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facory

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Posted: 04/01/08 07:05am

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We own a travel trailer and live in the mountains. I keep the trailer at home which makes it accessible to various wildlife, including squirels. Squirels like to chew on plastics. I am worried about them developing an appetite for my trailer. (They have already chewed on plastic trash cans and BBQ wheels.)

I have put down moth balls, a red pepper spray and 'Shake Away' repellent. What else can be done to keep them away?

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Fred Cory

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20 gauge shotgun number 4 shot, works every time. They get the message after a couple times.

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Google squirrel recipes -- They really taste good!

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samsphones wrote:

20 gauge shotgun number 4 shot, works every time. They get the message after a couple times.

If I was pulling the trigger they would get the message the first time!

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Rat traps & peanuts do the trick,,,,you can reuse the nut for the next set up,,,
Squirl cooks up the same as rabbit

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Be careful now...

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Squirels do fry up pretty good. Cook them just like chicken!

OK, if you don't want to eat them yourself, get a few cats and turn them loose. Don't feed them. They'll find the squirls and hunt them down for you!

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It sounds like everything you have done is helping to "squirrel proof" your TT!

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