Someone is feeding the squirrels
By Joanie
@Freelanzer (10745)
Canada
June 30, 2018 11:18am CST
This year we have been over run - literally - by squirrels. They have built nests in the roof of our shed, They have buried oodles of peanuts in my planters and in the garden and stored them in crevices everywhere.
My question is where did they get all the peanuts from? Someone in the neighbourhood is obviously feeding them and I would love to know who the culprit is. The problem is that the squirrels keep digging up my planters and garden looking for the buried peanuts. Every morning I find peanut shell strewn all over the yard. What a mess!
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@Hannihar (129482)
• Israel
1 Jul 18
@Freelanzer
That is not good at all. I hope you find out who is doing it. How are you going to find out?
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
1 Jul 18
I don't really think I can find out - just wishful thinking and not sure what I could do about it. I just hope the squirrels store their nuts where they got it from.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
2 Jul 18
@Hannihar The thing is they store their nuts on the property so they will go to any lengths to retrieve it and they are quite sneaky creatures.
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@Hannihar (129482)
• Israel
1 Jul 18
@Freelanzer
Can you chase them away if they are bothering things?
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
3 Jul 18
I've cleaned up so many peanut shells this year I just about turned off peanuts.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
4 Jul 18
@YrNemo Yes so I don't even get to share the peanuts but I have to do the clean up.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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4 Jul 18
@Freelanzer You mean they only left the shells there for you? 
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
30 Jun 18
Yes, some nut must be feeding them as peanuts do not grow in Canada. Squirrels can be terrible and troublesome pests. 
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
1 Jul 18
@Freelanzer That's so true! They are cue in the park but not when they make a mess around your house.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
30 Jun 18
They are the kind of pests you can't do anything about. Once we trapped one and let it loose in a park but not that easy to trap dozens of them.
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@marguicha (215466)
• Chile
30 Jun 18
I´d turn them into a squirrel casserole if they don´t behave.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
30 Jun 18
That's an idea. My last dog would have for sure.
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@marguicha (215466)
• Chile
30 Jun 18
@Freelanzer I tell Luna I will turn her into hotdogs when she is naughty. And I love her. Just imagine what I would do with an unknown squirrel (and fed with delicious nuts).
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)
• China
2 Jul 18
That is really a pet hate ! The squirrels have a natural instinct for storing some nuts ,but they never had thought if what they did would bother you.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)
• China
3 Jul 18
@Freelanzer Yes,Squirrels can completely live on their own right.To multiply their population may upset the balance of ecology in a way.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
2 Jul 18
It is where they choose to store the nuts that bothers me. I don't hate them I am upset with whoever is feeding them nuts. I have had squirrels around the yard for years. Squirrels can forage for themselves no need to multiply the population and cause a nuisance.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
30 Jun 18
It is a big mess and there are peanut shells everywhere.
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@just4him (306286)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
1 Jul 18
@Freelanzer That can be a big problem.
Happy Canada Day.
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
30 Jun 18
They have the habit of storing the seeds in the ground or in crevices, that is their natural instinct, so even if no body feeds them they will find some grains from here and there and they will bury them! So i don't think there won't be any point it finding out the person who is feeding them! Thanks!
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
30 Jun 18
It is just the first year I have had such a big squirrel problem.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
1 Jul 18
That is really too bad. I never thought squirrels would do such a thing. We don't have squirrels here.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
1 Jul 18
Lucky you. I really don't mind them too much but the population has grown over the past year and they have become a nuisance.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48986)
• United States
1 Jul 18
We have a lot of squirrels here too.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
1 Jul 18
Normally they don't cause me too much trouble, this year there has been an explosion of squirrels.
@Namelesss (3368)
• United States
30 Jun 18
Squirrels can certainly be a problem when they are over-populated. We've only recently had squirrels move back into our neighborhood so I am thrilled to see them. A couple of yard cats should take care of your problem.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
30 Jun 18
I don't mind them at all until this year and it is also the first year I no longer have my dog so they have free run of the yard.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Jun 18
They are cute and all that but can be overpopulated pests.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
30 Jun 18
Especially when they don't have to find food and it is just fed to them
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
30 Jun 18
The thing is they can take care of themselves and have been doing so until someone thought we needed more squirrels and started to feed them.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
30 Jun 18
Every time I plant something new, they did it up. Sometimes I forget what I planted, all I see is a hole.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
30 Jun 18
Hi Freelanzer. Thos squirrels have a lot of explaining to do. 
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
30 Jun 18
The do, they do. Not sure what their excuse will be.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
1 Jul 18
@Freelanzer Tsk tsk. They better have a good excuse.
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@FourWalls (62164)
• United States
30 Jun 18
I feed mine, but they’re gray, not reddish the way yours are.
I’m not exactly in your neighborhood, either. 
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
30 Jun 18
I don't mind the gray ones, the smaller reddish ones are a pain.
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