Sitemaps

Vacating Squirrels2007-11-24 22:16:21

We live in S. Florida on a preserve that until recently (about 1 month ago) was teeming with squirrels. We rather enjoyed their antics, watching them throughout the seasons, tree climbing, basking the sun, chasing and such. Now they all seem to be gone. The one thing I have noticed recently is the addition of a ferrel cat. Do you think the squirrels have vacated the area because of him? I can't imagine that he could have caught them all, there were so many!! Just wondering is anyone was an expert on wildlife behavior, as we sure miss our acrobatic friends! Thanks for the suggestions!

Answers:

No the cat probably didn't catch them but I imagine that they decided that there was very little space and as you described they have a very large amount of them.So instead they moved over some where with more room so they can continue mating and enlarging there family eventually they will become so big they will split and probably part of the family will come back unless a new family moves in.

---

might wanna consider the natural enemies of the squirrel..

snakes, hawks, tires

---

try to put food out at night. They must have found a better place to stay- with more food.

While your busy go to this link: http://www.lost.eu/534c2

---

I was thinking I was going to find a post about how to get rid of squirrels and, honestly, it's almost impossible.