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ok to keep it short, i have tried, rat traps with PB, Haveaheart traps (where he escapes), Pellet gun (never get a shot) and rat poison....

recently read anti freeze.... thoughts on this tactic and any suggestions that may help me from him chewing this hell out of my shed.... wood shaving everywhere and constantly blocking holes...
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Ryanmalloy44 · Joined: 24 Jan 2012 Posts: 92

Yeah anti freeze will def. work. Why not try an actual trap. With some really enticing food i'm sure he will be caught in only a day or two.

admin · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:32 am Post subject:

tried a few traps and he out smarts them everytime
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NWDarkcloud · Joined: 23 Apr 2012 Posts: 474

a hava-heart live catch trap they seem to work best for squirrels there real smart takes them time to get use to new things in there enviroment put it in his path of travel bait it with a granola bar with rasins they love honey and rasins /w nuts . After you get him move trap to where you can see it from a distance if he has a mate they will come to help.....you can get them all if more than 1 with pelet gun ...: just remember there small and you need more than 1 for a good meal dry rub works best then batter dip and in the fryer happy hunting.........

JustinSolak · Joined: 17 Jul 2011 Posts: 245 Location: East Hartford, CT

fill a 5 gallon bucket with maybe 10inches of water. enough where he cant reach bottom, but not enough so he can reach the top if he's in there. bunck of sunflower seeds on top and somethin like a board he can use to walk up it.

not sayin it's a guarantee, but we use it for mice. they smell it, crawl up, see the seeds and go "oh! food!" and jump in and drown. next mouse smells it, finds it, and goes "oh! hes got food!" jumps in and drowns. so on and so on.

worth a try.

we used to have a red squirrell problem at my parents house. spent a day goin at em with a pellet gun and left the yard lookin like a rodent drive by. no more problem.
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PECo · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT

Lend it some money. You'll never hear from it again. Laughing

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anointed130 · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:09 pm Post subject:

LOL aint that the truth peco.
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perfect hook set · Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1069 Location: Danbury

set up a cam for surveillance purposes
study his moves with in a 2 day span

on the third day you will know where and when he enters
how long he stays around

now you can ninja your way in or around the shed and lasso his a$$
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admin · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:25 pm Post subject:

bucket with water sounds good!
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SmOoTh OpErAtOr !!! · Joined: 03 May 2012 Posts: 108

Just don't use antifreeze if any of your neighbors have cats they could get into It and it will kill them too ! Happend to my moms cat! Not
Cool took three months before its kidneys gave up !
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