Squirrels living in house

I HAVE A FEW SQUIRRELS LIVING IN MY HOUSE. THERES ONE SIDE OF MY HOUSE THAT HASNT HAD SIDING PUT UP AND THEYVE GOT A LARGE HOLE THEY GO IN AND OUT AND ALSO CHEWED THROUGH MY SOFFITT. THEVE GOTTEN TO BE A BIG PROBLEM. I HEARE THEM CHEW AND NOW RUNNING BETEWEEN THE 1ST FLOOR CEILING AND UPSTAIRS FLOOR. THEYVE BEEN HERE A COUPLE YEARS BUT NOW GETTING MORE ARGESSIVE OR CLOSER TO BEING INSIDE. I ALSO HAVE TREE SQUIRRELS WHICH I DONT REALLY WANT TO KILL JUST ONES INSIDE. ITS ALMOST IMPOSSISABLE TO GET TO WHERE THERE AT. NOT REALLY AN ATTIC ACCESS JUST HOLE ON SIDE OF HOUSE. I NEED ADVICE WHICH PRODUCT TO TRY. IVE USED A SQUIRREL REPELLENT (GRANUALS) PEPPER JUICE I THINK BUT KEPT THEM QUIET 4 AWHILE BUT DIDNT GET RID OF THEM. HATE TO POSION THEM IN FEAR OF THEM DYING IN ATTIC AND ROTTING AND STINKING. WHAT TO DO .. THANKS … GOING NUTS NO PUND INTENDED

This is going to be a tough problem to resolve. When squirrels have had access to a property for this long, they will not give it up willingly. You will have to trap and relocate all which are active using one of our squirrel traps. Since there are strong scent trails in place to attract them from quite some distance, I suspect you could be catching a lot before the trapping process is complete. If you have 5-10 squirrels on the house now that you know about, it means you'll have to catch at least 10-20. The good news is that the squirrel trapping will be very easy. Simply place it outside the house, alongside the house on the side which has all the activity, and you'll be getting them every day or two. Use some Pecan Paste with the trap sets to insure a quick catch and within 30-60 days, you should be mostly squirrel free.

Over the next year or two squirrels will routinely be curious because there are strong smells around so don't be surprised by any new activity. This will happen till the odor wears off which will take some time as explained in our squirrel control article. If you see any one squirrel hanging around more than a day, you'll have to trap it out even if it's not living in your house. If given the chance, they will move in given the history of scent trails in place so this is to be expected. Two things to remember; take trapped squirrels at least 10 miles away for relocation to insure they don't come back. And don't seal up any holes till you've relocated all the squirrels which are active. This will probably be after a couple of months. Good luck!