Re: Squirrels and cayenne pepper

**Emily Levitt e*@yahoo.com**

Cayenne pepper only deters juvenile squirrels for a
short time (say, ten minutes) and has virtually no
effect on adults. It seems to work better on racoons,
but again, once they figure out that they can eat
through the pepper barrier, they will do their damage.

They old 'scratching eyes' bit is an urban legend.
Squirrel damage is not. 

Emily Levitt

--- Donna Dawson <donna@icangarden.com> wrote:
> If anyone has anything to share on this, it would be
> appreciated...received
> it from one of my friends and I don't have any
> information...
> 
> ..Hi Donna,
> 
> A few years ago there was a story on the above where
> someone said squirrels
> were scratching their eyes out because of cayenne
> pepper deterrents in the
> garden.  I then found scientific info that there
> were no documented cases of
> that happening and in fact I know many mammals have
> the same endorphin rush
> from hot pepper as humans and grow to prefer it
> (it's in one of the hot
> pepper books).
> 
> Have you seen anything about the urban myth info as
> every August on we get
> public responses that are a bit irrational.  Animal
> Control here, and we
> have a lot of squirrels, has never seen any case
> yet.
> 
> Kate..
> 
> Donna Dawson
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