Reply to: New tricks for squirrels

[rootsnall]

I reckon you should get a wee bit of rat poison and inject it in the nuts you're feeding them...

Now there's a thought, less messy than shooting them, but how do I avoid killing everything else in the process !? How do I stop the resident buzzards from eating the dead squirrels ? Back to shooting I think. We've got the odd pocket of red squirrels in my neck of the woods, the greys arrived in the last 3 or 4 years and are spreading fast. I think they do a lot of damage to the native bird life also.

[Churchill]

You could always teach the squirrels to explode...
(Think lemmings... Not the animal, the computer game)...

[Jammy Dodger]

Need new tricks to teach my tamed squirrels - so far they jump on my knee to get nuts like wallnuts, jump about 1 meter up to grab my hang and eat nut while hanging upside down, or just climb me for the nut, any ideas what else should I teach them, maybe stealing people's money, rings etc?

Some photoes here.

how about the "statue" trick ?...... Mr Air Arms .22 assistance is required though......with a nice field pellet in the bonce

Mr Fox likes them

[snaw]

Those squirrels are nice, friendly, cute, fluffy - totally opposite of you, so who is the pest now?

Local red squirrels are not as friendly and they spend more time hiding on the trees, frankly they were not strong enough species to survive in mainland England, so they are now seeking refuge in Scotland

Here's a wee interesting quote for you AtW :

The situation has now reached a crisis point: there are only an estimated 160,000 red squirrels left in Britain, whereas there are more than 2 million grays. Without human intervention, reds could be gone from England in 10 years.

I reckon you should get a wee bit of rat poison and inject it in the nuts you're feeding them - you'll be proving your animal lover credentials that way. Taking it for the team, so to speak ...

[realityhack]

Move along now - nothing to see here...

[King Cnvt]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4489792.stm

Russians, squirrels, killings.

Does NickyG know about this?

[DBA_bloke]

I remember a school pal of mine finding a rather poorly-looking squirrel, and, being a kindly lad, decided to take it home and look after it. Upon picking it up, it turned into a razor-clawed demonic psychopath, and ripped his arm to shreds.

[rootsnall]

We've just had a grey squirrel invasion and I've lined up a couple of shooting mates to perform a cull. Just waiting for the neighbours to go on holiday.

[Churchill]

They are not suicidal - what happens is that older squirrel push away younger squirrels to make space for new baby squirrels, so squirrels have to emmigrate and sadly many meet their doom

All hail the squirrel king!!!!

[AtW]

Have you noticed it is that time of year again when squirrels become suicidal? Got a simultaneous double hit in the car yesterday.

They are not suicidal - what happens is that older squirrel push away younger squirrels to make space for new baby squirrels, so squirrels have to emmigrate and sadly many meet their doom

[AtW]

AtW Don't want to burst your bubble but you do realise grey squirrels (Ones I suspect you're feeding) are considered a pest in the UK?

Those squirrels are nice, friendly, cute, fluffy - totally opposite of you, so who is the pest now?

Local red squirrels are not as friendly and they spend more time hiding on the trees, frankly they were not strong enough species to survive in mainland England, so they are now seeking refuge in Scotland

[OrangeHopper]

Have you noticed it is that time of year again when squirrels become suicidal? Got a simultaneous double hit in the car yesterday.

[Churchill]

Teach your squirrels to eat meat, preferably russian in origin.

[snaw]

They grey american kind, yes.

[King Cnvt]

AtW Don't want to burst your bubble but you do realise grey squirrels (Ones I suspect you're feeding) are considered a pest in the UK?

They're not native to the UK and they're eradicting the native red squirrel - which looks like it might disappear in the near future if their numbers aren't reduced significantly.

Are you dissing the immigrants?