Re: meanest squirrel on earth
- To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: meanest squirrel on earth
- From: "* <r*@kersur.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:20:46 -0700
I don't have personal experience with those little unnamed critters(I don't
want to jinx myself) but on reading your dilemma, I thought the misting
throughout the day might be enough of a nuisance to drive the little buggers
away
Pumpkin Widow
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Shapiro <dgs@leland.stanford.edu>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Monday, July 27, 1998 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: meanest squirrel on earth
>Keith, Beth, Marty, all..
>
>Thanks for your suggestions AND the moral support. It surprises me, but I
>really am stressed out over the damage. And I'm pretty darn sure it is
>squirrels ... although I haven't seen them tooth to vine, I have watched
>them chew away at more mature pumpkins. Friends who grow in this area
>also recognize the damage.
>
>Time to put your advice to use. I'll smear the trap with peanut butter and
>put up a fence with ribbons. I'm already carrying throwing rocks in my
>pocket, and will buy a sling shot. I had good aim as a child. The
>diversion strategy isn't working tho since a neighbor is trying it for me -
>she feeds peanuts to the little darlings and I am constantly digging them
>up in the yard. Perhaps they find my vines while looking for a place to
>bury their bounty.
>
>One word about traps .. Bob McLaren (not on this list) grows his Atlantic
>Giants nearby, and gave up on the trapping method after capturing 45
>squirrels in 3 weeks. I live in a sea of them, it seems.
>
>Hmm... I could try setting up my misting system to run periodically from
>daybreak to sunset. It may act like a scarecrow since the squirrels *seem*
>to avoid it.
>
>Here's a high tech thought... anyone know if squirrels avoid ultrasonics?
>Aren't products of that sort used against gophers?
>
>
> Dan Shapiro
>
>.
>
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