What’s the difference between a red squirrel and a gray squirrel? We seem to have one or the other trying to chew its way into our attic. A. W., Hooksett, NH Both of these squirrels are found in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and either is capable of chewing into your attic. Gray squirrels adapt better
VIEW MOREI’m always reading about folks who have problems with squirrels in their attics. Well, we have problems with squirrels raiding our garden. They pick off the vegetables and then just leave them. Short of shooting the squirrels, what can we do? H.P., Greenland, NH Ah yes, the squirrel-tomato dilemma! Anyone who has squirrels in their
VIEW MOREIt’s getting to be that time of the year when outdoor wildlife are thinking about how they are going to spend the winter. Squirrels (yes, they’re considered to be “wildlife”) in your yard may be provisioning their tree hole nests with nuts and lining them with leaves…or they may be looking for a way to
VIEW MOREWe’ve had a problem in the past with flying squirrels nesting in our attic. What can we do to keep them out? P.N., Revere, MA They’re Cute, But You Don’t Want to Live With Them The most important thing that you can do to keep any type of squirrels out of your attic is to
VIEW MOREWhen my husband went up into the attic yesterday, he found a couple of piles of broken nut shells and debris tucked in the corners. Which animal left those, a bat or a squirrel, or something else? We have some squirrels in our yard but I thought they ate plants. M.O., Merrimack, NH Certainly sounds
VIEW MOREWe have a bird feeder hanging from a tree in our backyard. I fill it regularly and it’s usually good for about 4-5 days before I have to fill it again. Lately, it is empty every morning. It’s not birds feeding on the seeds. The feeder has a baffle to keep gray squirrels from climbing
VIEW MOREIn New Hampshire and Massachusetts, our gray squirrels live and raise their young in nests which are of three different types: Squirrel leaf nests in trees Leaf nests are made of dried leaves woven together with humus and twigs, with a single entrance that faces the trunk or nearest branch. They are usually very high
VIEW MOREGnawing Damage on Roof Question My husband just noticed that there are a couple of chewed-looking areas on the wood near the corners of our roof. The wood is gnawed in a circular shape, sort of like a mouse hole. Would mice be around the roofline? We’ve lived in Salem for 15 years and never
VIEW MORELike most people, you probably thought that our city squirrels were country squirrels that packed a bag, headed for the bright lights, and decided to stay. The truth is that we the people introduced squirrels into our cities…on purpose.
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