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ohhhh i am soo mad!!! squirrels!!!!!

meyermike_1micha

14 years ago

They stole, devastated, ate, and ruined all but 14 of my 120 peaches that were ready to ripen..OOOHHH

Dug up my perenials, dug out my container plants, and ruined all the neat mulch around my my flower beds!

Even tried to make a hole on my house foundation!

Caught one off guard the other day, so busy eating a nice juicy peach, that I wacked it right off the caboose the other day, and it still came back for more!! ARG

My poor father fell on a peach due to those darn squirrels dropping them into my grass....OOOHHHH. I am so mad.

Get me a gun! What purpose do they oversized rats serve for anyways? Did God create them to haunt us?

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joanie_pomseed
14 years ago
Hot sauce is a good squirrel deterrent. :)
meyermike_1micha
Original Author
14 years ago
On my peaches!!

What are use suppose to do? Paint each peach?..lol
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joanie_pomseed
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It seems to keep them from chewing on wood, at least (keeps the neighbors' pets away, too, I've been told). If you don't plan on eating the skin of the peaches (pepper might not wash off entirely), you can try boiling pepper in water and spraying it on part of one of your trees to see if the squirrels leave it alone. I should probably warn you that I haven't tried this before, though I've used other spices as pest repellents. Nothing oily, though.

Failing that, if your trees are short and close together, you might be able to protect them with chicken wire. Works for my seedlings, but of course, they don't need much space.
meyermike_1micha
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14 years ago
Sheesh, the poor person on the above thread about fleas on ferrell cats...
Makes my problem seem minute...God...That's horrible!!!

Good luck lel!!
oilpainter
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Get out the rat traps. Squirrels and chipmunks are smart rodents, but they love peanut butter and that's what we use for bait. I don't want either in my yard. They distroy the garden. One year we had them go down the row of bush beans and they ate the ends off of almost every one, or they take the peas and pile them all around the garden.

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