Squirrels are one of the common pests in your gardens that comes under the rodent category. They not only cause damage to the plants, but Squirrels are also good climbers, so they easily damage the trees too.  Squirrels also create a nuisance to the indoor place by wasting the pet’s food and bird feedings.

House owners and gardeners in the UK face this problem and struggle to control them on their own. To keep away the Squirrels from your garden, contact a reputed pest control service in your location.  Squirrels are good chewers, expect metals they will chew plants, seeds, vegetables, and leaves. Before booking pest exterminators let’s check what is the natural repellent to get rid of squirrels from your gardens.

Natural Repellents to control Squirrels

Here we listed some useful tricks to control your garden Squirrels in a natural way without using any chemical substances.

1. Physical Trapping

Traps are the effective control methods to eliminate squirrels in your garden and home place in a natural way. After trapping the Squirrels carefully release them into the forest place. Make sure don’t let the squirrels into the other place having a garden place or housing areas. The best option is to let the best pest control team trap animals like squirrels.

Tip: Use peanut butter or almond butter to trap the squirrels.

2. Pepper- Mint spray

Peppermint spray is another natural repellent that disappoints the entry of squirrels to your garden place. The smell of pepper keeps squirrels and another pest away from your place. Spay the mixture of pepper and mint on the leaves and vegetables and let them settle. Apply it regularly on the time interval of two days a week.

Tip:  Instead of pepper you can also add cinnamons and cardamoms. That may also act as the good natural repellent for squirrels

3. Install Fences and netting

Netting and fencing are the effective natural barrier that prevent the squirrel’s income. Squirrels easily climb-over the fence, so once installing the fence increase the height to the plant’s growth. Also use the metal fencing, so they can’t chew it.

Tip: Don’t use plastic or wooden materials for fencing and netting, to avoid the chances of squirrel’s entry.

4. Use cats to keep away the Squirrel

Cats are the good hunters of squirrel, allow the cats to keep the squirrel’s away from your garden place.

Tip: Make sure the cats are good hunters.

Signs of Squirrels in your garden or home

Most of the pest control experts say squirrels make their entry during the spring and autumn seasons in search of food and shelter. Here we provide some common signs that act as evidence for having a squirrel in your place.

1. Spotting of droppings and urine smell in your garden place or in your house.
2. Scratching sound from your house wall.
3. Spotting squirrels around your place.
4. Disturbance on pets or bird feeders you kept on the loft or in garden place
5.  Chewed leaves or half bite fruits in your garden place.