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Posted by ziibiikwe MI - 5 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 22, 08 at 7:00
| This isn't a gardening question but simply a problem with either flying squirrels, bats or some kind of bird. Whatever they are they live under our soffits...After the house was built I noticed flying squirrels but now I fear there is something else...you can hear them and I am pretty sure they are destroying the insulation. Is there anyway that I can get rid of them without having them die up in the attic? They only come out at night as far as I can tell but am not 100% sure about that as I don't stalk them. Any sort of bait I can use to draw them out and kill them quickly before they go back in???? |
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RE: How to get rid of?
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| You need to find and close the opening they are using to get in. |
RE: How to get rid of?
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| You'll have to find out what they are before you can decide just what you are going to do about it. It may require some stalking on your part. An experienced pest control company would be able to inspect the site and identify the critters, too. |
RE: How to get rid of?
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| As an addendum, you should know that poisoning bats (I don't know about flying squirrels) is illegal to say nothing about dangerous. Exclusion is your best (perhaps only) option whether the culprits are birds or mammals. But you'll need to know the habits of the animals in question. You don't want to exclude all of the adults from returning to a nesting site, when there are many babies left unattended to die. |
RE: How to get rid of?
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| The place where I worked had a barn infested by bats and it was causing serious debris problems in a space we wanted to use for people. One night, we set up a watch all around the barn at the time when the bats came out. We were able to identify where the holes were that the bats were getting into. Then, another night after the bats left, we sealed the holes. End of problem. Killing whatever it is--bats, birds, squirrels, etc., and not sealing the holes where they are getting in will not solve the problem since new pests will just come in to replace the ones you killed. It's a bit of a pain to do this, but this is what you need to do to really solve your problem for good. Find out what it is and where it is getting in and out. Then you can come up with an effective solution. |
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