How to Get Rid of a Meddlesome Squirrel Living Under the Eaves

Series Summary

Pest control refers to the regulation or management of a species defined as a pest, usually because it is perceived to be a threat to a person's health, the ecology or the economy. Chemical pesticides date back 4,500 years, and chemical pest control is still the predominant type of pest control today. While chemical pesticides may kill insects effectively, some may also be toxic to human beings and lead to severe environmental degradation if their use is not properly managed. By comparison, natural pesticides, which are usually eco-friendly, are more conducive to environmental sustainability and more beneficial to public wellness. In this free video series on pest control, the owner of a pest control business explains how to keep rodents, birds and other pests away from the house and yard. Learn how to get rid of raccoons, rodents, moles and groundhogs. Find out how to keep crows, pigeons and other birds from nesting on a house and get tips from keeping squirrels and deer from causing problems around the house.

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Jim Harmon California Pest Management here in lovely southern California. We are going to talk to you today a little bit about squirrel control, especially when you get a squirrel up in the eave of your house. Now we have a typical southern California home even though this is going to be more of a mid western type of pest problem that you'll be dealing with. The eaves we have here, this is an overlapping eave that we have in the front of this house, now typically if the squirrels get up inside there it's going to have to have a nice deep pocket, they're cavity nesters. So trying to get them out of there, well you need to really wait until after the babies are born and they all take off. Once they are out of there and you see mama squirrel is not coming in and out pull all the dead leaves cause they do a lot of stuff, put a lot of junk in there, a lot of leaves and such which can be a fire hazard. Pull all that out of there and you are going to have to get up on your roof, then get some hardware cloth, screen, quarter inch mesh typically is best and put that up. If you can get aluminum that's better because that doesn't rust. That should take care of your squirrel problem. Have fun."