Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

I bin Squirelled. Any advice for a fight back?

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Permalink Reply by Liz on July 31, 2011 at 18:02

Not tried it myself but they're none too keen on chilli powder, I'm told.

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Permalink Reply by Claudia Clare on July 31, 2011 at 18:41

chicken wire over the top of the pot. It's the only way and it does actually work. Easy to cut with scissors, secateurs etc. Just arrange around pot so properly covered but plant able to get out as it were and job's a good'un. Until the bastards learn how to unpick the said wire which is probably only a matter of time... ;)

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Permalink Reply by Alice Lemaitre on July 31, 2011 at 19:01

Try a mirror, might make them contain their rage to bury anything they find. Apparently it worked for a duckling, admitedly for a different reason (it was lonely after the all family had gone shopping or something) and yes ducklings and squirrels are different, I know.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on July 31, 2011 at 19:18

Great thanks guys. Sounds like between the three we have a solution!

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Permalink Reply by Alison P on July 31, 2011 at 20:05

Chicken wire or the plastic green stuff you can buy in rolls. Stops cats pooing too. But are you sure is a squirrel, odd time of year fior that - could it be a fox? (sorry, don't want to depress you completely!)

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on July 31, 2011 at 20:09

I do get foxes, but I'm not aware of them digging in the pots. Do they do that?

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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on July 31, 2011 at 21:18

You hadn't buried your old Budgie in there previously had you..?

It's to do with the smell .. our human noses are useless - but foxes, cats and all the rest smell stuff we don't even notice.. Liz's chilli powder obviously would disguise the other smell.. maybe it was marked earlier by another animal..?