Squirrels pooping in my plants on the deck!!!

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arlene Newberry, FL(Zone 8B) Apr 24, 2001

Yes, my son caught one doing this today! The DH had the BB gun out this weekend as they were climbing into a bird feeder.... I am thinking of having a squirrel shooting tournament. Karma, do they poop in your plants? this is about to get ugly here! there is not enough hot pepper in town to cover our property, they are out digging holes and whatever they do all over the place as well as near the house. something is eating the tops off plants out in the field, gazanias and a low growing rudbecki are down to the ground, may be a rabbit. i have a friend with two indoor pet squirrels, she won't take any more.
arlene

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Azalea Jonesboro, GA(Zone 7b) Apr 24, 2001

Your lucky if all they do is Poop! The ones I have literally dig the plants and bulbs right out of the pots and ground. I tried the red pepper thing, they left for a while, then came back with sombreros singing La Cook a Ra cha (can't spell it)and screaming Ole'. One year they stripped all the tomatoes off my 3 plants, they ate their fill and I found half eaten green ones in the drivway. I got so mad I put one of those half eaten ones in my Have A Heart Trap and got him!

I'm told that if you catch them, you might as well kill them then because if you haul them off, they will be disoriented and die of starvation in a few days. Ask me if I care !!

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SoCal Huntington Beach, CA(Zone 10a) Apr 24, 2001

Azalea,

I'm ROTFLMAO

Donna (singing La Coo Coo Ra Cha) for the rest of the nite.

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arlene Newberry, FL(Zone 8B) Apr 24, 2001

Azaela, what a riot! the more you see squirrels the less cute they are. this feeder they keep raiding is on a shepherd's hook, think i will try greasing it.

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Dicentra Philadelphia, PA(Zone 6b) Apr 24, 2001

So funny to hear about the dancing squirrels, however, in reality, they are a real nuisance! I just read somewhere that some cat feces helps to deter them. I'm using the red pepper method and dangling CD Roms ( for birds). Something surprisingly may be working here also: I used sludge (municipally treated human waste) as a top dressing over one flower garden area (the stuff packs to the steep slope and holds the soil from eroding until my ground covers can do the work). I noticed that this bed is never bothered by squirrels, so maybe the sludge is really an anti-squirrel application. Has anyone else used sludge with similar results?
ps..incidentally, my elderly neighbor to the back of me has tons of squirrels running rampant throughout his gardens. He spends most of the day, everyday, walking around with a stick and hitting things to chase them away. The squirrels seem to dance around this neighbor and his stick..lol. My DH says if he gets to that age and chases squirrels all day, 24/7..shoot him...lol. Hang in there..it's war!
Trish

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