Neighbor feeding squirrels

[Anonymous]

All fun and games until the actual rats show up. Which they will.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Explain nicely that squirrels should not be fed for the following reasons:

1. They carry ticks and rabies.
2. They are in direct resource competition with birds, and some birds are endangered.

Encourage her to feed the birds, and point out that even if she gets a feeder that's squirrel-proof, squirrels will find ways to eat leftovers anyway. That way, she will prioritize birds, who need winter sustenance, but also help out squirrels (who don't really need it). Also, when it's below freezing, what birds really need is fresh water! That's why some people have heated bird fountains

How do you think birds survived before we started feeding them?

[Anonymous]

OP, No one should be feeding squirrels. I had to pay $5000 to replace siding on my house after squirrels chewed 6" holes in my siding.

I had to pay critter gitters to get the squirrels out of my attic.

I also have a neighbor next door feeding squirrels.

[Anonymous]

If it is not illegal, she can do it. Call the police or Dept if Natural Tesources and ask.

I would approach her like another adult (your peer-not some doddering old lady), just say that some if the neighbors worry that her feeding is attracting squirrels to the neighborhood and causing problems. Would she consider doing it at a park?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Squirrels are outside animals. wild animals. It's not really possible to get it infestation of them

Wrong. They can go in your attic/eaves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Y’all need to get the fxck over this.

Don’t want squirrels where you live? Buy a condo in a high rise and advocate for less encroaching on thrit habitat by SFHs.

Honestly.

I have a few squirrels come eat at my house and they bring me so much joy just watching them because they’re so cute.

I hope EVERY one of you squirrel haters who do horrible sh*t like poison/trap them… are reincarnated as a squirrel that also experiences being trapped/poisioned.

Honestly, disgusting and horrible humans.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Explain nicely that squirrels should not be fed for the following reasons:

1. They carry ticks and rabies.
2. They are in direct resource competition with birds, and some birds are endangered.

Encourage her to feed the birds, and point out that even if she gets a feeder that's squirrel-proof, squirrels will find ways to eat leftovers anyway. That way, she will prioritize birds, who need winter sustenance, but also help out squirrels (who don't really need it). Also, when it's below freezing, what birds really need is fresh water! That's why some people have heated bird fountains

How do you think birds survived before we started feeding them?

By having a large natural habitat of native weeds and plant to feed off of -- which they no longer have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Squirrels are outside animals. wild animals. It's not really possible to get it infestation of them

Wrong. They can go in your attic/eaves.

They fix you house so they can't get in. It's not the squirrels' fault that you have failed to properly maintain your house. We have tons of squirrels and other wild life and none have ever come in the house.

[Anonymous]

SMDH that you are upset about freaking squirrels. But, get a dog that will chase the squirrels, problem solved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All you dogging out the OP, we had a neighbor doing that and it brought rats.

That would be the thing to complain about. OP is ridiculous b/c ... squirrels. I guarantee OP never knew about oak masting until this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Squirrels are outside animals. wild animals. It's not really possible to get it infestation of them

Wrong. They can go in your attic/eaves.

That's what hardware cloth is for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Odds are that you are being dramatic and nowhere near as big of a problem as you make it out to be.

+2.

Also, this gives her joy. Leave her alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If in Virginia, it’s illegal.
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title4/agency15/chapter40/section286/#:~:text=It%20shall%20be%20unlawful%20for,any%20person%20or%20wildlife%2C%20or

Just tell her that.

Yes, please do if you are a raging dick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It will bring the rats if it hasn’t already. Call the county asap.

We have an outdoor compost with food scraps, loads of bird feeders, and we sometimes throw treats to the squirrels and other animals.

Never have even seen a rat. If rats are there, they're there regardless of the squirrels.

Bunch of drama queens on here.

[Anonymous]

Why do you people live anywhere that has trees or vegetation of any kind if you hate birds and squirrels so much?

There are plenty of cement forests where you can happily listen to nothing but traffic.

Of course, they have rats, too.... Because rats are everywhere.