Remember to take the necessary safety precautions when dealing with hazardous substances.
Bait to kill squirrels in attic.
Some people have also tried ethylene glycol.
Squirrels love bird seeds so this is sometimes used to attempt to poison squirrel.
These are never suited to an outside infestation like in the garden or a field.
As much as you want to get rid of squirrels ensure that you keep the bait away from your kids and pets.
Squirrels enter your home through openings in the exterior.
Squirrels can bring parasitic insects squirrels in your attic aren t all that likely to spread disease but they can infest your home with fleas and potentially bring a few ticks inside as well.
In order to get rid of the fleas you ll have to get the squirrels out too just treating for fleas will result in recurrent infestations.
Any hole or crack more than about inch 18 mm wide will just allow more rats to come in.
Moreover most people are unlikely to climb into the attic two or three times a day.
You have to put a halt to rodent entry to be able to make a permanent solution to your problem.
Poison bait traps anticoagulant baits chlorophacinone or diphacinone are commonly used in some areas even though ineffective and illegal.
Always ensure however that getting rid of squirrels is legal in your area.
Attic traps are seldom effective.
Baking soda helps kill off squirrels when mixed with other substances and a baking soda solution helps eliminate problem squirrels without causing damage to other animals or plants in the area.
They are formulated to kill squirrels within one feeding or after a few hours of feeding on it.
Letting a trapped squirrel suffer in the attic heat especially during the summer is inhumane and endangers your health.
If bait and traps aren t working and you need another solution you can try using squirrel poisons to take care of the problem.
The owners did manage to kill the squirrel with rat poison rare because i ve been to dozens of homes in which people have tried to kill squirrels with poison but after many weeks it did not work and in this case the squirrel died in the attic and started to rot and caused a terrible odor problem.
These will help get rid of squirrels for good but it requires the extra labor of finding the squirrels after they die and can even be very dangerous.
To get rid of squirrels in the attic try soaking a rag in ammonia and placing it in your attic which may force the squirrels to leave because of the strong smell.
They might work in those periods that squirrels desired food is scarce usually right after hibernation.
You can also set up bright lights in your attic since squirrels prefer to nest in places that are dark.
The squirrels are cute to watch but can become a terrible nuisance if they get into your house.
Then you have to trap and kill the rats that remain in your attic.
Some people have attempted to mix some rat poison in with the bird seeds and offer this to the squirrels.