Flying
squirrel are amazing animals. Their physical features combine the
aerodynamic features of a bat and the strong features of a squirrel.
They have a membranous cover around their hands and feet which help
them glide in the air and land safely. You really need to be worried
about them since they can just jump from tree tops, glide in the air
and land on your rooftop effortlessly. Once they are on the roof,
they can prey
on old and worn out tiles, weakened places around the chimney base
and make way through them to the wooden framework under the roof.
Since they can easily chew on food, they can reach the attic of your
house easily by chewing on the framework. Even if the framework is
made of metal, there is enough space between the metal rods or bars
to slide through to the attic. Once they get access to the attic they
take their families their and start breeding. You need to stop the
flyingsquirrel Georgia
from breeding in the attic. Otherwise, there would be a squirrel
infestation within two months. By the end of the winter season you
may need to declare a full scale war against squirrels in your house.
Flying
Squirrel Georgia
Characteristics
Flying
squirrels
are
omnivores. They like to eat both plant and meat. However, they like
nuts, seeds, fruits, fungi etc. But in their search for food they may
end up cutting mattresses, furniture, furnishing etc. They are
nocturnal so you can find them foraging for food in your home at
night. You can hear the distinct screeching sound at night too. They
have strong jaws and sharp teeth like other squirrel. So they can
chew up anything.
Damage
caused by
Flying
Squirrel in
Georgia
These
Flying
Squirrel
can cause a lot of damage to your households. They can cut and chew
anything in your house. This includes your furniture, mattresses,
thins made of rubber and asphalt etc. Surprisingly, squirrels can
even chew through metals like aluminum. So all the aluminum made
stuff like slidings in the windows, gutters and downspouts, roof
vents, flashing etc are prone to damage by squirrel. But squirrel
damage is not limited to these. They can set up house fires by
chewing on electrical cables. They can also set up a flood by chewing
on water supply lines. They can do extensive damage to your building
by building burrows below the foundation of the building. They may
build a maze of burrows below your building and weaken the
foundation.
How
Do They Enter
It
is not that the Flying
Squirrel always
enter through the roof. They may as well enter on the ground. The
kitchen and toilet drains are their favorite entry points. They can
also enter through the floor by making burrows from outside the
building to beneath the building and then coming up from under the
floor. They can make way through weak points in mortars too. In fact,
if there is a weak point in the mortar it is not very difficult for
it to wriggle through it, make hole in the wall board and get into
the house. However, entering through the roof is often easier for
them. Such intrusion mostly goes undetected for some time until you
are awakened by the screeching and scratching sound at night.
How
to prevent them from
entering
It
is difficult, yet you need to try to put up barriers to the entry of
the flying squirrel Georgia.
You need to make sure that there are no vulnerabilities in the roof.
There must not be any broken or displaced tiles. Even if there is one
such tile, the squirrel can make way through it. Even if it is not
able to make way through the tiles, it can damage the chimney
flashing and make way through it. So make sure that there are no
vulnerabilities in the chimney flashing.
Call
removal specialists
Squirrel
removal is easier said than done. You need expertise in removing
them. You can call squirrel removal specialists to remove these
rodents. They place traps at different strategic points and catch the
squirrel. They use sophisticated night vision cameras to spot the
squirrel at different nooks and corners of your house. After catching
the squirrel, they relocate them to the wild.
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