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We had a squirrel in our garage a few weeks ago. It was very stressful. Husband M spread garlic powder, we put a radio on in the garage, tried banging on a pot to make some noise. We opened the garage door partially learning that they go toward fresh air. We even set a trap but in hindsight it was on the ground, it would have been better to place it higher up off the ground.
We decided to call a pest control guy. He took a video all around the garage, combing the rafters and showed it to us. The squirrel had left! He smelled all the garlic powder and thinks that could have driven him off. But he did advise us to shake down the squirrel's nest in a nearby tree in the spring. Who knew that was a squirrel's nest!
Anyway now we have peace of mind and think we know what to do if it happens again. It is also a good idea to keep your garage door closed as much as possible. In hindsight, we should have waited a bit longer and ensured for ourselves that the squirrel had left before deciding to call the pest control guy as that was not a free service.
Oh. Having Peanut here for years this was a rather sad read, but we have no garage, all he can do is knock over the King Frog. And that he does, too! Squirrels are weirdos. Ours is/are sweet, though.
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I just to know that squirrel like garlic powder...a tense experience..
ReplyDeleteNow you know how to do it with the squirrel. What is there!!!
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Thankfully we haven’t had a squirrel in our garage, yet! We decided it was a chipmunk who stored his hundreds of sunflowers seeds in the engine of our car a while back. Interesting about the garlic powder. I will remember that one.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you went through quite a stressful ordeal with that squirrel! The combination of garlic powder, loud noises, and opening the garage door was quite a creative approach. It's a relief that the squirrel eventually left on its own—those little creatures can be quite stubborn
ReplyDeleteSquirrels are cute, but they are quite a pest if they get into the house. We had a neighbor who had a squirrel get into the attic of his house. It ran around there and caused havoc. They also tried everything to get the squirrel out.
ReplyDeleteWell, and we are happy to have squirrels! We fight mice and martens.
ReplyDeleteOh, those darn squirrels. We had a big tree out front forever and they owned it. Lord knows how many families lived there. But since we have cut it down, we have one now who will still get on the stump as if he wonders what's going on. The squirrel population are more black squirrels now. We have neighbors who feed them and so we have overweight squirrels too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tips about having a squirrel in the garage. Hope you are having good weather this winter too. Thanks for the interesting post.
ReplyDeleteMan, you have problems I don't have. We have an open car port, not a closed garage, so the feral cats come and go. But, no squirrels in Hawaii, thank God.
ReplyDeleteI wonder why a squirrel went to your garage....did you have anything special stored in there?
ReplyDeleteAngie we have nothing special
DeleteHe just wandered in
Oh no. I'm glad he left so he could get back out to the place squirrels should be.
ReplyDeleteOh my, that sounds like quite an adventure. I'm glad your "guest" has left...
ReplyDeleteI’m glad it all worked out.
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We have squirrels everywhere in our yard since we have so many trees. I do love to watch their antics, but sure wouldn't want one in my house or my garage. Glad he's finally gone, Christine.
ReplyDeleteRed squirrels are a very pesky nuisance. They don't take no for an answer.
ReplyDeleteNot a pretty story, but I had to laugh thinking about the "Beverly Hillbillies, and granny would have made a garlic squirrel stew. HaHa
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you got him out of the garage! We've never had problems with squirrels, but we have had mice that strip insulation off the wires in our tractor, and rats in our truck if we had let them.
ReplyDeleteSquirrels often visit the garden and they are fun to watch, but you obviously do not want them in a garage or your house! Pleased your one has gone.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
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ReplyDeleteWe don't have an squirrels problem.
ReplyDeleteGlad he has moved on without any issues. We had ants in the house one year and I couldn't bear to kill them, so was reading up they didn't like cinnamon powder. So put that down and it worked. It is also safe for my cats and kid.
ReplyDeletesquirrels can be fun to watch but they are major pests-their nests are pretty cool to see. they drive me crazy eating the bird food I put out-we enjoy watching all the different birds. glad the squirrel finally left
ReplyDeleteoh sorry for tough experience
ReplyDeletewe do have lots of squirrels visiting our garden area
hubby hats them when they spoil all the pomegranate fruits
garlic powder sounds easy solution wow
We have gigantic squirrel nests at our GA place; I say let them have it. Yeah, We always keep our garage doors shut; I'm mostly fearful of copperhead snakes getting in there.
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