Ground squirrel

9 years ago

My house is built on a concrete slab. At the south end we have grouped together, separated by a wall, the master bath and the kids bath.

Apparently when they built the structure, they didn't pour concrete around the drains in the kids bath, just left an open space filled with dirt or sand or something

Last fall, we started hearing a ruckus in the bathroom, under the bathtub. Much pondering and head-scratching, and a few weeks later I discovered an entrance to a tunnel along the concrete foundation, about 15 feet from the bathroom. Seems a ground squirrel tunneled all that way for his/her winters' nest.

So I set a trap and caught three of the things. All was quiet over the winter.

Its started up again. They dug around a chicken wire 'plug' I put in the original tunnel opening. I set a trap, and go find out that the squirrel has plugged the entrance with dirt and leaves - so I suspect this time its Momma Squirrel building a nest and having babies.

I have another ground squirrel condo on the north side of the house as well, this time along a wall and under the patio. I caught 5 there last fall.

~sigh~

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digit
9 years ago
David,

Do you think you could use a small terrier?

Steve
david52 Zone 6
Original Author
9 years ago
Steve, if you see the size of the hole they go down, its maybe 2 inches in diameter.

That whole side of the house is lined with peonies. Today, I got down on my hands and knees with a small hand rake and went all along the foundation pulling away grass and mulch - and found another opening, coming up right beside, almost inside, a peony - nearly impossible to see. Set a snap trap, and caught it a couple of hours later.
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Skybird - z5, Denver, Colorado
9 years ago
So tell me! How could anybody be upset by such CUTE critters???

Seriously, sorry to hear about your Home Invasion, David! Easier for me to think they're cute when I'm at a cabin out in the boonies on the Grand Mesa! Wouldn't want them under my tub either! (Tho the only actual tub I have is on the second floor, so that would be REALLY scary!)

Good luck getting rid of them,
Skybird
david52 Zone 6
Original Author
9 years ago
My squirrels look like the pic below - no stripes. They may well be the same species in the article linked below - I mean, if they're burrowing under a concrete foundation Ã¢ÂÂ¦.

As for chipmunks, did I post about how they were comming into the greenhouse, jumping up on the shelving, and burying pine nuts in my potted plants?

Here is a link that might be useful: Article about invasive squirrel species.