We recently received an e-mail from a customer with several picutres of the underside of the roof covering his front porch. He was at a loss as to what this might be. After asking several questions about where in the country this was and how long has the damage been occurring, how high is the area and others, we came to the conclusion that is was most likely squirrels.
The customer wasn't as confident in our assessment as we were, so he placed out a wildlife camera that is motion activated. These cameras are great for identifying mystery pests that cause damage. Especially when you can never manage to catch them in the act. Here is the image of the culprit in the act.
Sure enough it was exactly what we thought it might be. If there is one thing I love, it's being right. So now we know what is causing the damage what can be done? This is actually as important as knowing what it is causing the problem. This squirrel was causing 100's of dollars in damage in a very short time. Even more if you have to hire someone to get this porch back to it's prior beauty before meeting up with the squirrel.
I told the customer to use Ropel. This is a liquid repellant that is odorless, but most animals including me can't stand it's taste. Just a few treatments in the area the animal is chewing on will generally be enough to keep the squirrel from doing more damage. Ropel comes in quarts and gallons.
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