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Squirrels Eating Pipes
Posted on 2/28/22 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 2/28/22 at 1:02 pm
Squirrels have been eating our apex plumbing pipes, which causes small leaks and eventually Sheetrock damage. This is the 4th it has happened over the course of a year. I’ve shot a couple in the yards but that’s about it. Also, we hired someone to help figure out where they’re entering but no luck. How do I keep these frickers out of my attic and more importantly away from my pipes?
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Posted on 2/28/22 at 1:06 pm to rocket32484
Cat?
Posted on 2/28/22 at 1:09 pm to rocket32484
A trap and deer corn will catch them. At least you can try to start getting rid of them while you find the hole.
Posted on 2/28/22 at 1:09 pm to rocket32484
With the cost of the damage they are doing, I'd opt to change that plastic crap out with copper and let them try to gnaw on that for a while.
It really don't take much of a hole for squirrels to get into a space if they want in. You need to go around the perimeter of your house and look for ANY holes in the soffits, fascia, venting, gas/water/electrical access, etc. and seal them up.
It really don't take much of a hole for squirrels to get into a space if they want in. You need to go around the perimeter of your house and look for ANY holes in the soffits, fascia, venting, gas/water/electrical access, etc. and seal them up.
Posted on 2/28/22 at 1:23 pm to LEASTBAY
We’ve set traps both outside and in the attic. Nothing.
Posted on 2/28/22 at 1:25 pm to rocket32484
Good luck, I've been battling the little bastards for 12 years now. I have 17, 60 year old oaks that attract them like flies to you know what. They come in cycles. Each spring I'll kill 10-15 of the young ones and each fall another mess. Heat of the summer and dead of winter are fairly slow. The most effective thing I've found is patience and my .22 caliber pellet rifle. 
They'll chew on electric cables, wiper fluid hose, A/C flex duct, and lead roof jacks to be sure.
They'll chew on electric cables, wiper fluid hose, A/C flex duct, and lead roof jacks to be sure.
Posted on 2/28/22 at 1:27 pm to rocket32484
They used to eat the lead stack covers on the roof, then rain would follow the stack down into the attic.
The Fix is a Benjamin model 392 with Excite Spike pellets.
Even quieter, but more dangerous in suburbs, is CCi CB Long.
The Fix is a Benjamin model 392 with Excite Spike pellets.
Even quieter, but more dangerous in suburbs, is CCi CB Long.
This post was edited on 2/28/22 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 2/28/22 at 2:52 pm to rocket32484
If you can get to the pipe, spray insecticide on the pipe
Posted on 2/28/22 at 2:59 pm to EF Hutton
I did not like the spike pellets. Lots of run-always. Switched to hollow points and got more drop deads.
I’m in a 25 year old subdivision, it took me 8 months to implement the lead curtain. Stopped counting at 150. I still have squirrels pass through the dome a few times a week. But none running around the yard or across my roof on a regular basis.
You have to stay diligent (or neurotic as my kids call it) to keep the population down.
I’m in a 25 year old subdivision, it took me 8 months to implement the lead curtain. Stopped counting at 150. I still have squirrels pass through the dome a few times a week. But none running around the yard or across my roof on a regular basis.
You have to stay diligent (or neurotic as my kids call it) to keep the population down.
Posted on 2/28/22 at 3:35 pm to MrWhipple
Bait with peanut and sunflowers mixed in. I trap and shoot everyone around my 5 acre homesite. The rest of my farm they can roam but squirrels caused 2k damage to vehicles.
The pb & sunflower bait will get em.
I put a glob on a small plastic lid. Drill a small hole through the lid so you can secure the lid to the trap with lacing wire.
The pb & sunflower bait will get em.
I put a glob on a small plastic lid. Drill a small hole through the lid so you can secure the lid to the trap with lacing wire.
This post was edited on 2/28/22 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 2/28/22 at 3:42 pm to El Segundo Guy
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El Segundo Guy
I'd love to see pics of your setup.
Posted on 2/28/22 at 5:41 pm to Stexas
I’m considering wrapping the pipe in the attic with chicken wire. Surely that would deter them?
Posted on 2/28/22 at 7:37 pm to rocket32484
Chicken wire holes are too large to do any good. You could use1/4” hardware cloth, but it’s stiff and it will pierce your skin. Use leather gloves.
This post was edited on 2/28/22 at 7:39 pm
Posted on 2/28/22 at 8:54 pm to MrWhipple
Yeah my benjamin I got for pests getting and chewing up my boat and stuff in garage did not like spikes or hollow points. The springer had so many fliers I went and bought over 14 different grains and jacket styles from of H&n, Diablo, and rws pellets. I don't have the pictures anymore broke my phone but the best grouping was by far the H&n barracuda match 22cal 21.14grain with the fattest head style I could find which was 5.53mm. it grouped the best then I think h&n barracuda match 21.14 GR with 5.52mm head then after those two diablo jumbo exact took over. It was the biggest one they sold at pyramid or Amazon in like 2015. I think it was 19gr or something.
All I can say is just keep stacking them they show back up with babies after a month of forgetting to make sure they keep their heads down and away from your area
All I can say is just keep stacking them they show back up with babies after a month of forgetting to make sure they keep their heads down and away from your area
Posted on 3/1/22 at 6:05 am to rocket32484
We had one develop a taste for patio furniture. Pepper spray on the legs where he was chewing just made him go higher for a bite.
We put out a trap baited with sunflower seeds, and immediately caught the one doing the chewing. Popped him, and no more problems.
There are tons of squirrels around, but it was just that one who liked the taste of chairs.
We put out a trap baited with sunflower seeds, and immediately caught the one doing the chewing. Popped him, and no more problems.
There are tons of squirrels around, but it was just that one who liked the taste of chairs.
Posted on 3/1/22 at 6:50 am to Twenty 49
The copper spikes shot best for me. They fit tight like the old green can Benjanin pellets from the 1980's
Posted on 3/1/22 at 12:54 pm to rocket32484
Benjamin Marauder, Air Venturi Avenger, or other PCP 25 cal air rifle, JSB Diabolo pellets, good scope, DonnyFL moderator, deer corn, cats or dogs (squirrels will bark at them giving away their position), some wire-based live traps, and patience.
Or you could try a mound of corn, a 223, and tannerite.
Or a chainsaw.
Or you could try a mound of corn, a 223, and tannerite.
Or a chainsaw.
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