Has anyone used this in the garden?? i am growing some veggies and flowers and i dont want the squirrels to get them!
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Generally squirrels don't bother veggies or flowers...this product seems to attract Mexican squirrels which love hot sauce, that's my experience in bird feeders....moth balls spread on ground are an often used repellent...
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I use this product in my bird seed and the squirrels stay away. It is an oil and I don't know how it would work for veggies and flowers.
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I use it to keep squirrels out. Squirrels could bite through it but that's not what happens. If you wrap it around the plant or drape it over loosely, the netting will get them tangled up in it. They really don't come too close to it, just a touch and I can tell they don't want to get into the stuff. I have no more tomatoes with bites taken out of them since I started using this.
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I don't have a squirrel problem so I am not sure. However, I placed this outside to keep the bird poop off my kids swing set... for the first week they stayed away.... then they just perched right next to it on the pole. After a week they knew it wasn't a threat.
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Ron and Starvn are correct, I have a baffle on it and I don't have a problem with the squirrels. "No name's" suggestion to keep it away from trees is also recommended. Good Luck.
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Hi Monika, I use this project mainly to deter squirrels from nosing around my bulbs and digging all over the place. I've never used it for mice but I can't help but think that it might work for mice and rats as well because of the ingredients. It seems to work a little for racoons and skunks so if it was me, I would try it and see how it goes. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Take care and all the best to you for the new year.
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It appears to work for rabbits. Nothing I've sprayed is being eaten by animals...I have a lovely garden and flowers for the first time in my life. Great stuff!
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Yes, they seem to have no problems accessing the seeds. Chickadees use it the most. Although, at this time of year the Feeder is not used as much as in the colder weather. So far not a single squirrel has found a way in - believe me, they have tried!!!!!!!!
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I have used it in traps for 2 seasons of ground squirrel killin . I live in southern Oregon and have lots of tree squirrels . I have never had one of 'em in my traps only ground squirrels and a lot of 'em this stuff works PERFECT on them
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Update to my previous response: I saw a squirrel crawl in today and remove the Contrac Blox in two large pieces. He must have gnawed it off the metal rod. He sat and ate the pieces on my deck. I was very surprised and glad my dogs weren't outside!
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As long as it's not sprayed on vegetable. Spray around them, not on them. I bought it for ground squirrels and it worked for me.
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No, it seemed to work for a while, but the animals got used to it. you need a ton of it and have to reapply constantly. I have quit using this product. I bought those high frequency sound tubes you stick down into the ground. They emit what sounds like a distress call and sends the critters in the other direction. They aren't foolproof, but better than anything else I have ever used for squirrels, moles etc. I only saw 1 squirrel in my yard last summer. Hope this helps.
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I didn't have any "critters" even try to climb up into it - I'm sure that tall animals like a deer would be able to nibble, but the small ones like chipmunks didn't even try. I did have one chipmunk who kept running across my deck though - the tomato plants backed up to my deck and he was eating any tomato he could find through the deck slats. I would think if you are concerned, you could put something like chicken-wire on the inside edges before you add your garden dirt.
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Absolutely. I've had it about 3 months, and have only seen 1 squirrel in the backyard. He was running for his life. I am having great luck with it. Before, the squirrels were eating through all of our chair cushions. Haven't lost a cushion since I installed it.
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I have not seen this problem. I mix up several pounds of bird seed and Flaming Squirrel and keep it in a plastic can and fill the bird feeder from this, have to fill the feeder in about a week or ten days. Have seen no problem in this area
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I have seen the birds jump around in the seeds covered with sauce and return and return to it. It seems to cause no problems for the birds. Now, the squirrels seem to hate getting it on their paws.
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I find using sunflower seeds works well. I would dig a small hole under the trap and put the seeds there otherwise the first squirrel cleans out the bait...if he can't get to all the bait, it'll hopefully catch more than one for you. Also know they get angry when captured and the trap moves around a lot. It'll ruin grass under it so I encourage placing it on dirt or in area where grass isn't a concern.
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I live in New York and our gray squirrels can not get in our red squirrels are smaller and do get in form time to time and I have not found a way to stop them . Let me know if you do. sorry no help.