I live in a city neighborhood with several mature trees. Also, since it is an older neighborhood, the power lines are above ground and strung from the pole to the house. Apparently, this is makes my yard/house a haven for squirrels!! I have tons of them and they seem to be constantly ravenous. They chew through my plastic garbage bin to get to the trash bags and even dig holes several inches deep under the side wall of my garage to get to the trash bins inside the garage!! They dig up flowers and shrubs and forget about birdfeeders!!! They jump from trees onto freestanding feeders!! They are like little monkeys!! I really hate to surrender my yard – I love planting flowers and shrubs and would love to attract birds to my yard as well.
Any suggestions on how to get rid of them? Trapping seems silly because there will be others to take their place.
Thanks!!
