dnc@bonnie.UUCP (Don Corey) (07/31/85)
A previous posting suggested that hanging human hair from a fruit tree will keep away squirrels. Has anybody been successful with this technique? Do I have to hang clumps of hair, or can I empty my electric razor into a cloth bag and hang that from the tree? Does anyone have a receipt for squirrel stew, ideally one that uses fresh apricots. -- Don Corey AT&T Bell Laboratories WH 2A-140 (201) 386-2349 ihnp4!bonnie!dnc
levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) (08/01/85)
dnc@bonnie.UUCP (Don Corey) <521@bonnie.UUCP>: >A previous posting suggested that hanging human hair from a fruit tree will >keep away squirrels. Has anybody been successful with this technique? >Do I have to hang clumps of hair, or can I empty my electric razor into >a cloth bag and hang that from the tree? Does anyone have a receipt for squirrel >stew, ideally one that uses fresh apricots. >-- >Don Corey >AT&T Bell Laboratories >WH 2A-140 (201) 386-2349 ihnp4!bonnie!dnc Maybe the razor clippings will have enough odor, but best bet would be go to a barber shop, or better, a beauty salon. They have plenty of hair clippings. Put them near the base of the branches so the squirrels would have to cross them to get to the fruit. I don't know about the receipt for squirrel stew however. I never gave or sold anyone squirrel stew so of course nobody ever gave me a receipt for it :-). (Would it be tax deductible?). Fresh apricots sounds like a difficult medium to write a receipt on anyhow :-). Oh.... you mean RECIPE! Ask in net.cooks. (Probably any good rabbit stew recipe would do--they are both rodents, as are also rats and mice.) -- ------------------------------- Disclaimer: The views contained herein are | dan levy | yvel nad | my own and are not at all those of my em- | an engihacker @ | ployer, my pets, my plants, my boss, or the | at&t computer systems division | s.a. of any computer upon which I may hack. | skokie, illinois | | "go for it" | Path: ..!ihnp4!ttrdc!levy -------------------------------- or: ..!ihnp4!iheds!ttbcad!levy
piety@hplabs.UUCP (Bob Piety ) (08/02/85)
I've found mothballs to work better as a repellent than human hair or other repellents for everything from gophers to deer. Just hang 3-4 in a mesh (an old nylon stocking or cheese cloth) in the tree. NOTE: Try to get the "old-fashioned" mothballs made from NAPTHALENE. These last about 10 times longer than the new ones made from PARADICHLOROBENZENE. Bob