Reply #54: I have squirrels in my garden and I finally figured it out....!

[flying_wahini]

They Hate, Hate, Hate !!!! the flexible mesh netting that snags their little claws.

I use the mesh that covers my wine bottles (ahem) to keep them from bumping each other, and the mesh that

comes when you buy bulk onions and such at the grocery store, or buy bird netting from Home Depot.

Doesn't matter which kind you use, but you need to use a lot of it..... pretty soon they figure it out.

Mine gave up after getting tangled up in it a few times.

I wrap my deck where they jump from the trees to get to my banana trees. Covered their pathways with it.

Wrapped my big tree trunks with it, too.

The little shits ate every single new growth leaves off my banana trees for months. I tried everything else, too.

The rotten eggs, the pepper sauce, the sulfur powder. Nothing worked. But this does....! Now I just leave a wisp

tied to a stake nearby, and they won't go near the banana trees anymore.

Of course, you will have to figure out where they are climbing up to get into the coop - try wrapping it vertically

up poles and such, so that the chickens don't get tangled up in it.

Hope this helps, worth a shot. Good Luck.