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Yesterday, I had a chance to talk with Dovid Davis, the Director of A # 1 Pest Control of Baltimore, Maryland. Dovid is a knowledgeable entomologist and a friend of mine with years of experience in the field, so whenever we have an opportunity to talk, I ask him to fill me in on a topic in pest control. Yesterday, we talked about Squirrel Trapping and Control

Dovid told me that, to be exact, we are talking about the grey ground squirrel. These squirrels are very populous in heavily wooded areas. They like to be around Ash Oak and Poplar trees. They are members of the rodent family. They like to scurry for nuts and seeds, but they are not carriers of a lot of diseases because they mostly stay outside. When they do come indoors, it is to seek protection from the weather, especially cold and damp weather.

Squirrels become a problem when they move into the home, usually in the attic. Usually, according to Dovid, they get in by gnawing their way through weakened water compromised sections of the roof. So they look for a damp water damaged spot, which they can chew through to gain access.

Once squirrels get inside, they make themselves feel at home. They start by bringing in their mates, and then they will bring in food from the outside. They are active at night, and usually start making a racket at 6PM or 7PM.

So if you have squirrels, how do you get rid of them. The best way, according to Dovid, is to use a squirrel trap. Dovid uses specialty one way traps that are bolted to the outside of the home. To work properly the cone shaped traps must be bolted over every access hole the squirrels might use to invade the house. This way, when they go out of the holes in search of food, they will walk into the one way trap, which allows them to leave, but not reenter the home. After a few days the attic will be without squirrels.As long as a trap is screwed over every entrance hole, the squirrels will soon be gone from the home. kind of a polite hint to them that they aren’t wanted.

I asked Dovid the obvious question, how does a pest specialist find the squirrel holes to place the trap over. Dovid said this can be accomplished by going up to the attic, turning off the lights and seeing where the beams of light come through the wall. If the squirrels are persistent, and keep chewing new holes, than the pest specialist has to set up “Have a Heart Traps,” These are baited traps, placed in the attic. The pest specialist sets them up and has to return every day to check on them, until the invading squirrels have all been caught. After capture, the grey squirrels are released in a nearby park.

Dovid added as a post script that squirrels can be very destructive. Squirrels chew through telephone wires, they can chew through gas lines under cars. However, they rarely attack anyone. I recall one time, I was on the telephone talking to someone and the phone suddenly went dead. When the technician came out we learned that at that very moment, a squirrel had bitten into the telephone wire, and broken the connection. Was the conversation that upsetting to the squirrel?

I also asked Dovid if private citizens can trap squirrels. Dovid said they can . They can buy “Have a Heart Traps.” Go up to their attic, bait the trap and set it up.

Dovid told me that the quickest way to get rid of squirrels would be through poisoning them. However, many states don’t allow poisoning of squirrels, and therefore the pest specialists turn to trapping.

Well, that’s it for another episode of Day in the Life of Dovid Davis Pest Specialist. Thanks for reading this report, and I wish you a pest free day.

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