Squirrels are digging up the flower beds!!!

[MrC]

Other than shooting and trapping them how do you deter them? I've read spices work but have to be reapplied after it rains. I've got a sprinkler system that gets the flower beds so this may not be the best option. Any suggestions?

[MJS]

Try loud objects (like pie pans) and hang them on certain places in the garden. Then again, this is kind of an eyesore if the garden is in a very visible location. I have really had very little sucess with any method. My advice: Invest in a pellet rifle :laugh:

[sheshovel]

Try The Scarecrow scatmat.com.

[tremor]

They are probably going after maple drupes or some other seed. These occurrences are usually brief. If you can't stand it try Miller's Hot-sauce. Squirrels hate the stuff.

[americanlawn]

We feed our squirrels. Two reasons: 1) they are very fun to watch, 2) they were here first. I live in a wooded area just north of the metro, with lots of natural wildlife (hawks, eagles, racoons, deer, turkeys, oppossums, many varieties of songbirds, etc, etc.). 500 feet from my home = a new 125 acre "development" where they bulldozed/clearcut all remaining natural beauty (trees & hills). 125 acres destroyed now + half-acre lots go for $60,000 each. Now these homeowners are complaining about wildlife???

[mrkosar]

We feed our squirrels. Two reasons: 1) they are very fun to watch, 2) they were here first. I live in a wooded area just north of the metro, with lots of natural wildlife (hawks, eagles, racoons, deer, turkeys, oppossums, many varieties of songbirds, etc, etc.). 500 feet from my home = a new 125 acre "development" where they bulldozed/clearcut all remaining natural beauty (trees & hills). 125 acres destroyed now + half-acre lots go for $60,000 each. Now these homeowners are complaining about wildlife???

welcome to america!

[americanlawn]

ditto...............