Squidgers Destructive???

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Okay so I know they eat more fatballs than the birds ever see,
They dig up bits of my lawn, and chew the heads off my flowers ... but are they normally this destructive?

Im sitting here in disbelief as Ive just watched this cheeky little fella leap on the shed roof below my bedroom window, and tear a strip of wood thats there to keep the tarpauling in place ... and then proceed to chew it!
He also, put the wood against the apex and rubbed his back along it, as if he was drying himself on a towel, then chewed it some more before being startled by my little G5 banging into the window.
Is this normal behaviour for them?

Excuse the crappy pics ... grabshots on the G5

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Yep that seems pretty normal. You should see all the anti squirrel devices they sell in America and the little B*ggers figure them out every time.
 
He! he!
Ive never seen the likes before, only where food is.
No wonder Ive lost the tarpauling on my shed roof twice in the last year!
Clever little devils arent they.
Hmmm! a couple of Magpies have stopped by now ... rifle anyone? :lol:
 
You wanna see what they do in a roof space full of electric cables :D

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two very tame pet bunnies can also be very destructive, fall asleep with them indoors and you wake up to a shredded carpet and sofa, legs knawed off the dining room furniture.... then they look at ya like butter wouldn't melt! :shrug: :lol:
 
Ladybird said:
two very tame pet bunnies can also be very destructive, fall asleep with them indoors and you wake up to a shredded carpet and sofa, legs knawed off the dining room furniture.... then they look at ya like butter wouldn't melt! :shrug: :lol:
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Sounds like something out of Monty Pyhons holy grail :lol:
 
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Killer? :lol: yep! beware the little fluffy bunnies!!!!!
 
:lol: :lol: Its true, bunnies and squidgers, manage to be as destructive as hell whilst looking all braight eyed and innocent. We had a house rabbit years ago whose destructive instinct was actually quite usefull - because his yen was for woodchip wallpaper - now we all know what a swine that stuff is to remove....not for our furry friend... the only problem was he wasn't tall enough to get any higher up the wall before a virus took him! :(

oh, tip to stop animals chewing through wires - dental clove oil, they hate it...I think its why our rabbit chewed the woodchip, because all the cables and corners of furniture had been smeared with clove oil! :D
 
h.r.ford said:
Yep that seems pretty normal. You should see all the anti squirrel devices they sell in America and the little B*ggers figure them out every time.
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Renee, have you encountered raccoons Stateside yet?
 
Skunks mostly where I am and badgers although there are raccoons around they just aren't right where I am. The badgers are all mighty nasty and take on the dogs with not pretty results. The skunks really love to take the garbage.
 
I take it you don't chase them too closely, do you?:lol:
 
LadyLens said:
:lol: :lol: Its true, bunnies and squidgers, manage to be as destructive as hell whilst looking all braight eyed and innocent. We had a house rabbit years ago whose destructive instinct was actually quite usefull - because his yen was for woodchip wallpaper - now we all know what a swine that stuff is to remove....not for our furry friend... the only problem was he wasn't tall enough to get any higher up the wall before a virus took him! :(

oh, tip to stop animals chewing through wires - dental clove oil, they hate it...I think its why our rabbit chewed the woodchip, because all the cables and corners of furniture had been smeared with clove oil! :D
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Clove oil? !!! wish I had known that one before I lost a carpet! :bonk: :D
 
Grey Squirrels are extremely destructive to trees and woodlands - they kill trees by stripping the bark. Most farmers shoot them on sight - or try to, as they're always the wrong side of the tree - :lol:

They were introduced into this country by some misguided shooting Lord who's name escapes me now, but he just wanted another shooting quarry. Unfortunately they've flourished to almost plague proportions to the extent that our own native red species can't compete and is severely threatened.

The strength in those tiny hands is incredible they've completey destroyed two very substantal bird tables for us.
 
Your probabley thinking of lord Rothchild Cedric, he introduced a few differant species onto his land in Mentmore Beds as part of a private collection but not necessarily as target practice
They were introduced from USA /Canada to approximately 30 sites in England, Scotland and Wales from 1876–1930. (by various)
 
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