Apply squirrel taste repellent.
Squirrels filing teeth on brick siding house.
Follow these tips to keep the squirrel from chewing on your house and making it their home too.
Use traps with a door on each end so that the.
They will chew on everything from lead roof flanges attic vents to wood shutters and siding.
They also do it to gain access to various areas and to keep their large front incisor teeth nice and sharp.
Squirrels can chew right through the middle of your cedar or composition roof as seen in the photo below.
This is a guide about keeping squirrels from chewing on a house.
If they manage to get inside your walls or attic squirrels can cause extensive damage to your home including chewing into wiring and tearing up insulation for nests.
Yesterday i saw a fat little squirrel licking the brick and mortar on my front steps over a 2 square foot area.
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.
After all squirrels like all rodents must continue to chew on objects in order to grind down their continuously growing teeth.
Place 24 inch long wire or cage traps with at least a 9 inch by 9 inch opening around your home to trap squirrels that are chewing on your siding.
This can cause damage to the house and leaks and can keep you from sleeping because squirrel chewing is a loud noise.
It would be out of character for a squirrel to come up and chew on the wood but i ve seen rabbits doing it to maintain their teeth he says.
However when they begin to use you house for this activity you will want to take action.
If he had kept going i wouldn t have to.
Typically the damage occurs on wood siding louvers soffits or any place there is an edge they can get their teeth into.
Whether it s rabbits squirrels or some other pest you have the same three options.
It was quite moist with saliva.
This means that they sometimes chew on your house.
Squirrels chew on a variety of things to deal with the constant growth of their teeth.
Squirrels love climbing on houses and can cause damage to the outside of your home by chewing on everything from lead roof flanges and attic vents to wood shutters and siding.
You want to do whatever you can to prevent them from chewing on your house and definitely do not want to allow them to get inside.
A major problem arises when squirrels don t have available to them their normal methods of teeth trimming which include chewing on acorns walnuts or other hard coated seeds gathered from trees and will instead chew on your house and property or anything else to keep their teeth trimmed.