Squirrel Chews Through Bucket (grow, cat, vines, tomatoes)

[Cambium]

You guys ever see this?


I thought the lid would seal it enough. Guess not. Woke up this morning and the lid was chewed and part of the bucket. So I put a heavy bucket on top and when I came home I found this.


Determined to get to those bird seeds.

[Cambium]

So now I got the heavy bucket INSIDE the bucket with bird seeds. Seems like it's working

[NewbieHere]

Wow, I didn’t know they eat plastic. I though only rats do that.

[BBCjunkie]

Oh, I believe it. Squirrels are rodents, after all (just like rats and mice.)

If I were storing bird seed outdoors, I'd either use a galvanized metal container or put the plastic one inside a metal one (with a lid, of course.)

That's assuming one doesn't have raccoons in the area; they are good at figuring out lids.

[kygman]

I had a small plastic barrel full of ears of squirrel corn. Had the lid on it and a couple bricks on top of that. Squirrel chewed a perfectly round hole in the side and opened an "all you can eat" buffet for the other squirrels in the neighborhood. Went to the garage one morning and 4 squirrels made a quick getaway. I also had problems with the squirrels and a couple raccoons eating my tomatoes off the vines. I stood watching out the window while one squirrel ate away at one tomato.

[jacqueg]

Originally Posted by NewbieHere

Wow, I didn’t know they eat plastic. I though only rats do that.

Rodent teeth are amazing.

And they MUST use them, or the teeth will grow right through their lips!

[Harpaint]

I got 2 metal cans with tight fitting lids on Amazon. They are like miniature old fashioned metal trash cans. No moisture & no rodents.

[Gerania]

It's never happened to me, but I've read about it plenty of times. I agree with BBC. I you must store it outside, put it in a galvanized container.

[WMak70]

Our one cat escaped and we have been trying to trap her. We put out one of those wire animal traps, and yesterday, when I went to check it, a raccoon had evidently gone in to eat the food. The metal door was bent like a pretzel, and the plastic dish I had put inside with food was half eaten and the rest had huge teeth marks in it. Lots of the plastic was gone.

So, I guess more than squirrels chew up plastic things.

[PAhippo]

yup. just get the metal garbage cans. It's the only thing that'll keep the seed safe.


been there, done that.