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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here again. There’s some crazy going on here that I’ll just leave there.

For those who wonder what an infestation looks like, it looks like my entire deck covered in squirrel poop. Like every square inch of our deck and our our deck table covered. I googled squirrel poop vs rat poop, and yep it’s squirrel poop. It looks like our shrubs having 8 squirrels nests in them at last count over the weekend when we were wondering what all the racket out there was. It looks like everybody’s yards and gardens dug up with hundreds of little squirrels. It doesn’t look like , hey there’s some squirrels and birds! It used to the entire other 9 years we lived here. But now it is remarkably different.

For those who have a picture of the old lady in mind, it’s not as crazy as some think and not at normal as others think. She’s a nice lady and not dirty or unkempt at all. But she feeds about a 1-pound bag of peanuts with shells to the squirrels every day. Like every single day.  She also leaves bird seed out.

For those who wonder why we neighbors don’t say something, it’s not like we have sessions to discuss. It’s just become so obvious over the past 6 months to a year that something has changed. Little mentions here and there. We don’t say anything because we’re wondering if we’re imagining things or if she’ll start to notice the explosive population growth herself. Or maybe ask why there are hawks who sit on her fence every day waiting for their meals. We don’t want to kill this lady’s joy, but if you don’t know what I mean, you just don’t get it. [/quote]

Wait, one pound of peanuts in the shell daily? According to Wild Birds unlimited that's less than the amount (1.5 lb) a single adult squirrel needs in a week. So she's sustaining the equivalent of 4-5 squirrels on a continuous basis.

And if they're all dining at her place, why are they running around on your deck? [/quote]

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More likely that you’re near somewhere that has some sort of new development going on, and the population of wildlife that was there was run off so they had to find a new home. This isn’t even breeding season for squirrels. And it hasn’t been since last spring.

I also just don’t believe your porch is “covered every single square inch with squirrel poop”.

Is your deck covered or are there trees? Or have brick house? This person was sure all this poop was from squirrels or chipmunks and it sounds like what you’re describing. But consensus is it was actually bats. https://www.reddit.com/r/Home/comments/15lkv8x/photos_are_of_squirrel_or_chipmunk_poop_that_are/

Especially if your deck is covered when you wake up. Squirrels are not nocturnal. And the bats could just be using this as a resting spot. Not even where they sleep during the day.[/quote]

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