Another few days later a red squirrel claimed our attached greenhouse as his own.
Squirrel trap on roof.
If squirrels are just running around on top of your roof that s no big deal.
Also remember to bait the squirrel with their food traps.
When setting traps on the roof the great danger is that any trapped squirrel will die very quickly of heat stroke.
He stands on the supports near the roof and loudly displays when we come near guarding his territory inside our house.
In this case you can trap the squirrels outside by putting the cage traps in areas of the squirrel.
In that case it s not very hard to trap and remove them.
I m pretty sure this little territorial demon is the same one that s eating the side of the house but i can t exactly whip out a pellet gun in my own greenhouse.
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For trapping gray squirrels you will want to place their traps along with their pathways or points of entry such as along the roof at the base of a tree or base of the building they are entering.
But if you re using cage traps spread peanut butter on the trap pan and put whole peanuts in the shell on the peanut butter.
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Within a couple of days they trapped the mother squirrel in front trap.
Reliable the only other solution to an attic squirrel infestation is to set up a series of fairly complex traps and wait for the squirrels to leave.
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They set two traps one on front of roof and the other at the rear by the bay window entry.
Trapping gray squirrels use 1 inch or 1 2 grid traps.
Most traps will only be able to hold 1 squirrel at a time so it may take awhile to get rid of an entire family of squirrels.
Reset your trap if more squirrels remain.
Unless the noise bothers you.
So you mustn t set traps out in the open sun on the roof.
You ll need to leave the trap in place until all of the squirrels are gone.
That can take weeks and it s not guaranteed to work if you overlook a weak spot or gap in your attic the squirrels won t stop coming and going.