Posted By: kbstrap
Flying squirrels - 06/26/15 03:46 PM
How do you guys normally remove them from a house? What do you use for baits,traps and so on?
Thanks
Thanks
Flying squirrels
Posted By: Brian Mongeau
Re: Flying squirrels - 06/26/15 09:11 PM
No bait. Colony trap. If you're positive it's flyers and you don't catch a bunch first night, you missed a hole somewhere.
Posted By: Starvalleytrappe
Re: Flying squirrels - 06/27/15 03:02 AM
Nice!
Posted By: Paul Winkelmann
Re: Flying squirrels - 06/27/15 03:08 AM
Great picture Brian. We usually don't have that many flyers in a house. Three, four, or five is usually about all we get. I don't
know why. I know even in northern Wisconsin they have larger family groups. How many are in that cage?
know why. I know even in northern Wisconsin they have larger family groups. How many are in that cage?
Posted By: Dave Schmidt
Re: Flying squirrels - 06/27/15 03:51 AM
Wow - didya catch 'em in a truck?
Posted By: EatenByLimestone
Re: Flying squirrels - 06/27/15 09:56 AM
Bat cone will get them out. I've used 1.5" pvc in a pinch.
Posted By: Brian Mongeau
Re: Flying squirrels - 06/27/15 10:22 PM
Paul, I think there were a dozen +/-. That pic was from quite a few years ago. I still avg. about 7 per house. Back in '08 I was avg. 14, and had many houses with 20 or more. 28 (twice) is my record. The most I've caught in one trap in one night is 22.
EBL, yes, excluders work, but if you miss a hole, the noise continues and you don't know if it's mice or squirrels. I don't do mouse work, so it's a pain going after the "squirrels" they keep hearing, but aren't there. With a colony, I know right away whether I found all entries (trap is full) or if I missed a hole (trap empty or only one catch).
EBL, yes, excluders work, but if you miss a hole, the noise continues and you don't know if it's mice or squirrels. I don't do mouse work, so it's a pain going after the "squirrels" they keep hearing, but aren't there. With a colony, I know right away whether I found all entries (trap is full) or if I missed a hole (trap empty or only one catch).