Squirrel,s In The Garden

[shingman]

I Have Raised Beds And The Squirrel,s Are Digging In Them. Can Anyone Tell Me How To Stop This From Happening Be Sides Shooting Them? I Live In The City!

[Treehog]

I've heard a few suggestions like putting cat hair around your bed, or cayanne pepper. I'm not sure if those work. I just put a couple rubber snakes and a few pinwheels in my raised beds today to try and keep birds out. I suppose it might work on squirrels too, but I'm not sure. I hear that I should move the snakes around every other day so the critters don't figure out they're fake too quickly.
Oh! someone on here suggested nailing a rat trap to a tree or post and baiting with peanut butter. I bet that would work.

[Norcal Steve]

Try a couple of those "fake" owls, hard plastic or inflatable type. Put them up on a pole in and around the garden or on a high shelf. You can get them at most any garden supply center. They worked for us. I remember when we brought them home from the store and took them out of the truck our cats took one look and bolted off to hiding!!


Norcal Steve

[TEX]

Human Urine and my dog - she is obsessed with Squirrels and she really thinks they are out to kill us all- she is every wary.

[shingman]

Thank you for all the suggestions!

[nhlivefreeordie]

The best way is removal, beings you are in the city, the rat trap or a high power pellet rifle would be my first choices.