Unless the noise bothers you.
How to put squriel trap on a roof.
Great trap locations include.
The squirrels are inside the house and become trapped in the attic ceilings and walls.
If you re not sure where that is a good bet would be at the base of a tree or along a wall close to your damage area s.
The use of a one way exclusion door is usually the best the easiest and the most humane method.
In that case it s not very hard to trap and remove them.
For trapping gray squirrels you will want to place their traps along with their pathways or points of entry such as along the roof at the base of a tree or base of the building they are entering.
Trapping gray squirrels use 1 inch or 1 2 grid traps.
Place your trap on a flat surface along your squirrel s travel path.
Mount traps to the entry exit holes or set cage traps bolted on the roof in the shade.
If squirrels are just running around on top of your roof that s no big deal.
Over many years of doing this business i have found the most effective way to place squirrel traps on rooftops or anywhere baited traps are used is by using trap shelves.
When setting traps on the roof the great danger is that any trapped squirrel will die very quickly of heat stroke.
In this case you can build 5 x 5 x 14 cage and simply put it to the top of trees roof and fences.
When an active squirrel hole is blocked off one of two things happen.
Learn how to set traps in your attic and keep squirrels out.
So you mustn t set traps out in the open sun on the roof.
Also remember to bait the squirrel with their food traps.
This video will provide you step by step i.
You can trap squirrels in the attic if you follow the correct approach.
Trap shelves have holes drilled for attaching traps securely with spring hooks from doug fields.
But the best strategy of all is to not even trap the squirrels at all.
One common mistake that many homeowners make is blocking off a hole in the roof or roofline of a house that is actively being used by squirrels.
Jason explains in this video how to set squirrel traps and bait them to lure them in.
At the base of a tree.
In front of an entryway.
