Rabbits and Squirrels ...
Rick
large number of squirrels and rabbits that claim the place as well. It's
not unusual to see 6-10 squirrels at once on the bird feeders (about 350
feet from my garden spot) and when I first turned the soil for my 30' by 40'
garden, I counted at least a dozen piles of rabbit pellets.
I think a fence should take care of the bunnies ... any ideas of how I might
prevent squirrel raids?
rick
Sed5555
>not unusual to see 6-10 squirrels at once on the bird feeders (about 350
>feet from my garden spot)
>I think a fence should take care of the bunnies ... any ideas of how I might
>prevent squirrel raids?
see this link:
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/4DMG/Pests/animal.htm
Zemedelec
prevent squirrel raids?
>>
Not offhand, but you know squirrels and rabbits are equally edible. People
here have squirrels in the freezer along with venison.
zemedelec
Linus
On 11 Feb 2001 23:40:00 GMT, zeme...@aol.comslamspam (Zemedelec)
wrote:
Michael Strickland
>You must be from Arkansas.
You must be cityboy ;->
Later, Mike
USDA Zone 7, Sunset Zone 32 AHS HZ7 (Villa Rica, GA)
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Michael Strickland
>I think a fence should take care of the bunnies ... any ideas of how I might
>prevent squirrel raids?
If you're just trying to keep them off your feeders, I'd suggest one of
the feeders from Wild Bill. It has a 9V battery that shocks (about what
you get when you walk across a carpet in winter and touch a doorknob)
squirrels while not affecting birds. I have one of these and it has not
failed one time. No more damaged feeders and pounds of seed stolen from
the birds. The squirrels are not harmed and soon learn to leave the
feeder alone and scavenge for seed that the birds drop. If the feeder
is mounted on a pole that the squirrels can climb, at least one of the
squirrels will learn that it can eat seed on the tray beneath the
feeding ports without getting shocked so long as it doesn't touch any
of the perches. This squirrel will clean off the tray with some
regularity, but none will eat from the bird feeding ports - no great
loss of seed, just what the birds drop onto the tray. That can be
eliminated by hanging the feeder, the squirrels around here haven't
figured out any way to get onto the feeder without being shocked - I've
had it hanging for about a year and a half now.
The feeders are a little expensive, but, since I was replacing my
feeders at least once a year, the cost has been recouped since I bought
it (8-feeding port model bought 2 years ago).
You can find more info at :
These feeders are available from a number of places on the web, as well
as direct from Wild Bill's.
NOTE: I have no affiliation with Wild Bill's other than being a very
satisfied customer.
Just a Girrrrl
problem with them. The only time I have noticed them
do anything was once they took the head of a fully
grown sunflower. Still makes me laugh actually since
it should have weighed fully 3 times the weight or
more of the squirrel. That will teach me to plant them
too close to the fence. Maybe my neighbors apple
tree's distract them. So I would wait an see. My
neighbor is constantly complaining they dig in her
pots. I really never notice anything, and there is a
tree which is baby machine 3 feet from my yard.
Other people have told you how to keep them
off your feeders.
Crystal
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"Rick" <gard...@wheatworks.com> wrote in message
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Jeff Thompson
wrote:
>You must be from Arkansas.
After having visited there, I can say that Arkansas is one of the
least "southern" of the southern states that I have been to. At least
the part that I visited (Rogers & Little Rock). Alabama on the other
hand...
Sergio Perozzo
keep tall grass around the garden area about three yards wide, rabbits will
not cross tall grass unless there's a path, squirrels do not bother my
garden, but they raid the bird nest for eggs. I built a trap and when I
catch one I take it to a city park.
I keep two or three around, they are fun to watch.
You can invest in Chicken Wire Fencing, It is about 18 inches high,
lightweight, you can put a few stakes in the ground to keep it up, it is low
so you can step over, and in the fall you can roll it up for next season.
Good luck and good harvesting
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Rick
who lives next door says the deer will terrorize my planned rows of sweet
corn.
Any ideas about deer prevention?
rick
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Sed5555
>
Try this link:
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/PUBS/NATRES/06520.html
Dr. Rev. Chuck, M.D., P.A.
Consumer Reports rated a motion-detecting water sprinkler marketed
under the name of "Scarecrow" as more effective than fences.
Cereoid
Rick
Since I have children who will be helping in the garden, the pepper sprays
and tall electric fences are out of the question ... esthetics would suffer,
too.
The Chicken egg concoction in the study was as effective as coyote urine ...
and might not smell as bad ... however, I wonder if spraying the solution of
Chicken eggs (20% eggs, 80% water) would attrack coyotes ... they eat
chickens in this neck of the woods :)
Of course, if I could get the coyotes to mark their territory around the
garden and then leave when we go out to work in it ....
Rick
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Linus
My wife is from Arkansas and she has versed me in killing and eating
squirrel and any other pesky varments.
Michael Strickland
>LOL. Actually I'm a damn yankee from NJ now living in SC.
Well, you said it, not me <BG>. As you can see from my sig, I'm a
little west and maybe a little south of you. Bred and born in good ol'
GA - matter of fact, I don't live more than 30 miles from where I was
born. Keep moving away from the city, hope my current location doesn't
get too crowded in the near future, but things are growing nearby.
Right now the nearest neighbor is about a quarter mile, but I figure
that sooner or later somebody's gonna buy the 198 acres of woods next
to me and put up a subdivision - just a matter of time I rekon. The
areas around Atlanta are some of the fastest growing areas in the
country according to what they tell us on the news. Makes me sad to see
hundreds of acres stripped of all living things so that they can build
houses one on top of another - heck you can spit out the window in some
of them and hit the neighbor's house! Folks that live in that type of
housing must have some ant in their ancestry - that's the only way I
can figure that they can stand to have someone else that close. Houses
should be at least 5 minutes walking distance apart - makes for good
neighbors.
>My wife is from Arkansas and she has versed me in killing and eating
>squirrel and any other pesky varments.
Some are good eating, squirrels, deer, and rabbit for example. Others
I've never tried (coon and possum). My wife, although she's from GA
too, doesn't care for cooking squirrel (although she has on several
occasions), but she cooks a good venison roast and most excellent
rabbit. I wanted to set up some cages to raise rabbits, but the kids
adopted them and now consider em pets, can't eat pets :-\