by laurie53 » Wed Feb 06, 2019 10:48 am
If It's a squirrel I hope it's our native red not the imported Grey Tree Rat.
If it's the former it should be encouraged, even to the extent of putting up an artificial drey. We had a family living in the garden of our married quarter in Germany,and they were quite charming. The youngsters, in particular, are very confiding and will interact with humans (not just in alarm).
If, as I suspect, it's the latter, like any other rat it is disease carrying vermin, and is contaminating everything in your garage. It will bring lingering and unpleasant to any native reds trying to re-colonise their native land.
It should be treated the same as any other rat. In my case that means death. We are their only natural predators in this country.
I can hear the howls from nature lovers from here, but remember, this non-native species is just coming up to its own season of bounty. It likes nothing better than a clutch of native blackbird or robin eggs for breakfast, and if eggs are not available then brood of live nestlings are just as welcome! Since this is not a natural predator the birds ha no natural defence.