What can be done to stop squirells from digging my plants out?

CuriousC wrote: ↑ These animals are persistent and dumb. They randomly dig out plants hopping there is bulbs at the bottom. Most of the times they kill flowers that have no bulbs and I am getting sick of this
What can be done,legally to scare them away? I have no pla s to buy a pet...
I have seen some crazy funny videos with catapults ...is that legal?

gumby wrote: ↑ Watch this to get some ideas LOL
https://globalnews.ca/news/6997799/squi ... le-course/

JEDI Force wrote: ↑ I am having a similar problem. I ordered some haskaps and it took almost 4 weeks to get here (I thought they were dead but 7 out of 8 survived). I planted them as soon as I got them.
1. The next morning, I see that an animal (I don't think it was a squirrel) removed the very small buds (for fun? it didn't eat them, they were on the ground) and took a dump on one of them (seriously, it couldn't go anywhere else?). So I installed a wire mesh around them.
2. The next morning I see that it tried to dig around the mesh but it failed. So I simply filled the holes. It happened a few times.
3. Then yesterday (I think it was a squirrel) managed to dig enough to go under the mesh, then it completely removed the haskap and left (for fun? it was completely removed and moved out of the mesh). I found the haskap in the pile of soil next to the mesh, it doesn't seem damaged (all roots and leaves looked fine). So this time I added bricks and curbs around the meshes. That is pretty much the only thing I can do. I will lose this fight if it still manages to get though I think.

What is annoying is they seem to be doing that for fun, they didn't eat the buds, leaves or roots.

And I live in the city, I am not in a rural area.

mrwally wrote: ↑ You could try sprinkling cayenne pepper all around the surface of the soil where they dig. My wife does this, but I have no first hand knowledge of if it actually works or not.

CuriousC wrote: ↑ These animals are persistent and dumb. They randomly dig out plants hopping there is bulbs at the bottom. Most of the times they kill flowers that have no bulbs and I am getting sick of this
What can be done,legally to scare them away? I have no pla s to buy a pet...
I have seen some crazy funny videos with catapults ...is that legal?

CuriousC wrote: ↑ These animals are persistent and dumb. They randomly dig out plants hopping there is bulbs at the bottom. Most of the times they kill flowers that have no bulbs and I am getting sick of this
What can be done,legally to scare them away? I have no pla s to buy a pet...
I have seen some crazy funny videos with catapults ...is that legal?

CuriousC wrote: ↑ my wife did it , they dug next to it in total disrespect

JEDI Force wrote: ↑ I am having a similar problem. I ordered some haskaps and it took almost 4 weeks to get here (I thought they were dead but 7 out of 8 survived). I planted them as soon as I got them.
1. The next morning, I see that an animal (I don't think it was a squirrel) removed the very small buds (for fun? it didn't eat them, they were on the ground) and took a dump on one of them (seriously, it couldn't go anywhere else?). So I installed a wire mesh around them.
2. The next morning I see that it tried to dig around the mesh but it failed. So I simply filled the holes. It happened a few times.
3. Then yesterday (I think it was a squirrel) managed to dig enough to go under the mesh, then it completely removed the haskap and left (for fun? it was completely removed and moved out of the mesh). I found the haskap in the pile of soil next to the mesh, it doesn't seem damaged (all roots and leaves looked fine). So this time I added bricks and curbs around the meshes. That is pretty much the only thing I can do. I will lose this fight if it still manages to get though I think.

What is annoying is they seem to be doing that for fun, they didn't eat the buds, leaves or roots.

And I live in the city, I am not in a rural area.

hierophant wrote: ↑ They most certainly are NOT dumb - they're quite smart but very persistent. Honestly, there's no permanent solution - I just learned to accept them. For flower pots and baskets, I place small rocks as they can't lift them...once they realize this they shouldn't be back and you can remove the rocks if need be. Hot chili powder works too but you have sprinkle some almost every day.



Glad to see you're not taking this personally

Dealmaker1945 wrote: ↑
You can trap animals as much as you want, but I hear that it is useless - other animals quickly move in to replace them.