How to keep Squirrels out of a shop ?

HarleyHappy said: I have heard from several camper owners, that the Mouse Out sprayed all around the camper base does work better than anything else. Think next fall going to buy a gallon and spray it around everything that stays parked for the winter. Click to expand... I'll give that a try as well. Can't hurt to do an experiment to see if it works... We have a 1977 Kamperette that sits every winter at our mining claims. It is just used as lockable storage for oils, parts etc. It took two years but the squirrels managed to sit up on the box top sides (the camper sits in an old Dodge truck box utility trailer) and chew though the 1/2" overhang plywood and get into the unit. They chewed out an 8" hole. I patched with 1/2" plywood and they are halfway through again! (I just made the first trip into camp April 1st) At least they have not touched our main living quarters RV! -A humorous side note- A couple of years ago a Black Bear had licked up a bunch of grease from the boom foot area on our 210; then proceeded to stand up and leave large greasy tongue lick prints all over the glass! Bears love to eat or drink used engine oil or grease if they can get it. We are very careful not to leave stuff out, but one time had just done an oil change and left camp briefly for some reason---came back to find half a pail of warm engine oil had been drank!

Well after that the bears are regular and no its not just in the woods

Use a Conibear style trap. From a search: "The best Conibear-style trap size for squirrels is a #110 (4.5" x 4.5") or #120 (approx. 5" x 5") body-grip trap. These, especially in the 110 size, provide a quick, humane kill and are ideal for targeting red, gray, and fox squirrels, as well as chipmunks." Do NOT get your fingers caught in one of these. They do hurt. No need to ask how I know. There are plenty of videos out there on how to mount these up for squirrels for best results. This method solves the problem where as a live trap just moves the problem temporarily. A carrot mounted on the trigger wire smeared with peanut butter seams to work well. Find where they are getting in at and ad Pest-Block foaming goo and/or hardware cloth to stop ingress.

Saw this at O'Reilly's this morning

That works fairly well, farmers around here use it in all equipment, parking a piece just over night in a wheat field it will have a family by morning. * smifwal said: Saw this at O'Reilly's this morning Click to expand...

Wood lock oil also seems to work well. Like all the odorants, it only lasts a month or two. It also helps cover up the mouse smell in the cab.

Any place they can fit through needs a screen or the area boarded over. And all the doors can't not have any area's that show light shining through, as the mice or rodents fit though all that very nicely.

treemuncher said: Use a Conibear style trap. From a search: "The best Conibear-style trap size for squirrels is a #110 (4.5" x 4.5") or #120 (approx. 5" x 5") body-grip trap. These, especially in the 110 size, provide a quick, humane kill and are ideal for targeting red, gray, and fox squirrels, as well as chipmunks." Do NOT get your fingers caught in one of these. They do hurt. No need to ask how I know. There are plenty of videos out there on how to mount these up for squirrels for best results. This method solves the problem where as a live trap just moves the problem temporarily. A carrot mounted on the trigger wire smeared with peanut butter seams to work well. Find where they are getting in at and ad Pest-Block foaming goo and/or hardware cloth to stop ingress. Click to expand... I just found this thread and my first thought was a conibear. Then I kept reading and found you beat me to it, three months ago. @Old Doug Did you get your squirrel problem solved?

Suspend a ma deuce from ceiling operated by motion detector that rotates 360*.

We had a terrible time with squirrels getting into our attic. They chewed through the facia board and decking behind the gutter in several places. Also chewed the corner above an eyebrow on the front gable. What I found that works great for sealing up the holes is spray foam with steel wool impregnated in it. Messy to do but when they chew through the foam they don't like the steel wool. I used brillo pads. What ultimately stopped them from even trying was a combination of Lucy and one of these - Crosman® Full Auto R1 (Black) (BB) Crosman Full Auto R1 CO₂ BB air rifle delivers full or semi-auto fire, 430 FPS performance, and realistic AR-style controls. www.crosman.com Lucy killed at least 6-7, I lost count. I got a few with the AR. I went full mid-evil and each time we killed one I draped it on the fence for several hours for the rest of them to see. Apparently worked since we haven't had one try to get back in.

I've got a problem in this vein, and I think I have made it worse. We get groundhogs. We've trapped in the past, but we have a young one right now, and it doesn't want to get trapped, at least not before my wife's cat walks in the trap. Wife feeds the cats on the back deck, and the groundhog likes cat food. Tried to get the wife to feed the cats out in the yard, to allow a "shooting range" so to speak. Wife doesn't want lethal methods used, but wants him gone. Yesterday I spotted him further out in the yard, so I GI joed around the corner of the house, and plugged him with a .22 But he was right by the deck. And his burrow is under the deck. And he made it to the burrow. I can't access the burrow, without tearing the deck boards off. So I've solved the long term problem, but is living with the dead groundhog stink for a few days, going to be less work than tearing our new deck up, and fishing his carcass out? I know that he's partially under a chunk of old sidewalk that's under the deck, so I'm not even sure I can get him out, even if I tear up the deck. I'm thinking he might just be okay, right where he's at. We're pretty busy right now, so I'm not even home much, but the Mrs is there , most days. My biggest concern, is that I know I'm going to not go after him, then he's going to start stinking. Then she's going to want me to go after him, when he's really stinking and soft and gooey. Pray for steady breezes boys.

crane operator said: I've got a problem in this vein, and I think I have made it worse. We get groundhogs. We've trapped in the past, but we have a young one right now, and it doesn't want to get trapped, at least not before my wife's cat walks in the trap. Wife feeds the cats on the back deck, and the groundhog likes cat food. Tried to get the wife to feed the cats out in the yard, to allow a "shooting range" so to speak. Wife doesn't want lethal methods used, but wants him gone. Yesterday I spotted him further out in the yard, so I GI joed around the corner of the house, and plugged him with a .22 But he was right by the deck. And his burrow is under the deck. And he made it to the burrow. I can't access the burrow, without tearing the deck boards off. So I've solved the long term problem, but is living with the dead groundhog stink for a few days, going to be less work than tearing our new deck up, and fishing his carcass out? I know that he's partially under a chunk of old sidewalk that's under the deck, so I'm not even sure I can get him out, even if I tear up the deck. I'm thinking he might just be okay, right where he's at. We're pretty busy right now, so I'm not even home much, but the Mrs is there , most days. My biggest concern, is that I know I'm going to not go after him, then he's going to start stinking. Then she's going to want me to go after him, when he's really stinking and soft and gooey. Pray for steady breezes boys. Click to expand... I catch them all the time in a #330 conibear. 7-10 days should be it for stink, try blowing or shoveling some lime in the hole.

Good Lord Craneop your situation reminds me of when we also had roof rats. Not mice - rats. There is a small year around creek in our backyard and for years we never had any issues with rodents what so ever until the Walmart Market place moved in an old Winn Dixie spot around the corner. The detention pond dumps into this creek. So we had several problems with the rats going through the 4" corrugated pipe I buried in the backyard then up the gutter (never knew they could climb straight up but they can) and into the attic. This was the along the same time we were dealing with the squirrels. Wife had the pest control company come out and put some glue traps in the attic - huge ******* mistake. Pest guy put one in the little hole over the eyebrow in the front gable. At the same time I went through disconnecting the 4" corrugated from the downspouts, putting in a little grate top on the pipe then rodent screens on the downspouts. All of the rodent proofing eventually worked. However we forgot about the glue trap. There is a set of walk up stairs in to the attic for storage and access to the A/C and heat pump unit. Wife goes upstairs to stack more crap up that we should throw away and notices a "smell". Of course it was this time of year and had been a blistering day on the job. Get home to the good news from the wife who also informs me that she remembered the pest guy put a glue trap by the hole in the gable. Now to access the gable one has to crawl over the a/c unit and walk across 2x6 ceiling joists which in this area is 3' above the 9' ceilings on the main level. So I put on the nitrile gloves, the hd ones in the toolbox, done a N95 mask, grab two kitchen garbage bags then set off across the a/c unit balancing on 2x6's in 100 degree heat trying not to Clark Griswald the foyer ceiling. I get over to the said glue trap with the wife talking the entire way. She says "Is there anything I can do?". I said yes - you can stop talking and go back down stairs.. Silence followed. It was very squishy and vile. So Craneop I'd get the demo bar out and start removing those deck boards. One of the few times in the last 23 years my wife did 2 things - actually listen to what I said and be quiet. All due to a smell..

X-2 on dumping a bag of lime down the hole. Set it and forget it. Conibears used to be my go-to for chucks but Danger Kitty is an indoor/outdoor kinda chick.

DDoug said: 7-10 days should be it for stink, Click to expand... That can be a decade for a wife.

CM1995 said: That can be a decade for a wife. Click to expand... I'm guessing day 3-4 is going to be the limit.

Why not mix up some concrete in a watery mix and fill the olfactory offender's hole, mafia style?

treemuncher said: Why not mix up some concrete in a watery mix and fill the olfactory offender's hole, mafia style? Click to expand... 'When in Doubt, use Grout"

crane operator said: I'm guessing day 3-4 is going to be the limit. Click to expand... Decades??!!!

A century to the husband