vicki
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Post by vicki on Aug 14, 2018 16:37:43 GMT
Hi everyone, I am new but was an old member of the Wild about Britain site... so hello! We have two squirrel homes in both sides of our house's eaves and I need to evict them humanly. They got in by chewing the wood on the sofits and created a nice hole that they persistently carried on making despite our attempts to deter them. I won't be using a pest controller but am keen to let them out (via a cat flap screwed over the hole that goes one way only and so they can't get back in). Please can anyone tell me when their young leave the drey if they have had a second litter? I am thinking mid September possibly?
Many thanks for your help! p.s. we are putting up squirrel boxes by the holes and so hoping they use these instead and then a roofer is making our house squirrel proof.
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Post by duncan74 on Aug 14, 2018 18:25:29 GMT
Hi Vicki, I love the cat flap idea, The Grey Squirrel breeding season starts in January and finishes around June, Female Grey squirrels can have one or two litters a year, each producing between one and seven young, I would think that the young ones, even if there were 2 litters, would have left the safety of the drey although they might return at night, I think your idea of a cat flap is an excellent one, Duncan ps I too am an ex WAB fan
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vicki
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Post by vicki on Aug 15, 2018 10:01:22 GMT
Thanks for your help duncan74. I feel a bit mad for having let them stay for the summer to raise any young. I'm off to book the roofer now and order the cat flaps...
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Post by Tringa on Aug 15, 2018 14:56:50 GMT
Only thing I'll add is you might need to make the 'cat flaps' quite heavy. It would not surprise me if the squirrels learnt how to open them from the outside.
Like the idea of a the squirrel boxes - as the squirrels might return you will have provided them with a home but also secured your home against what I imagine could be quite a destructive visitor.
Dave
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