Squirrels in the Attic in Northwich, Middlewich and Weaverham.
The grey squirrel population in the North West U.K. has grown over the last 20 years to the degee that they have grown to be a major pest dealt with by Squirrels in Attic Pest Control
The grey squirrels which we see in our gardens (Sciurus carolinensis) are not native to the U.K., having been brought here less than 200 years America and Canada
Like other members of the Sciuridae family, the Grey Squirrel is a hoarder; it staches food away in numerous small caches for subsequent recovery. Some hoards are temporary, particularly those made near the site of a sudden surfeit of food.
Other stores are more permanent and are not retrieved until many weeks later. It has been observed that each squirrel makes several thousand hoards each year. The squirrels have very accurate spatial memory for the locations of these hoards, and use far and near landmarks to retrieve them. Smell is used when the squirrel is within a few centimetres of the target.
The nest of the grey squirrel is called a dray (or drey) and it is standard for the female to have two litters per year, with two to four babies each.
They are minor problems, digging bulbs and stealing food intended for birds but can be major pests when they come into our properties.
It is increasingly common for Trafford Pest Control to attend houses where a nest has been made in a loft or attic space.
Squirrels are true rodents and as such have teeth which never stop growing; the very word rodent comes from the Latin word rodere which means to gnaw and this they do very successfully.
It is rare to enter a roof void where a dray has been built and find that they have not chewed electrical wires, indeed it is estimated that forty percent of fires without an obviously attributable cause may have been started by rodents chewing on the wiring.
Unfortunately they can also chew through water-pipes, especially with the recent trend towards plastic push-fit piping.
As if that is not enough, most household insurance policies do not cover damage by rodents so if a squirrel floods your property by eating through a pipe in the attic you may find yourself without cover.
Eradicating Squirrels in Loft needs professional help, not least in as much as the law regarding squirrels restricts your options. You cannot simply buy a packet of rodent poison from your local store and deal with them that way as you would be committing a criminal offence.
Furthermore you cannot catch them and relocate them some distance from your home, quite apart from the fact that removing a squirrel from the area of its food hoards probably condemn it to death by starvation, it is also a criminal offence under the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 under which it is illegal to release a grey squirrel in Britain.
That pertains also to rescuing and/or rehabilitating and releasing injured squirrels.
In the majority of cases trapping is the most realistic option and this must be done in a specific manner with routine, timed inspections of the traps.
Trapped squirrels are then humanely dispatched.
If you have a problem with squirrels in Lancashire, Cheshire or Manchester telephone us on 01257 230637
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