the blocks I had put in and down the rafters do there's nothing for a squirrel to hang in to while trying to break in. I've seen several angry looking squirrels in the yard and climbing over the roof of the studio and hanging over the edges trying to figure out how to get through the fascias but no damage or even scratch marks where those barricades are. Best couple of hundred bucks I've ever spent if they never get in again.
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Post by gbacklin on Dec 13, 2020 12:23:17 GMT -5
I've been at war with some squirrels for over a year. They broke into the attic of Mary's quilt studio which I suppose is a nice insulated space that even gets heat when she's out there. They scratched some holes in the sheetrock ceiling. I shot some expanding foam up into the holes and mudded them closed. That was back in 2018. Last winter Mary said she could hear them up in the attic. There is a shed roofed shed attached to the back of the quilt studio that I keep the mower in. The way the rafters of the shed were attached to the rafters of the studio left gaps enough for them to get in. I cut some 2x4 pieces and blocked the holes. That seemed to work until a couple of months ago when she said they were back and had made more holes in the ceiling. The area in the ceiling the holes are in is hard to get to because of the stuff in the studio so I wound up just putting tome wide Flex-Tape over them. They had chewed through the 2x4s. So I got some more expanding foam and sealed all the holes. They gnawed through the foam and made the holes bigger. I asked a guy who has done some aluminum work for me if he could make some aluminum blockades. He didn't think that would work but suggested I staple some screening over the foamed areas. I tried that. They broke through the screening, gnawed through the foam and made the holes in the 2x4s bigger. I advertised on Facebook for someone to do some fascia bending work to keep squirrels out. Had a guy come over who does that sort of thing as a side line to hie job as a fireman. He looked at the problem, we discussed it and he thought he could make something. He brought his break and a coil of aluminum over Thursday a week ago and spent 5 hours making custom barricades between the 12 bays between the rafters, across the blocks I had put in and down the rafters do there's nothing for a squirrel to hang in to while trying to break in. I've seen several angry looking squirrels in the yard and climbing over the roof of the studio and hanging over the edges trying to figure out how to get through the fascias but no damage or even scratch marks where those barricades are. Best couple of hundred bucks I've ever spent if they never get in again. Bruce, Bruce, Bruce... Silly, just make a sign that says NO SQUIRRELS ALLOWED. I'm sure that's the solution !  |
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Post by brucemacneill on Dec 13, 2020 12:36:59 GMT -5
I've been at war with some squirrels for over a year. They broke into the attic of Mary's quilt studio which I suppose is a nice insulated space that even gets heat when she's out there. They scratched some holes in the sheetrock ceiling. I shot some expanding foam up into the holes and mudded them closed. That was back in 2018. Last winter Mary said she could hear them up in the attic. There is a shed roofed shed attached to the back of the quilt studio that I keep the mower in. The way the rafters of the shed were attached to the rafters of the studio left gaps enough for them to get in. I cut some 2x4 pieces and blocked the holes. That seemed to work until a couple of months ago when she said they were back and had made more holes in the ceiling. The area in the ceiling the holes are in is hard to get to because of the stuff in the studio so I wound up just putting tome wide Flex-Tape over them. They had chewed through the 2x4s. So I got some more expanding foam and sealed all the holes. They gnawed through the foam and made the holes bigger. I asked a guy who has done some aluminum work for me if he could make some aluminum blockades. He didn't think that would work but suggested I staple some screening over the foamed areas. I tried that. They broke through the screening, gnawed through the foam and made the holes in the 2x4s bigger. I advertised on Facebook for someone to do some fascia bending work to keep squirrels out. Had a guy come over who does that sort of thing as a side line to hie job as a fireman. He looked at the problem, we discussed it and he thought he could make something. He brought his break and a coil of aluminum over Thursday a week ago and spent 5 hours making custom barricades between the 12 bays between the rafters, across the blocks I had put in and down the rafters do there's nothing for a squirrel to hang in to while trying to break in. I've seen several angry looking squirrels in the yard and climbing over the roof of the studio and hanging over the edges trying to figure out how to get through the fascias but no damage or even scratch marks where those barricades are. Best couple of hundred bucks I've ever spent if they never get in again. Bruce, Bruce, Bruce... Silly, just make a sign that says NO SQUIRRELS ALLOWED. I'm sure that's the solution ! Actually, I was thinking pellet gun. Did you know they go from .17 to 50-cal? The 50-cals are kind of expensive but probably better than a Red Rider BB gun for varmet shooting. I tried talking to one of the squirrels but he wasn't impressed with my offer that they could be around just not inside the buildings. |
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Post by amanajoe on Dec 13, 2020 13:19:44 GMT -5
Look for "The Great Rupert" this holiday season. While it is partly communist manifesto (re-distribution of wealth makes everything better in the community) it stars a distant cousin of mine Jimmy Durante.
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Post by drlj on Dec 13, 2020 13:27:34 GMT -5
This is a photo of Hoosier Clyde McKiernan accidentally tasting a fox squirrel. This encounter led to the harvesting of the tree beasts for stews, roastings, and squirrel frying. Up until the moment Clyde’s tongue grazed the nose of the squirrel, Hoosiers had no idea how tasty they were and the squirrels had no idea of what was to come. |
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Post by gbacklin on Dec 13, 2020 14:08:07 GMT -5
...I tried talking to one of the squirrels but he wasn't impressed with my offer that they could be around just not inside the buildings. How rude they are !!! |
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Post by RickW on Dec 13, 2020 15:44:27 GMT -5
Not to mention the fact that they carry Hanta virus, which is about 40 percent fatal. Don’t want them around the house.
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Post by Village Idiot on Dec 13, 2020 22:04:35 GMT -5
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Post by Jawbone on Dec 13, 2020 22:17:51 GMT -5
These are the good old days.
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Post by Village Idiot on Dec 13, 2020 22:23:01 GMT -5
Boy the songs Glenn Miller played,
Songs that made the hit parade....
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Dec 13, 2020 22:28:53 GMT -5
Forget the pellet gun Bruce. What you really want is a side by side 28 gauge. Why you ask! Because they are cool, and this is your opportunity to get one.
Mike
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Post by david on Dec 13, 2020 22:47:32 GMT -5
I still limp from where that squirrel bit me in '74. No one could have known that it was going to happen. I thought I was going on a simple walk in the park with my curvaceous date. To impress her I had brought some peanuts to tempt the local rodents. But they had seen cads like me, all full of themselves, walking beautiful young women down the treed corridor of leaves and branches. Course men full of testosterone and sweet words, all waiting to make their play on their lovely mates. Just sitting in the park benches, itching hands ready to wander.
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Post by Jawbone on Dec 13, 2020 23:46:05 GMT -5
Some women are worth a squirrel bite.
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Post by epaul on Dec 14, 2020 0:01:05 GMT -5
I've been at war with some squirrels for over a year... Get a ferret. Make a nest for him in the attic of the quilting room. Give him water and toss a couple frozen mice up there every so often. You will have no squirrel problems. |
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Post by epaul on Dec 14, 2020 1:18:02 GMT -5
Just in case someone is interested in getting a ferret but is put off by thawing out mice for it, I kept a "free range" ferret in one of the farm sheds for about five years and he was very happy eating cat food (dry kibble). They aren't as good a pet as a cat or dog, but they have snakes beat all to hell. He was fun little guy. Smart and curious.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2020 7:06:39 GMT -5
I always envision squirrels speaking with a French accent. Maybe it has to do with the little berets that acorns wear. As I recall, wasn’t there some issue some years ago in Indiana/Kentucky/Tennessee from people getting some fatal or debilitating disease you only got by eating squirrel brains? Oh, yeah. The internet's got everything: www.nytimes.com/1997/08/29/us/kentucky-doctors-warn-against-a-regional-dish-squirrels-brains.htmlI grew up about an hour’s drive from Olney, IL, which is known for its large population of albino squirrels. They’re everywhere in that town. |
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