[Sca-cooks] Re: squirrel problem

[Harry Bilings]

You do NOT want a cat for your squirrel problem. Cats fight on the ground and squirrels can and will fight in trees. If your city allows it a bow/crossbow with blunts would be the best cure. Next would be to get allow a hawk to live close by, they are day time predator and squirrels are day time pest, Owls probley would not help much as they are night time predators.
plachoya
humble archer 
Ravens Fort Ansteorra

  Some bird problems, but not apparently as bad as yours.  Our biggest problem is squirrels.
  They find the ripest, biggest, most luscious fruit, eat half of the fruit, throw it down and then
  go for another.  I am debating about adopting an outdoor cat, even though I am allergic to
  them.  But at leat they don't deliberately eat fruit.  I wonder what kind of cat would go
  after squirrels?  As far as I am concerned, squirrels are just rats in fluffy clothing with
  better PR.  Fortunately, our apricot trees overproduce so that our losses don't affect us
  too much.  My little peach tree wasn't bothered by birds and the squirrels didn't find it
  until I had harvested all but two peaches.  I am not sure that the squirrels have found
  my neighbor's peach tree yet as the peaches aren't ripe yet. 

  I haven't found any effective bird and squirrel deterrents.  My mother used to cover the ultra
  dwarf peach tree with cheesecloth, but that really didn't do any good.  The apricot trees
  are 40' and 30' tall.  There isn't much one can do to protect such large trees.  Other than
  perhaps a squirrel stalking cat.  Hmmm ... I should look into hawks and owls too, although
  they probably wouldn't like living in an urban area.

  Huette