[Bud Krieger]

Those little buggers can definitely do some damage to a house. I have first hand experience with that. I still trap them if I see evidence they are trying to gnaw their way back into our house but release them in a wooded area 5 or so miles away.

The damage they can do is pretty incredible. I once read that a sizable amount of all house fires are believed to be started by squirrels (gnawing on wiring etc..). Don`t know if that is true but it wouldn`t suprise me.

[BuffaloJack]

> The damage they can do is pretty incredible. I once read that a sizable amount of all house fires are believed to be started by squirrels (gnawing on wiring etc..). Don`t know if that is true but it wouldn`t suprise me.

The cable and electric companies have to run new lines to my house every 3 or 4 years. Squirrels strip the insulation down to bare wire. When there is about a foot of bare wire exposed, the utilitiy guys are aut there replacing the wires and cables.

[Paladin2]

We used to have annual squirrel attacks on the house (large trees with branches often overhanging the roof until pruned back). Now that we have dogs, the problem has abated (one dog is fast enough to catch them on the ground occasionally).

The dog also fixed the groundhog invasion, with prejudice.

[Calvin Locke]

...but release them in a wooded area 5 or so miles away.

Great! Help spread potential disease carriers...

I think there are laws against about doing stuff like that.

I can empathize with rodents attacking your abode. Years ago, a neighbor gave me grief for taking care of rodents attacking the then-wife's garden.

And what did she do when squirrels started to eat into her house? Commercial strength poisoned bait.

[centurion316]

but release them in a wooded area 5 or so miles away.

The little furry critters will come back. They need to become former squirrels, they need to cease to be. Send them to the Choir Triumphant.