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Rats are just a furry tail away from being loved.

 

Squirrels are living proof that humans should have NOTHING to do with (mis)managing the planet.

Some humans actually FEED squirrels, while many apex predators are sickened or killed every year when they eat a rodenticide addled, "less attractive" rodent.

So.....
I asked the the googles:
Is it legal to kill a squirrel?

Their Reply:
"The Short Answer… The short answer to is it illegal to kill squirrels is yes, it's illegal to kill squirrels without a permit in many states. ... You cannot kill squirrels offseason unless they have damaged your property, and even in that case, you will need to obtain a permit first."

When asked if it is legal to kill a rat.....they 'opined'.....
Most jurisdictions in the United States not only permit you to kill rats, they sometimes require you to. ... While the law exempts “commensal rodents” that live in houses, it covers “rice rats” that live in high grass, trees, and flower beds. The law also applies to squirrels and chipmunks.

Just like the CDC (or NYT) -eh?


By the way.....
One particular ground pig was killed by one particular NYC mayor.
As far as I know not only was he not charged with groundhog murder, he might have been re-elected afterwards....

 

Part of the reason for the different stance in the laws covering rodentcide legality is that squirrels are a native species in the US, while the rats people regularly cross paths with are introduced. It's the reason why you are free to kill pigeons, starlings, and a certain sparrow, but can run into serious problems for killing any other song bird.

 

If I wanted to kill off a bunch of song birds, I'd put out a squirrel-resistant bird feeder, which I refer to as 'cat-feeders.'

 

As I was installing a french drain to combat the garage slab sweat in spring the wood chuck started a tunnel from the ditch I'd dug on the opposite side of the garage from the original tunnel. I put a spade shovel in front of the new tunnel entrance and did some googling on how others dealt with similar things in urban areas. Within a few hours, the shovel was pushed away from the tunnel and luckily so far (fingers crossed), I haven't found any new tunnels under the garage since. Although a neighbors wood fence has been chewed for access between yards after having filled in multiple ~10 fence tunnels. Families of Squirrel and Raccoon and skunk have been been annoying in the neighborhood too. Ever seen raccoon standing 4 ft on it's hind legs at 3am with the misses and 7 yearlings?

 

You could end up sucking up some baby squirrels.

You didn't like the idea of dropping naphtha/moth balls down between the studs to drive any critters away and to repel them from coming back?

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I would deal with how they are getting into the hut first.

I had the same problem when I bought my place it has a very big outbuilding 20x35.
Previous owner never covered the gap under the eves no soffit. There’s a gap between the roof studs. It’s like a lighted entrance for squirrels.
And rats. And possums.

You may be missing the soffit if so I found a easy way to cover that gap Lowes sells tin vents that are used in soffits for venting. They bend too. They come in 8 foot lengths. There about 10 inches wide. There for the old style home made wood soffit that that the vent strip runs the length of the soffit. Come in brown and white. Cheap.

I cut prescision lengths of it with a tin snip to fit between the roof studs and screwed them over the gaps. No more squirrels. Not a one.

 

The hole just needs to be big enough for their head.

 

Give the contractor a call . see if he has any suggestions where or how. The pic looks like it's a nice shed from the outside anyway.

 

when i was a lad, our neighbor used to sit on his porch and pick them off with a bb gun. maybe helped keep the population down, idk.

 

That shed looks 100 times nicer then mine. There's a sneaky little hole somewhere.

 

My parents had a building with bats once.

Dealing with that was a multi-step proposition: first find the access points and install one-way bat-valves (!). Then, after waiting long enough to be sure they're all out, close the holes for good.

Depending on the season, whole procedure has to be delayed until sure no young are present.

 

You might want to take pictures inside and out. Ya never know for sure what will happen next, or where.