Help I am being plagued by the squirrel mafia!!

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Permalink Reply by chris w on June 26, 2009 at 12:03am

My dogs have slowly killed off all the squirrels on our land. I almost miss the buggers, they can be entertaining in small numbers. Regretfully the dogs won't actually eat the carcasses, and I sometimes only find the 'remains' by smell. ewwww.

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Permalink Reply by David Brownlee on June 27, 2009 at 11:03pm

If you have a dog that can catch a squirrel....I want one....cats can't catch squirrels...they go straight up a tree.

Squirrels can go up a tree and down a tree at bout the same speed...they can also jump from branches to branches - if you have a Dog that can catch a Squirrel...since they don't normally sit on the ground asleep - I'll - well. Kiss something.

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Permalink Reply by chris w on June 28, 2009 at 9:39am

The dogs stalk the squirrels, since the dogs live outside, they get to know where all the squirrel nests are. They often wait by the water trough or patiently stalk them as the squirrels get busy and comfortable in the yard. Dogs are pack hunters, I have two, but I've also seen one dog catch squirrels by himself. It's all in the hunting technique. Hum, what are you going to kiss?

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Permalink Reply by David Brownlee on July 10, 2009 at 11:57pm

Well I'm from Missouri (or just across the river) so I would have to take the "show me" on that one....dogs stalking squirrles - I dunno??? I love dogs and had a border collie - - - -but he had about as much chance at catching a squirrel as I have being an astronaut. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Michelle W. Flannery on June 28, 2009 at 2:51pm

I had a great cat that caught squirrels! When we moved from the beach to the mountains years ago, he got out of the car at the new house and had a squirrel in less than 10 minutes! I sure miss that cat!

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Permalink Reply by David Brownlee on July 11, 2009 at 12:15am

"had a great cat that caught squirrels! When we moved from the beach to the mountains years ago, he got out of the car at the new house and had a squirrel in less than 10 minutes! I sure miss that cat!"

What kind of cat was that MWF? Our first cat was half Abisinion (sp?)...SERIOUS athlete...that cat could catch flies out of the air. Never saw him go up against a squirrel tho - maybe because we had Red Squirrels there - much bigger than grays.

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Permalink Reply by david e kelley on July 9, 2009 at 11:06am

I said I'd get back to you about netting to keep squirells and birds off tomato plants. I've learned a bit since then. First the netting was wrapped around the cages, 5' tall concrete remesh. This seemed to stop the squirrels from getting into the cages, but the birds, mostly cardinals and mockingbirds, just entered from the open top and gave us a merry chase trying to get them out. So I covered the tops of the 7' high plants with the net. Success; well not quite. The brilliant red males and their rosy brown mates will cling to the net and eat the wonderful ripe fruit that touches the net. I don't mind sharing a few with them, since it's a lot of enjoyment watching their efforts and even their accomplishments.

I'll design the netting next year, probably setting stakes in a rectangle surrounding the rows of cages and being sure to cover the tops. Remember that I have a small urban vegetable garden.

Stay natural.
David

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Permalink Reply by Manda Lea on July 17, 2009 at 7:10am

Cayenne pepper! I'd forgotten about that! I have a bottle that I was going to throw out due to it's age.

I'm moving into a guesthouse in the Hollywood Hills that has a LARGE, unused area for me to garden, but my friends that currently live there mentioned problems with squirrels eating everything they tried to grow. I'm so glad to have found this forum.

I'm more excited about my new garden potential than the house itself, which is pretty fantastic. My current landlords cemented over the 4X2ft space that was my garden... until the electrician dug it up. :(

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