Flying Squirrels

» CarolWallace - Damage?

We were just discussing flying squirrels in my topic - I was telling the story of one that got into the house and which I discovered standing on my kitchen counter when I happened to walk by carrying a cat. The cat only started at it - the squirrel stared back - eyeing a bit of bread that stood between it and the cat - and then must have decided that facing that cat ws better than starvation and actually stepped forward.

Oddly the cat let it go, and every night for weeks the "night creature" as a small neighbor dubbed it, appeared for bread and whatever else it could forage - and then as the weather warmed up, disappeared.

Someone told me that the flying squirrels don't actually do damage to wires and such the way other things like mice can do. Is this true? I didn't know about the defecation problem - reason enough to worry, I guess - but I am curious about other possible problems they may cause.

-- posted by CarolWallace

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» stephenvantassel - Re: Damage?

In response to message posted by CarolWallace:

No it isn't. Any rodent can damage wires. If mice can do it, and they do, flyers can definitely do it being larger. While it may be rare, I would not be surpised to learn of evidence that it happened.

-- posted by stephenvantassel

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» felsteve - Re: Re: Damage?

In response to message posted by StephenV_4:

I have flying squirrels in my attic and have tried alot of things such as sealing points of entry, snap traps, poison and have been unsuccessful. Typically they are active and noisy between 2 and 4am. Since they are nocturnal, I wonder if a motion detector in the attic that would turn on flood lights would chase them away. Does anybody have any thoughts on this?

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» stephenvantassel - Re: Re: Re: Damage?

In response to message posted by felsteve:

Your idea won't work. They will soon become habituated to the lights. Exclusion and trapping are the only two effective solutions.

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» Nancy_Musa - Re: Re: Re: Re: Damage?

Hello: Our attic is currently crawling with many flying squirrels. We've tried using "Have a heart traps" with peanut butter (knowing gray squirrels would be attracted and hoped the same for flying) ... yet no success. When you indicate exclusion and trapping ... can you be more specific (ie. type of trap OR what to put in a Have a Heart trap). We see the hole on outside of house where they are entering, but are reluctant to block the hole as we don't want to trap the squirrel in the attic. Our attic (crawl space only) currently doesn't have access ... yet we are willing to cut into the attic in order to trap the squirrels. Any help or advice you can lend would be appreciated! Thank you.

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» glidinon - Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Damage?

In response to Re: Re: Re: Re: Damage? posted by Nancy_Musa:

Since our time is limited to typing out answers we find it much easier to talk to you by phone. You may call us at 352-493-1806 after 7:00pm and before 9:00pm EST., if you get our answer machine leave your contact # we'll return your call and guide you through this process of helping your nocturnal intruders back to the outside world.
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-- posted by glidinon

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