Squirrels Aluminum Siding

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Squirrels aluminum siding.

Squirrels gaining access to the interior of homes and structures is a big deal especially after having read articles about squirrels chewing through electrical wires and burning down houses. Can squirrels chew through metal. Try giving them an alternative to your lamps. They have even been known to chew wooden stairs.

Squirrels are entertaining cute and fun to watch except when they are chewing on the side of your house or causing havoc in other parts of your house. If they will chew metal i guess squirrels will chew anything. A co worker recently sent me pictures of several pieces of the thick aluminum wire used to secure chain link fence to steel posts. My guess is squirrels.

Squirrels like to chew on your wood siding because their teeth are constantly growing. Keeping your squirrels well supplied with hard food like hard shell nuts peanuts sunflower and pumpkin seeds and field corn will give them less need to chew other. Aluminum is strong but light. Get some old timber salt blocks or animal horns and create a chew bar for them.

Block the insides of attic vents and other holes cracks and gaps in siding and around doors and windows with 1 2 inch hardware cloth to exclude squirrels from your home. Mice storm the garage and shimmy up pipes to your bedroom walls. And it should be. Block entries into your home.

So make sure you are cutting branches back far enough to prevent them from reaching your roof or siding from a tree. The branches should be cut back at least six to eight feet between the tree and the house. Beady eyed rats tunnel their way into the basement like felons pulling a heist. They need to file their teeth down.

Whether it 039 s gray squirrels fox squirrels or other tree squirrels gnawing on the siding making them stop can be a challenge. If you have easy access for a squirrel to get to your wood siding then he will find it to be the perfect place to trim down his teeth. A homeowner had noticed a squirrel gnawing on the fence and took photos to document the damage. It is waterproof and durable.

Squirrels bed down in the eaves. And once inside these wily rodents make themselves right at home chewing trim gnawing electric wires shredding insulation even feasting on aluminum siding. Squirrels are very good jumpers and you need to prevent this. Typically the damage occurs on wood siding louvers soffits or any place there is an edge they can get their teeth into.

Aluminum is a soft metal so it suits their purpose.