I have been trying for some time to attract a squirrel with hazelnuts. A squirrel feeding station didn’t work, and I’m not sure if it was because it was in the wrong place or if the little animal just couldn’t figure out the feeder.
For the past few days, I have simply been scattering hazelnuts on the ground in various spots. Most of them have now disappeared. However, I suspect the theft might be happening at night. If that’s the case, it wouldn’t be a squirrel. Since I don’t want to unintentionally attract rats, martens, or who knows what else, my question is: who could it be? Does anyone here have a wildlife camera?
I would be interested in one for other reasons too, but the models that actually perform well according to tests cost at least 120 EUR. I wasn’t planning on spending that much.
For the past few days, I have simply been scattering hazelnuts on the ground in various spots. Most of them have now disappeared. However, I suspect the theft might be happening at night. If that’s the case, it wouldn’t be a squirrel. Since I don’t want to unintentionally attract rats, martens, or who knows what else, my question is: who could it be? Does anyone here have a wildlife camera?
I would be interested in one for other reasons too, but the models that actually perform well according to tests cost at least 120 EUR. I wasn’t planning on spending that much.
Yes, mice and nuts.
In our former apartment, which at the time was still my wife’s student flat, the mice on the ground floor found walnuts. They carried them up through the natural stone walls, rolled them along under the floorboards of the intermediate floor, moved them up behind the cupboard wall, and then cracked them open underneath. We nearly went crazy at night. I thought the mice were having a party in the intermediate floor and eating through the cupboard wall—until I discovered the bag of walnuts with a hole in it. After that, their nut feast was over.
After the 2002 flood, the multi-family house was unoccupied or only partly occupied for a few years. During that time, the mice made themselves comfortable in the basement, attic, and partly in the apartments. Once people gradually returned to the house, we first had to cover it with traps and empty them several times a day. I think after about 300 mice caught in one year, we stopped counting. The best catch was 9 mice in a single day.
As cute as these little creatures look, you shouldn’t let them multiply too much.
In our former apartment, which at the time was still my wife’s student flat, the mice on the ground floor found walnuts. They carried them up through the natural stone walls, rolled them along under the floorboards of the intermediate floor, moved them up behind the cupboard wall, and then cracked them open underneath. We nearly went crazy at night. I thought the mice were having a party in the intermediate floor and eating through the cupboard wall—until I discovered the bag of walnuts with a hole in it. After that, their nut feast was over.
After the 2002 flood, the multi-family house was unoccupied or only partly occupied for a few years. During that time, the mice made themselves comfortable in the basement, attic, and partly in the apartments. Once people gradually returned to the house, we first had to cover it with traps and empty them several times a day. I think after about 300 mice caught in one year, we stopped counting. The best catch was 9 mice in a single day.
As cute as these little creatures look, you shouldn’t let them multiply too much.
With a little patience and plenty of tasty nuts, the squirrel now visits regularly. However, I have to crack all the nuts and only offer them without shells. Otherwise, it takes all the hazelnuts and buries them about 2 meters (6.5 feet) away in the raised bed or the lawn—oops!
Vicky Pedia9 Jan 2020 20:13I have a standard trail camera because I own forest land. It effectively illuminates about 4m (13 feet) in complete darkness (black and white). If there is ambient light (streetlight), you can also use a USB webcam with appropriate software. I use this every evening to monitor martens on/in the car.