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squirrel damage

Still no luck trapping anything, but 4 days have gone by with no damage now....

Those motion sensor, water repeller doo-dads look like a pretty good idea. Just might work. Takes the fun out of shooting them in the head though. 

I do like your rat trap idea Jason. Sounds like you've put the fear into them for now anyway. They could just be consulting with their fellow squirrel scientists right now. Trying to figure out how to diffuse those big things that go SNAP!! on their heads......

I wish you the best in your 'squirrell wars' Jason. Cue the battle scene music!!

I think I mentioned in another thread, I tried the motion sensor water thing.  It didn't work.  They eventually figured out a way to get onto my deck and do damage to my seedlings.  You can only cover so much area with it, just when you think you have it tuned right, they still manage to find a way in.  I also had problems with them being able to hide behind things on my deck (fooling the sensor), and if you ramp up the sensitivity, the slightest breeze can set the thing off, and your water bill is skyrocketing.  It wouldn't be good near my figs; I would need at least two of them, and the nearby nanking cherry bushes would undoubtedly trigger them constantly.

Still getting by with no damage thus far.  None of the traps have been triggered.  I haven't seen a lot of activity from them lately.  Not sure what's up, but I'm not complaining.

Maybe the squirrels have been reading the forum and realized you're serious about this!

Indeed ;)

In all honesty, it could just be that my parents' dog scared the bejebus out of them, and now they're (temporarily) afraid to come into the yard.

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