One common mistake that many homeowners make is blocking off a hole in the roof or roofline of a house that is actively being used by squirrels.
How to put squriel trap on a roof.
But the best strategy of all is to not even trap the squirrels at all.
This video will provide you step by step i.
In this case you can trap the squirrels outside by putting the cage traps in areas of the squirrel.
Learn how to set traps in your attic and keep squirrels out.
At the base of a tree.
Jason explains in this video how to set squirrel traps and bait them to lure them in.
Trapping gray squirrels use 1 inch or 1 2 grid traps.
Also remember to bait the squirrel with their food traps.
Unless the noise bothers you.
In that case it s not very hard to trap and remove them.
Trap shelves have holes drilled for attaching traps securely with spring hooks from doug fields.
When setting traps on the roof the great danger is that any trapped squirrel will die very quickly of heat stroke.
If squirrels are just running around on top of your roof that s no big deal.
In front of an entryway.
Over many years of doing this business i have found the most effective way to place squirrel traps on rooftops or anywhere baited traps are used is by using trap shelves.
Place your trap on a flat surface along your squirrel s travel path.
Cage traps are inexpensive simple to set and use and work well for capturing nuisance animals such as squirrels.
Great trap locations include.
Along a wall in your attic shed or crawlspace.
So you mustn t set traps out in the open sun on the roof.
In this case you can build 5 x 5 x 14 cage and simply put it to the top of trees roof and fences.
If you re not sure where that is a good bet would be at the base of a tree or along a wall close to your damage area s.
You can trap squirrels in the attic if you follow the correct approach.
When an active squirrel hole is blocked off one of two things happen.
Mount traps to the entry exit holes or set cage traps bolted on the roof in the shade.