The Grey Squirrel

Squirrel Pest Control in Taunton, Somerset and Devon. Our squirrel control call out service offers professional, discreet solutions to solve your squirrel problem quickly, effectively and at a very competitive price. Call us now for a no obligation quote or if you would like to know more about squirrels and what we do read on.

Biology

Grey Squirrels can be surprisingly big and weigh up to 600 grams.

Females produce a litter of usually three young in the spring or late summer sometimes both. Gestation takes a period of 42 – 45 days. The young are weaned after about 10 weeks and are independent at 16 weeks. They live in nests called dreys, usually in forks of trees made up of twigs and leaves, sometimes they make their dreys in peoples lofts, using insulation to build a nest.

Greys feed on tree shoots, acorns, nuts, fruits, roots, cereals and sometimes on bird eggs. They bury any unwanted food below the soil and sometimes in the thatch of roofs ! Together with their ability to eat acorns and also feed at ground level they are more adaptable than Red squirrels and are now wide spread across the U.K.

Diseases and Importance

Squirrels do not carry any diseases that effect Humans. They can be very destructive to trees and are a serious pest in forestry areas and to ornamental garden trees.

To domestic householders if they gain access to a roof space they can cause serious damage to cables, insulation and the structure of fascias, soffits and other roof structures. We have dealt with instances of them actually digging through a plasterboard ceiling.

Treatment

Firstly try to see if you can tell where they are getting in, if they are using a branch over hanging the house you may be able to just cut the branch off and solve the problem that way.

If this type of prevention is not possible the best course of action is to call a professional. Give us a call and we can discuss the various options open to you.

We use only the latest tried, tested and approved pesticides.

The Safety of our Commercial customers and their environment are our number one priority.

We will explain fully any treatment we have carried out and any precautions you need to take, if you require more than one treatment you will be given a 24 hour telephone number, if in any way you are concerned you can call us. We are with you every step of the way.