Squirrels can be quite destructive to properties. They are opportunistic and can become carnivorous. I saw a documentary where a particular squirrel had a penchant to cannibalize other squirrels' newborns
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Squirrels can be quite destructive to properties. They are opportunistic and can become carnivorous. I saw a documentary where a particular squirrel had a penchant to cannibalize other squirrels' newborns
Hello; Here the grey squirrel is common (north east Tennessee & south eastern KY). There is a hunting season. I am not aware of them being classed as vermin here. I also am not aware of them taking bird eggs. That is new to me. We have pet cats that do that job, taking baby birds for sure.
I knock down the early robin nest in the rafters of my open carport each spring. The robins and I have a contest of wills over this. They keep starting a nest in a spot they have used for years and I keep knocking it down. I have two reasons. The one that favors the robins is that neighbor hood pet cats will climb up into the rafters using my truck and get the young robin nestlings. I figured this out by the paw prints on my truck and the robin feathers on the ground. The other reason is that the robins take a dump on my truck as they fly in and out.
Last spring we reached a good compromise. After several rounds of my knocking down the nests the robins made a nest in the angled portion of my gutter down spout. The cats can not get at it. It is sheltered under the eave of my house and my truck is clean. I hope they start there next spring.
Down south in Florida pythons have invaded and have become a serious problem. A problem with the potential to devastate a local ecosystem. I suspect we will find these snakes will not be limited to the very warm south as many think.
Anyway the state of Florida holds an open season on the snakes and pays a bounty for each dead python. The kicker is they also have rules about how the invasive predator pest is to be killed. Seems to me you kill an invasive pest species any way you can. Seems a bit silly to have rules about how an invasive species is killed. Do it the simplest at possible.
I hope they never make me live trap rats and mice. I use the spring traps and baited traps.
