Squirrel Deterrents, What Really Works?
2019 ж. 28 Сәу.
750 436 Рет қаралды
Testing various different methods to keep squirrels away. Some store bought stuff, some home remedies. Let’s see what works!
Testing various different methods to keep squirrels away. Some store bought stuff, some home remedies. Let’s see what works!
This is the best experiment that I have seen. Kudos to you for keeping track of it all.
May you be blessed for doing this for all who suffer the pain of squirrel and pest nuisance. A billion thanks!
It's not just the nuisance of their damages to things but I'm retired on very small income and watching the birds and wildlife is my pastime. Those little gray squirrels cost me at least half of my expenditures on birdseed--and that's with rationing, putting it out only certain times of day, ANND sitting guard near the hanging feeders a couple hours of the day. They climb every feeder pole (I chase them off) and they've even learned how to tip the hummingbird feeders and drink the sugar water. We have raptors, deer and opossum, raccoons and rabbits in the area, and a whole lot of birds to fill the strip of woodlands. There could be more birds if I didn't have a dozen squirrels on my (rented) homesite. Since it's not my property, my tactics are limited.
I woke up today to get my son to school and guess what? My truck didn’t wanted to start I thought I left a door open that only a little noise came out of my truck & when my husband opened the hood all the starter cables were chewed off 😢 this happened to me twice I don’t know what to do.
I'm dying!!! I don't know what's better the helpful information, and the amazing science, or the absolutely adorable comments from your children 🥰🥰💖💖
This is amazing! I can't thank you enough for this video.
Your child is adorable, loved the little voice on the video, my machanic told me to use dryer sheets in my car engine and so far for months it been working, replace dryer sheets every month
Thanks for taking the time to do this it was very helpful
What a great test. We have trouble with squirrels even in the desert.
Thanks for doing this experiment. Very informative and helpful.
This was really helpful thank you!
Great video! The experiment is as scientific as it needs to be. Yours is a real-life look at what MIGHT work to deter the varmints. Thank you for the work you put into the experiment and video. Thanks for sharing it. You have cut years off the learning curve for anyone tormented by these little guys.
Thanks Johnathan. Appreciate that!
The squirrellys are such a challenge. They are so smart! Their acrobatics are so amazing 👏 I've never seen one miss a jump or leap. My funniest squirrelly jump was off my neighbors roof into a big snow bank. He landed in a big puff! I truly believe he did it just for fun! HA
Thank you very much.for capturing this experiment.
Great experiments, thank you for sharing
Thanks for making such a great video. You really helped me out big time Sir.
Thank you for your video, saved me a ton of time! Great Job!
this is brilliant! thank you for putting this experiment together
Thanks for sharing this and saving me some money.
I enjoy watching your experiment. I have a problem with squirrel digging in my patch of cabbage. The only thing that discourage the squirrel was the smell of water mix in vinegar . I sprayed it around the patch .
I will try this.
How much vinegar mixed with how much water? Thanks
Thx. I've spent a fortune in 3 years trying to get rid of squirrels that ruin your garden...trying to not use poison. This vid helped a lot.
Good video. Thank you for taking your time to do this experiment. I appreciate it. Have a blessed day.
Thank you Gail. You have a blessed day as well!
Thankyou! so much for making this video, great to actually see all of the money grabs that don't work. As you stated in the video not a government test (scientific) but, it didn't cost 2 million dollars and 5 years to get accurate results. LOL.
You spelled Billion wrong...
Great video brother. The best part was the commentary from your daughter. How sweet. It makes me miss when my babies were young.
Thanks! It’s a time capsule for me. She’s growing up so fast!
Same thought. Remember when you cared about birthdays? 48 is a good age to be a father to young children. Your career is sorted out and hopefully your finances are cozy.
Good information. Thank you for testing all of these products. And... I love hearing the little child in the background around 5:57....."What's the Cwiddo widdle...? Just too cute!!
Faith lol I had to go back and listen. Yeah, I love that that comment will always be there. Time whips by so fast and I have 6 kids. Thank you for making my day!
You are so right.....time is precious with our children.
Yes....you are truly blessed, and wise to realize how soon our little ones become adults. Good memories are a Godsend.
Thank you so much for doing this experiment. It is so helpful. I’m gonna put out some ammonia soaked rags tonight. Thank you again!!
as I saw this video as highly enlightening! and I see your best advise , of entrapment by your company! can you in anyway even begin to address the hundred's of squirrels usually related to this problem?????
But I like experiments and appreciate the efforts. And the sweet voice of your little helper is a bonus.
The baby in the back ground “daddy I wish I can be a squirrel”🥰 Adorable! If she only knew how hated squirrels are by people with gardens tho💔
NOT adorable, they kill birds, didn't you know that??
Fantastic! Thanks so much. Very well done.
Thanks for this hard work, do appreciate a lot, it is very useful info. PS, it will be nice to know what happens if peppermint oil is used to deter them.
Nothing...I tried it
Peppermint worked great for chipmunks - not on fox squirrels here in Indiana.
Great video. You’ve made this ad scientific as possible and it’s very helpful. Thanks for posting
Thank you for your effort. This is good information
Very helpful video. Thank You for posting
Well done you! Brilliant! Absolutely loved watching! I think your idea will also work for the groundhogs that LOVE to ravage my garden!
Pretty good test! Thanks!
Thanks for the tips.
Excellent experiement. I needed to see this visually! I have a huge squirrel problem.
How huge are they? I never saw a huge squirrel
My family is using old coffee grounds. Just spread them around. The squirrel will start scratching and leave the area. Try it if you drink coffee it’s free.
@@colstace2560 ...Then you've never seen a fox squirrel have you?
Great experiment and thanks for sharing!!! This will definitely help people to stop wasting time and money on things that don’t work!!! And focus on the solutions that work!
Great video! Informative and real testing! Thanks!
This was fun to see. Always enjoy a good experiment 😉 I usually have about 5 squirrellys the past week we've had 10. I guess the word is out. I have 4 bird feeders. Here's my trick. I use a spray bottle with water. They hate it just like training a cat. Fortunately... I can spray them easily from the back door. They try to come back but I stand guard and they give up after a few squirts.
Ya just had a 700.00 bill. Chewed my Cylinder harness. Canadian Tire got harness part from the wreckers. The found a walnut along with it. .
I have reactive airway disease so I have to be very cautious what I use or I can end up with chemical pneumonia again. Also using the ammonia at all in the yards here only causes the neighbors cats to come spray.
Thanks! I use cayenne after I plant my tulip bulbs in pots, and have to continue every week but it does seem to keep them away most of the time. I was going to cover the pots with aluminum screening, just to make sure I didn't have to worry all winter about my tulips, but that apparently doesn't work. The squirrels just keep getting bigger and bigger around here!
Appreciate the experiment/s.. From Titusville Fl..jP
FYI for the powders to work, you need to SATURATE them into the ground. Just spreading Critter Ridder or Liquid Fence is not enough. Gotta wet it into the ground. Critter Ridder works only to deter animals from going to the bathroom on your lawn I found out. But not to keep them at bay except for first application.
That's what I thought too. The powders are usually concentrate and you need to add water to make them work properly.
Curious to know if the peanuts inside the ammonia soaked rags were gone the next day. And if not, how long did it last to where you had to re-soak the rags and if once the rags are dry is that when they no longer became effective. Great Video.
All the peanuts were gone, in all the rings!
@@animaltrackerswildlife4577 So in effect, we'd have to keep the rags soaked forever? re-soak them, what, every day? twice a day? thanks
@@KingdomUploader In an enclosure, you need to break their habits. Those first 3 days are crucial to keep them away.
great visual of your fun and educational experiment!! Ill try it myself here in Nova Scotia Canada Wondering if you have also a method for mice/rats or even a preferred deterrent? thanks
Blood meal has worked for us. Sprinkle some into flower beds and garden areas, The vile little rodents won't go near it.
Thanks for the tip!! I am totally trying this.
Good to know, thanks.
Thanks for the information.
How long does it last?
Thanks but next day there will be an army of foxes in my garden.
What a great share, thanks for taking the time to share this..
Thank you!
Thank you so much for the video and sharing the results of your experiment. Ammonia soaked rags placed between the floor trusses under our raised house did the trick. We haven't seen or heard a squirrel on our property in a week, and they were trying to nest ! You have helped to give us relief from those destructive pests.
Wow. Good for you! Same thing happened to me with about 4 or 5 families of squirrels in their den 30 feet from my garden patio. 24 hrs later...they appear to be completely GONE. Looks like they moved away. Neither hide nor hair of them. Good luck to you and to me ;)
This was a very interesting experiment and it was great to visually see the results. Thanks for the video. I now know to use the ammonia soaked rags. We have to many coyotes roaming around to use the urine.
I watched your video, and soaked 2 rags in ammonia and wrapped them around the base of my bird feeder. I watched and watched and there have been no squirrels that will touch that pole. They come up to the pole but they do not climb it. They still eat droppings from the feeders, but that's fair! So thanks. Great experiment!
Would you say the ammonia lasts for a long time?
Would it work in your opinion if I spray the ammonia on the fence or around the plants?
Liked and subscribed! Thank you so much for sharing! 🐿
Thank for your video. I am going to try ammonia soaked rags under my deck furniture. They have chewed up my cushions.
Great video presentation!
awesome...thanks for this....very useful information.
So adorable when the kid says "cwiddah widdah"
I could see using ammonia -soaked rags to try to get a critter to move out from under a porch or some such, because you could be vigilant and keep resoaking the rags until they left for good. But it wouldn't be practical for keeping them out of a garden a whole season. Thanks for the experiment. Very interesting!
Thank you for sharing
Blessings to you your family and friends and associates 💕
Great info!!
Great video! I have been battling squirrels here in Wisconsin every winter when I put up my yard display. Some years they cost me upwards of $200+ in damage. They love to chew Christmas light strands (the wires). For 6 yrs I had great luck with fox urine to keep them away. I bought a bunch of plastic Easter eggs at the dollar store, drilled some holes around them, ran a twisty tie through a couple of holes to hang them, and then inserted a fox urine soaked sponge. The biggest trick to making that work is to think like a fox, don't keep them in the same place for more than a few weeks at a time. Move them around and add fresh urine about every 3 wks. Since my neighbor added a new bird feeder even this has stopped working for me, so we have resorted to trapping them. We have more than a dzn in the freezer right now and get up to 3/day when we put all of the traps out. When we get to 20 I promised to make squirrel stew for my husband and our friends. We added a new puppy (standard poodle) to our family for New Yrs and I have noticed we don't see many squirrels anymore. That has proven to be the most fun squirrel control I've found yet!
Where the f*** are you from Kentucky?
Interesting story. Does Fox urine scare the birds away too? I'm thinking about putting it under my bird feeders.
Feel your pain. Squrriuel did chewed my Christmas lights too last 5 years ago. Now Squrriuels not around anymore. Thanks God
@@usfanlovesminho5085 Wisconsin
@@dannydaw59 It doesn't seem to phase the birds, just the squirrels and other "rodents".
Great video and great experiment! Thank you!
Love that song!
Thanks, Tony.They are in my Attic.
Get a strobe light and leave it on in your attic.
Good job. I just had a pro remove a nest between my solar panels and roof. ~ 8' x 16' (only 4" thick). He had a special rake and took ~ 1/2 hr. also applied a metal porous mesh screen at the entrance area of the panels. They came up the telephone pole exited off the main transformer and ran on the cable to the house and onto the roof peak. Not anymore. Job done.🙂
I don’t have many since I stopped feeding the birds, well, that was the plan. But I believe the two I have seen have made it into my attic as I hear scratching sometimes. We put huge mothballs up there and it seemed to help for a time. I hate the idea of ammonia up there, but maybe in a bowl. I will give it a try. Thanks for the experiment.
Myth busters solved!! At least I won’t be wasting anymore money seeing what didn’t work here.
Watching this was better than watching Forrest Gump. Nice work and thank you. We are going in!!
Urine has ammonia in it. I would surmise to say that ammonia works. Thanks for this great video! I have some corn outside as well as peppers tomatoes and eggplants. Been noticing bunnies, and I have a terrible squirrel problem. I just ordered some Fox urine granules off of Amazon. Supposed to be here tomorrow. Fingers crossed!
Did they work?
Great video, thanks! I'm in a large city and just recently squirrels started gnawing on my black Trex aluminum deck railing. There are ugly silver teeth marks everywhere. They've never done this before and it's driving me absolutely crazy. I have tried cayenne pepper sprays and other squirrel "deterrents" so far. Only somewhat successful. I'm going to try spraying the railing with ammonia. Any other tips would be GREATLY appreciated!
yeah; instead of soaked rags, i does sound simpler to spray it - maybe it would soak into tree limbs a bit? How long would ammonia take to evaporater before i'd have to respray, ya think? thanks
I put habanero infused safflower seeds in my bird feeders, and I have 2 squirrels that sit and munch on them like they are going out of style. The other many squirrels dont get near them though. Maybe they are seasoning themselves for the crockpot.
Lol
Thanks alot, Ive got a couple of larger traps intended for Rats ( basically a big mouse trap)...if I baited it down would that work?...weve got squirrels in the loft and its driving us nuts....From UK
I have tried about every deterrent , the only thing that works for us ( garden & fruit trees ) is a 410 shotgun, humane and does not endanger neighbors as long as you shoot when they are on the ground.
Thank you!
Good vid! these type vids are so informative! Thanks !!
Very useful experiment
Heavy amounts of safflower seeds worked for me in and around my bird feeder in Missouri before I went on line and checked it out they were chewing the feeder up plus totally emptying it and this was next to a woods .
Adorable children!
Excellent Video !!! Thank you For Sharing.... Its almost Spring time here, and wish a year ago, i saw your video. I grow many fruit trees, and i had a my first peach tree growing baby peaches, and then one day, all 75 peaches were GONE !!! I was in shock and I was so upset.... Anyhow, I have a question... Since ammonia seems to be working, do you think possibly, CATS Pee will work? I have three cats, and when the liter box gets filled with pee, within a day, it smells like ammonia. And its a scent, that its very gross. Anyhow, Its something to think about and i wonder if you tried that. Thanks again, I really enjoyed your work on this.
I used to like squirrels, but then they started acting all squirrelly and stuff.
Lol. In other post I commented that I’m an animal lover but these squirrels 🐿 have me rethinking that. They are like the tenants from hell. They don’t pay rent, they damage the property and are making noise all hours of the day!!!
I love this kids commentary
Ok I have trapped the coyote, but how do I make him pee in the bottle?
Very carefully, you don’t want to get it on yourself!
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LOLOLOLOL
Shane Walmsley 😏
You don’t really think k it’s gonna pee in a bottle?? Come on everyone know after you catch him you gotta have a cage or crate to leave him in w the tray underneath,, you’ll catch every drop,,
Thanks so much... what happened by the next day?
All the peanuts were gone…and the squirrels were happy campers!
can we buy critter ridder in Canada? good video. learned a lot
I used to like squirrels but now I hate them. They invaded my attic and keep interrupting my sleep
Mothballs they stink but work
@Julian Gutierrez it’s squirrels you don’t know how tiny their attack is smh
I hate squirrels too bastards keep messing up the insulation under my mobile home
They're right above my room for months now. They just don't stop!! I hate these fkrs too. I just soaked 2 socks with cayenne pepper and apple cider vinegar, stuffed a bounce sheet and a couple of stones in them and tossed them up on the roof or ruff if you're American 😂. It was quiet for about 10 minutes and now i hear them again. Ffs!
I liked them as well until they invaded my attic.
Good information!
Thanks for the great vid! I'm off to buy ammonia. Also, your kids were one of the best parts.
Informative, thanks
I echo the comments below. An excellent video that recently assisted me with perhaps permanently silencing a nuisance of a squirrel or getting it to leave my premises. Let me tell you my story: For several days, I heard a squirrel or something running back and forth on my roof so I thought every morning. I was wrong! I was dead wrong. This critter of a squirrel was running from one end of my soffit to the other and It was annoying. The running and scratching drove me nuts. I have a huge home and was worried about this not knowing what to expect when I went up my attic. I did not find droppings, but did find the, what appeared to be, a sole squirrel peaking his little head through a hole it gnawed through. I shined my flashlight, made some hissing sounds and then it ran away back into the soffit. However, the running back and forth continued to no end. I saw this video and said, wow. I could not find coyote piss, so I elected to buy a half gallon of lemon-scented ammonia and six rags from Menard's. I returned to my attic, soaked each rag and then threw them in the area where I saw the squirrel. The next morning, I heard the critter run again above my bedroom and then heard it stop as to check something out. It has been two days and I have not heard a peep. I plan to cut a tree down today in front of my home that I believe gave this squirrel easy access to my roof. I hope that it departed the same way it entered, but believe me, If I couldn't stand the smell of the ammonia, I do not know how that little critter was able to. The ammonia works. Thanks for the video sir. Just Awesome!
Update: It is Christmas and I still have not heard the squirrel. Merry Christmas!
I am having 3rd hole repaired 😳 I swear I have roof PTSD now. Can you smell the ammonia in your house? I need to figure out where to put on roof etc to keep them off. Currently.have mothballs in the attic lol
@@salgalotto1 so what happens when the ammonia towels dry out, is there still a scent, or do you have to resoak the towels over and over?
@@bruce3412 I have not heard the squirrel in over a year, but you make a good point.
@@bruce3412 I heard you just need to break their habits. Those first 3 days are crucial.
Wondering why didn't you put the products around and on the peanuts? I planted Petunias on both sides of my sidewalk. The squirrels had fun digging around my flowers. I put mulch down as well as mixed up Cayenne pepper and Chili powder. So far so good!
My squirrels took a bite of every tomato last year and dropped it. Then it took off with a very large eggplant. This year I covered my above ground bed with a greenhouse. Now, it's my flower bulbs. They dug up every single one. My husband has terminal cancer and his mom brought me about 50 huge bulbs from Virginia to NY. They dug up every single on and ran off. They were very sentimental to me. So, I have no mercy for these evil critters anymore.
what type of ammonia is it ...is it just household ammonia or will I need to get something stronger ...thanks.
I'm glad that I stumbled on this. Thank you for the video. I did not know that they would chew wires. They are my nemesis with the birds and biting off my plants and veggies. I did discover that they do not want that Red Pepper up their nostrils. They have not gone back to the feeders because of the Red Pepper. I have not tried soaking or coating the peanuts for the blue Jays yet though. I can understand them not wanting a whiff of that ammonia.
nice job!
thank you ,will try
Great test! Thank you. I'm trying to get squirrels out of the attic. Sprayed apple cider vinegar yesterday afternoon with garden sprayer (half gal. vinegar, same with water). Fingers crossed but just a small bit of noise this a.m. The other part is getting a "squirrel unfriendly" birdfeeder, which I just found at a local hardware store.
We had them. They would go out in the day. When they left, my husband closed the holes with steel wool and some wire. Haven't had them in my attic for years.
@@dianabaskin1944 Thank you! As in Very Much!
Spraying lead pellets at high velocity works best. I did however put peppermint tea bags in the wife's garden last night. Hope it helps.
David Crawford for all us squirrel 🐿 lovers thank you 😊
@@passiflora1014 it did not help. In fact the squirrels started to dig in the rock filled areas of the garden. Time to start putting out peanut butter laced with crushed Dcon poison.
At least they will have nice fresh breath 😂
@@davidcrawford6505 Wild animals eating poisoned squirrels will also die.
Garlic plants help a lot ..I place them all around one raised bed and the squirrels didn’t mess with it
I need help I’ve used imustgarden stuff on my newly planted lawn and stupid squirrels keep digging holes 🤦♂️🤦♂️ I’m soo frustrated any advice would be greatly appreciated
I have a lead based deterrent that works pretty well.
My city forbids chemically propelled lead, also mechanic actuated contraptions. That leaves me with a .25" pipe and something hard that might hurt.
Will any of this stuff harm our pets like our puppies if they get ahold of any of this stuff?
When my backyard was totally overrun with ground squirrels the only thing that worked to control them was the "Rat Zapper". I used the original silver model and it was quick, clean and effective.
Where do you find Rat zapper
@@marydurrett7987 Amazon
I got a squirrel zapper but it works on all small animals. Let's off a high pitch sound that they can hear but humans can't. It did nothing.