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Hank76
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Flying Squirrels!!!
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8/15/2010 6:30:00 PM
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Being the best place to ask I thought I'd start here. Does anybody know a good exterminator in the Real Island area that can help with a flying squirrel problem? We have several in the attic that take flight at dusk every night. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
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gabby
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Flying Squirrels!!!
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8/15/2010 6:35:59 PM
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Shotgun
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GoneFishin
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Flying Squirrels!!!
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8/15/2010 6:37:58 PM
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Are they bats?????
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| Name: |
Hank76
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Flying Squirrels!!!
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8/15/2010 6:43:14 PM
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I thought the same thing at first, but they are definitely squirrels. They fly down to the trees near the lake one by one.
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Hank76
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Flying Squirrels!!!
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8/15/2010 6:45:23 PM
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Too funny. I'd like to shoot at them, but I dont have a clean shot. At least not one that wouldn't head in the direction of my neighbors.
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lakeplumber
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Flying Squirrels!!!
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8/15/2010 7:19:44 PM
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Go to Bass Pro Shop. Buy live trap (sized for squirrel). Bait with peanut butter. Catch Squirrels. Release unharmed in remote woods. Alls well that ends well.
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MrHodja
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Flying Squirrels!!!
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8/15/2010 7:23:15 PM
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We had three squirrels come down the chimney and force open the glass fireplace doors....had a grand old time knocking everything over, and feasting on....among other things...since they are rodents....the rat poison we had out for the mice who like to invade our cabin as well.
Apparently they ate a bit too much, and I found them (by following my nose) curled up and quite dead in a sack of old Wal Mart plastic bags.
So, if you have access to your attic and can't find another method, you might buy a few boxes of D-Con rat poison and put it out for their evening snack. That method would require your being able to locate and extract the little darlings' carcasses after their "sufficiency had been suffansified" and the warfarin had done its deed.
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UncleSam
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Flying Squirrels!!!
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8/15/2010 11:28:41 PM
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Why is this a problem?
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| Name: |
Hank76
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Flying Squirrels!!!
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8/15/2010 11:43:56 PM
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The problem is that they are damaging the house. They have chewed their way into the attic, and no matter what I do to keep them out, they keep finding a way back in. Repair bill has already exceeded a $1,000.
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Aardvark
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Flying Squirrels!!!
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8/16/2010 1:16:23 AM
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Have you tried Boris and Natasha?
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Once an attic squirrel, always an attic squirrel. If they aren't properly "dispatched" they will either end up back in your attic or in someone else's
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LonghornBoater
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Flying Squirrels!!!
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8/16/2010 9:42:19 AM
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The rat poison suggestion is a good one but you might consider a healthy dose of mothballs as well. They have the effect of keeping future invasions to a minimum.
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Osms
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Flying Squirrels!!!
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8/16/2010 9:59:09 AM
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Unfortunately, you've got to kill the squirrel's grandparents, the guilty squirrels, and their offspring to get rid of them. Squirrels that have nested in your attic, or were born there will literally die trying to return to their homeplace. BTW, anyone have a recipe for armadillo--just killed the 7th one of the year last night--all killed in the flower beds.
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Murph
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Might be an invasion on Real Island!!
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8/16/2010 10:15:34 AM
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Hank, I am in the Real Island area as well and am experiencing the exact problem. Like you, I thought they were bats at first, but have seen them land on the trees. They are quiet comical to watch, but not nearly as much fun to hear running through the attic. I am interested to see all the ideas on how to rid the attic of them. My house is at the end of T-Road on Hickory...Just wondering if you were close by to see if we might be fighting the same family of airborne menaces.
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widgethater
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Might be an invasion on Real Island!!
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8/16/2010 12:39:26 PM
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Had the same problem several years ago. Had a pest control from the Fla. panhandle check the attic. He found where they were coming in and we sealed it. Believe me, they come through a very SMALL area. Once that was sealed, I put out capture traps,baited with peanut butter, and caught them all. Put them in woods several miles from the house and didn't have the problem again. You must find where they are coming in and seal it. GOOD LUCK!!!
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roswellric
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Road Trip!
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8/16/2010 1:24:35 PM
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Works great but be sure to take them on a long one so they don't find their way home. I made that mistake.
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roswellric
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Flying Squirrels!!!
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8/16/2010 1:27:55 PM
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I have a friend that found a unique way of getting rid of them; he put up a 110 volt line with one exposed wire for each side near the entrance to the squirrel mansion and watched the boys electrocute themselves coming in.
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MrHodja
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Flying Squirrels!!!
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8/16/2010 3:20:50 PM
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Reckon his dinner guests suspected the source of the fried squirrel they were served?
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| Name: |
roswellric
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Flying Squirrels!!!
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8/16/2010 5:10:25 PM
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Probably too burnt to serve...
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