I have a medium sized backyard. My next-door neighbor began feeding walnuts to the squirrels and every day they would come into our yard and bury/dig up them. We had so many holes in our lawns and potted plants. One day I was watching one hopping around our lawn looking for his walnuts. I was thinking, "Boy their noses must be SO sensitive to smell a nut that was buried." Then it came to me. If their noses are THAT sensitive, maybe there is something that they can smell that would be uncomfortable to their noses. The first thing that came to mind was ONION, so I got an onion and cut it up and strew it around my hard, my veggie garden, on top of my pergola, on the roof of my shed. The next day I was in my backyard and all of a sudden, I felt strange. Almost eerie. Something was different. NO SQUIRRELS! After a day or so, I saw one with a nut in its mouth. Now usually they would run along my back fence, climb down my tree and come into the yard but instead now they run up the telephone/cable pole to the highest wire connected and run past my yard! It is hysterical how they will do anything to not come into my yard. One day two were chasing each other and were speeding across the fence, one kept going but the other started to come down the tree. All of a sudden it was like it realized where it was going and hie tailed it back up the tree. Now once a week I go and give them what they apparently HATE. Onions. It's been three weeks and still no squirrels in my yard.
I have a lot of chipmunks and squirrels in my yard because of my neighbor feeding them. However I also have a lot of Jackrabbits does this mix affect them?
Great! I've been using this method for years on voles and it has always worked perfectly. The only difference is I used plain flour not cornmeal. I also added some sugar. We once had over 200 vole holes in our backyard (small grassy area). I simply poured the mixture into their holes. Within a couple months all the holes filled in and the voles were gone. Thanks for the scientific experiment on a squirrel. They attack our garden and also carry diseases and ticks. Thanks much!
As a workplace colleague of mine told me years ago about squirrels: They are rats with fluffy tails. A friend of mine had his house burnt down from what the fire inspectors determined were squirrels chewing at the electrical wiring in the attic of the house.
I have never heard of this problem with squirrels, but a couple of years ago I did see a squirrel attack an adult chicken! No harm was done, but it sure startled me! I lost my garage cats this summer, and just saw a rat in my garden last night so I will have to be aware. We used to have a lot, but between our two garage cats, and bait traps we got them knocked back. Our hoarder neighbor sold his house to us, and when we cleared the property everyone in the neighborhood had a real situation for about a year.
Oh my goodness yes it does I tried this out on the rats around my place using the peanut butter and baking soda 50/50 50% baking soda and 50% peanut butter and they could not resist it thank you so much for your video it really helped I appreciate you they were getting into my seeds for my pigeons and making so much ruckus in a disrupted my pigeons life and now we could all sleep at night!
Cornmeal mixed with a little honey also kills ants, in the same way. I got rid of a colony of ants in my house several years ago using this method. I watched them lined up on my kitchen counter digging into the pile of cornmeal and taking it back to the nest. The little pile disappeared and so did the ants.
I got a real problem with squirrels up in my shed attic. These ones are really smart. They come down the plank and eat the peanut butter, but don't venture into the cage trap set for them . I hate to do it , but I need to kill them, otherwise they may chew wiring and cause problems like fires. Thank you for uploading this video.
My neighbors house just burned down because of squirrels people think oh how cute they are but they can cause serious damage to your house once they get inside
The big Victor rat traps (wood base with spring arm) will work on greys squirrels most times it usually cracks them in the head hard enough to injure them and definitely works on chipmunks.
Thank you sir! What a handsome family you got!!!👍 First time knowing this, I’ll surely try this baking soda mix, these “ rodents “ days are numbered!!! 🇺🇸👍
I have never tried it on squirrels but I guarantee it will kill every rat and mouse that eats it.. after trying everything I could buy with no results. I (had) a huge problem with packrats and field mice on my farm.. a old farmer showed me this trick a few years ago and as long as I keep this mixture out I rarely ever have pests anymore.. best thing only cost a buck$...
I've been having squirrel problems. They keep coming in my patio and digging in my plants. I just caught my neighbor feeding them a couple of days ago. ( I HOPE HE SAID HIS GOODBYES ALREADY.) LOL
Also try the Conibear 110 trap, works great, use a marshmallow with peanut butter, peanut between the trigger, piece of apple with peanut butter all work great.
Thank you so much for these helpful videos, this saves me so much money and time. I have a neighbor who is purposely bringing squirrels in by the dozens to the point they are literally ripping apart their home and going inside, i can literally see squirrels on the inside of their home looking out at me on the outside through the window. They dont mind this one bit, they make the Beverly hillbillies look classy. The problem is their squirrels become my squirrels, they ripped a hole in my house, they been under the hood of my car stashing nuts inside the engine, they tear up the yard, my plants and basically everything. I had it wasting money on products and time trying to find what works. This saves me so much . Thank you Jerry!.
One of my viewers just recently conveyed to me that it was a squirrel which chewed the wiring on the neighbors home and it burnt to the ground as a result.
You know what is mean and cruel, the damage done by these rodents. Thousands of dollars spent on wiring and gas cans and it is hard to stay ahead of them.
Hello from the quiet sunny Ozarks! I use that all around my home and it works great. I also spray vinager solution around my home to cover up the scents other critters spray. i also use a portable solar electric fence to keep the black bears and wild hogs away. thanks for another video of value. Tight lines!
@@michaeldavid6284 The active ingredient is the baking soda not the neutral ingredient used to attract them. He said you could use anything in your cupboard that they are trying to get into as the second component. Maybe you should get you ears checked before your start insulting others. Makes you look both arrogant and stupid.
Jerry you are the man. Great video! I saw your previous one on this topic and went out and bought the ingredients. Mixed it up and bam!! No more mice and chipmunks on my property. Love your common sense advise. All the best to you and your family!
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 GREAT video, Jerry, and thanks for sharing! I just noticed a mother squirrel and her FIVE kids under my back shed and was wondering if I could replace the Jiffy product with the less expensive generic store brand. Please let me know and thanks for your help!
I never killed a rodent with baking soda but it sure killed my acid reflux. I had a few bouts of it in the middle of the night. I would wake up with an awful burning in my throat from stomach acids backing up. A teaspoon of baking soda in some tonic water or pop works great. I stirred it and drank it before it stopped fizzing. It wasn't the most pleasant but I got instant results. It stopped the acid reflux and killed the burning in my throat. I passed that on to my boss and he said it was the best thing he has found for heartburn. This has nothing to do with rodents but it can be very helpful if you wake up in the middle of the night and your throat feels like it's on fire. Just another use for baking soda.
@roblow5522 nothing works better than organic apple cider vinegar when dealing with stomach issues. Using baking soda is just putting a bandaid on the issue. OACV works so well to the point that your stomach problems will go away. Never drink it by itself, I use to add 2 tablespoons to 1 8oz glass of water. Now I only need it once in a while if I eat something my stomach doesn't agree with.
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 it's likely h pylori and mastic gum and manuka honey for a month will fix that. Google the doses. I was dying from h pylori!!
I suppose it would work for groundhogs. I’ve shot a couple this year and they must have been killed by lead poisoning. The pellets didn’t but shock the animal and it took a few days to a week for them to die in an open spot on the ground. They didn’t stay in their den and die. I’m not really sure but I would prefer your method. The squirrels haven’t been running off with my tomatoes in a couple years so they haven’t bothered me but in years past they could wipe out my tomatoes. So strange how they quit eating them. They knew not to eat green ones too.
@archangel20031 yeah, I had one die in my wall once and it stunk for over a month. I didn't know what it was because it was the first time I experienced such a thing. Nasty!
I'm going to try mixing B Soda with peanut butter, make little balls with it, coat it in flour so dirt doesn't stick to it and drop them down the holes. If this works I'm going to come back here and report on it. First I'm going to test that the peanut butter doesn't deactivate the B Soda. I'll mix it up, wait 24 hours, and drop bits of it into vinegar and see if it foams up.
I tried a 50/50 mix of cornbread with baking soda but the grey squirrels wont touch it. Ive seen them walk up to it, sniff it and walk away. Should I add sugar or peanut butter to the mix? Im thinking peanut butter due to attracting smell of the peanut butter. Suggestions?
This past spring/summer, squirrels debarked 6 of our Japanese maples. I sprayed those trees with capsaicin extract, so they moved on to debarking an oak tree and gnawing at the siding of our house. Im going to try this.
What a great selective poison . I try to explain the secondary poisoning risk to those who don't like traps. But this mix is the best solution. Many thanks for sharing.
I have squirrels that chew through my fuel lines / electrical in my vehicles. Every year it cost me around 3-4 hundred dollars. I have tried spraying soapy water etc. I am going to do this. I am also losing chickens to something. Not weasels. Feathers everywhere in my chicken run. Nature takes we need to protect.
We had all our feed & storage bins lined in lite gauge stainless steel. Not terribly expensive because we bought 4x8 ft sheets and bent and welded ourselves then built wood frames around them. They were rodent proof, didn't hold moisture and lasted the 35 yrs we owned the farm. We used feed bags on the horses and kept them in one bin. I wish we would have known about the "rodent gourmet dessert mix". That would have been very handy! Instead we had Miniature Pinschers and Jack Russell's to keep the rodent population down. I may mix up some to use around our sheds, so thanks for the instructions!
Thank you for posting this video. Do you simply mix equal parts dry baking soda and dry cornbread together and shake it up and leave out as a powder or do you add any kind of liquid, etc. Just curious on the preparation process.
It’s to bad that it takes that long to kill them but if it works ( and I’m going to try) I’ll use it. The squirrels here have gotten so bad that I didn’t get a single nut from my tree last year.
Was the squirrel writhing in pain, or did it die relatively peacefully. I'd rather not put an animal through, say, my worst stomach ache, as the ones I got when I was a child.
I might have to give that a shot. I tried grinding unsalted peanuts in my food processor into (almost) a powder. I did see several interested in it today, kinda picking at it and testing it.
Normally I don't mind the squirrels. However, this past spring/summer they have chewed their way through the wood (cedar) of my eaves and are now behind my gutters and I'm my garage attic. I'm going to try this immediately. I also have a couple of mice in my garage. They are going to get the same treatment.
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 thanks for caring what happens to our properties and gardens..........you are valuable, and may God bless you beyond measure.
After watching your last video on this, I put the mixture out in my backyard 2 days ago for the first time where I had seen a couple of rats. Let’s see what happens! I am hopeful!!
Im glad that I found this page, I have a whole family of them. Living under a tree in my backyard, they have ripe my yard up. holes everywhere. Thanks for sharing this
Thanks Jerry for demonstrating the practical means of dealing with rodents, AKA Vermin. I too live in the Great PNW and used to feed birds a lot, but it also attracted Chippers and squirrels. They are cute and all but made a mess of my wood shed with piles of fir cone remnants everywhere. So I don't feed the birds anymore and Love Cornmeal & Bicarb. Thanks.
It may well be true that baking soda can kill squirrels and rats. BUT the squirrels (or rats) in my area are not touching corn bread mix and baking soda at all. Tried walnut powder and baking soda as well, no squirrel eating it at all. They are eating whole peanuts or sunflower seeds. But it is impossible to mix baking soda into those non-powdered stuff.
8:11 Are you sure about Moles? As Moles aren't of the order: Rodentia (Rodents), Moles are of the order: Eulipotyphla (along with Shrews, Hedgehogs and solenodons), i can't see them eating such a artificial food source, they are primarily carnivorous, but have been found to eat some vegetation and fungi, but typically more then anything else they prey on Earthworms.
So I have a camper. Can you put a bowl of this out before you store it for the winter and will it last for rodents without getting moldy? Great video by the way.
Thanks for the info. Squirrels have done do much damage to my storage shed. They also raid my Fig, Apple, Pear, Apricot and Peach trees and don't leave much for me. Recently squirrels chewed up the battery and cables on my Son in Law's truck. He had to get a new battery and replace the battery cables. They are destructive pests.
I'll have to try that! 25cal Benjamin Marauder has been doing an outstanding job on squirrels since 2014. I don't have a farm like you, just a house with a large fenced in yard. They were entering my home and digging up my wife's garden.
Great info! Do you or any of your viewers have suggestion on a bait station to keep the ingredients out of weather and dry? Will moisture/rain/snow reduce effectiveness once wet? Just found your channel, will be searching your content for more, thanks!
QUESTION👋: FOR LONG TERM out of town protection - IF I am not worried about PETS at all - WHAT other poisons work against SQUIRRELS that are not affected by humidity... I need something I can lay out for a long time....⁉
We pest controllers in the UK have known that for years. A mixture of flavour ( nuts for squirrels or chicken for rats) mixed with plaster of Paris solidifies in their stomachs after they drink. The problem is, it is not humane and takes too long. We are working on sterilisation to rid our country of grey squirrels through special feeding hoppers that only the heavier greys can get to but the smaller red squirrels cannot. The aim is after 10 years or so there won’t be any breading of them left. Greys being an invasive species here in the UK. They could try the same method to stop pythons breading in the Everglades.
We haven’t gotten to enjoy any fox squirrels, for decades. The cat squirrels moved in and I guess ran them off. Heck, they may have died. Those cat squirrels are a complete nuisance
I have a rat problem in my attic. I set up a trail cam and tried this method. I'm not sure if roof rats are just smarter than barn rats but they wouldn't touch it....
Just came across your educational video. I have an infestation of squirrels in the attic. First time in 71 years squirrels have invaded the attic. The recipe is very good and look forward to using it. Being handicap, I have to hire help to put into the attic but, you have given me hope.
Note, as a chemist... "Base" and "alkali" means the same thing in acid versus base/alkali chemistry. Two ways of saying the same thing. Alkali is the older term.
If they have become wary of traps, try setting a dish of the baking soda mixture out WITHOUT putting it in a trap. Yeah, you probably won't be able to find the bodies later to dispose of them. But they won't be scared away from the bait by a trap either, and most important.....they'll be GONE.
I bought two 30 dollar traps and was using poison. They didn't use it till I poured organic peanut butter oil on it. Now, I'm going to use this method and see if I can't bury me some holes around me. Cave in some tunnels and level off my usable property.
Interesting. I have a squirrel problem here in Thailand. They eat all my mangoes and bananas before I have a chance to harvest them. A silly question maybe, but how anywhere would you place the soda mix? In a container? In the trees?
I was surprised watching the final episode of Homestead rescue to see where they visited your homestead by in S2E2, hey! I know that guy from his UA-cam videos. They were previewing previous episodes that were unique. Good for you and your family. Your doing well
I posted this on my channel for those fans whom wanted to know a bit more about the outcome of being a part of the Homestead Rescue Family. Enjoy. ua-cam.com/video/4ORu1u81pEo/v-deo.html
Happy to help. Here is another program I film for your enjoyment. This is with my neighbor and friend across the road from me. ua-cam.com/video/OP4a6vxIfAs/v-deo.html
I mixed peanut butter with baking soda and cornmeal sprinkled with birdseed..🤞🏼🤞🏼 I’ve trapped and relocated almost 40 tree rats but there’s just 1 that will NOT go in the trap…
Thanks much for trapping and relocating. I'm so much for that, I can't even watch him kill this squirrel. I mean the little guy is already caught and caged and the last thing I need is to watch an animal that is going to suffer terribly then die just to prove a point. I guess I just don't get how someone can be so nonchalant about unnecessary killing.
Hi I have tree squirrels and they’re crazy. They make so much mess in my yard. Will the baking soda work if I mix it with peanut butter or almond butter like a paste? Thanks
Hi Jerry, I live in central Ca. In the foot hills, have a horrible infestation of the California ground squirrel they dig huge holes and tunnels all around my home and property, how many tablespoons of the mix of baking soda and corn bread mix should I put in each hole to effectively kill these little monsters? Thank you @@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319
True story. I am no longer losing eggs. This boogar ate three chicks and two newly hatched baby turkeys. They do eat meat as they are omnivores. Every see a squished squirrel in the road and it's kin eating it? I do, all the time. It happens. ua-cam.com/video/NUuqAmE1NE8/v-deo.html
I used this on mice and it is AMAZING! Im now going to use it on the squirrels out in pasture as they are so dangerous to horse and rider with their holes! THANK YOU
You cannot let the baking soda get wet. However you can blend it with peanut butter. The peanut oil will allow you to shape the compound into balls that you can dispense inside of peanut shells.
The squirrels dug up my flowerbed this year and i also have mice and something digging holes in my backyard. THIS IS PERFECT and inexpensive! thank you
Thank you for all this information. Do you know if it would also kill rabbits? I'm thinking yes because they are rodents too, but hoping maybe they are too big?
Thanks I will try this. So far I've tried mechanisms that shine a light on motion or make a noise, I've tried spikes across the fence, fake owls some that have moving heads, netting and more. I haven't got a peach off of any of my trees or an apricot the entire many years that I've had the trees because the squirrels devastate them. Desperate in Texas
Did we see a dead squirrell? As far as "mean and cruel" is concerned you might witness a squirrel eating songbirds eggs and hatchlings as I have. P.S. Are cardinals a songbird? Bug you get the point.
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319Glad you cleared that up. Because of the lighting. I couldn't tell from the video what was in the cage and you never said what animal it was. (Now I just watched the video again and realized that I was too focused on the goats.)
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 Indeed they are destructive!! AND...they are consistent, persistent, determined, annoying, bold and again...destructive!!
Good to know. Unfortunately, I have a neighbor who feeds them peanuts. Even tries to get the squirrels to take the peanut from his hand. I always find peanuts buried in my garden and they are constantly damaging my plants. I've tried putting cayenne pepper around the yard to deter them but with little success.
Thanks for this video. I was looking for something less dangerous than rat/mouse traps, because birds try to eat from them sometimes. I will try this tomorrow
Please GOOGEL "Squirrels eating birds" and watch. H O R R I F I C. These creeps are BEASTS. I will NEVER treat them kindly again. Not on my farm when I'm raising baby ducks, chicks, turkeys and gosslings.
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 Squirrels are pests and need to be dealt with accordingly when needed, but to say they are "beasts" in a derogatory sense because they eat birds is just like saying a snake is terrible for eating a rodent. It does what it does. Besides, you stated in another video that you welcome animals that will eat your chicken eggs so you make sure they can't get to them. You sounds like a fake environmentalist (aka religious environmentalist) sometimes. Don't let your feels get in the way of your environmentalism, it degrades your credibility.
I use used cottage chees containers with holes cut in the sides. I did find one of my containers drug two hundred feet up the mountain in my back yard.
I just set up 6 baking soda bait stations around the outside of my house. My only mod was to use instant potato flakes plus a little sweetened cocoa mix instead of cornmeal. I'm having a problem with mice getting inside and I can't find their entry point.
Please let us know how it works out for your. I'm getting ready to set up trail cameras and refresh this method to determine if it's still working on my farm.
The Mayor of New York needs to order this for the subway system
Yes they do.
They need to bring some boa constructors and pythons as well.
An excellent idea!
@@Leatherbro you mean CONSTRICTORS NOT CONTRUCTORS
@SandraCat22 maybe he wants them to build something while they kill rats ect ect
I have a medium sized backyard. My next-door neighbor began feeding walnuts to the squirrels and every day they would come into our yard and bury/dig up them. We had so many holes in our lawns and potted plants. One day I was watching one hopping around our lawn looking for his walnuts. I was thinking, "Boy their noses must be SO sensitive to smell a nut that was buried." Then it came to me. If their noses are THAT sensitive, maybe there is something that they can smell that would be uncomfortable to their noses. The first thing that came to mind was ONION, so I got an onion and cut it up and strew it around my hard, my veggie garden, on top of my pergola, on the roof of my shed. The next day I was in my backyard and all of a sudden, I felt strange. Almost eerie. Something was different. NO SQUIRRELS! After a day or so, I saw one with a nut in its mouth. Now usually they would run along my back fence, climb down my tree and come into the yard but instead now they run up the telephone/cable pole to the highest wire connected and run past my yard! It is hysterical how they will do anything to not come into my yard. One day two were chasing each other and were speeding across the fence, one kept going but the other started to come down the tree. All of a sudden it was like it realized where it was going and hie tailed it back up the tree. Now once a week I go and give them what they apparently HATE. Onions. It's been three weeks and still no squirrels in my yard.
I just had one create about $800.00 in damage to my septic.
I have a lot of chipmunks and squirrels in my yard because of my neighbor feeding them. However I also have a lot of Jackrabbits does this mix affect them?
Garlic is better. Scares of vampires too.
Great! I've been using this method for years on voles and it has always worked perfectly. The only difference is I used plain flour not cornmeal. I also added some sugar. We once had over 200 vole holes in our backyard (small grassy area). I simply poured the mixture into their holes. Within a couple months all the holes filled in and the voles were gone. Thanks for the scientific experiment on a squirrel. They attack our garden and also carry diseases and ticks. Thanks much!
They eat my eggs and chicks. ua-cam.com/video/NUuqAmE1NE8/v-deo.html
As a workplace colleague of mine told me years ago about squirrels: They are rats with fluffy tails.
A friend of mine had his house burnt down from what the fire inspectors determined were squirrels chewing at the electrical wiring in the attic of the house.
Tree rats my Dad called them.
4 tbs + 4 tbs of each ?
What in the world is a vole please, never heard of it?
Some heroes wear cowboy hats. Thank you!!
Our pleasure! ua-cam.com/video/FycSoPkT36A/v-deo.html
@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319
You're an answer to prayer.
GOD bless you Sir!
I have never heard of this problem with squirrels, but a couple of years ago I did see a squirrel attack an adult chicken! No harm was done, but it sure startled me! I lost my garage cats this summer, and just saw a rat in my garden last night so I will have to be aware. We used to have a lot, but between our two garage cats, and bait traps we got them knocked back. Our hoarder neighbor sold his house to us, and when we cleared the property everyone in the neighborhood had a real situation for about a year.
Oh my.
I don't think anyone has , might just been a dream he had
Oh my goodness yes it does I tried this out on the rats around my place using the peanut butter and baking soda 50/50 50% baking soda and 50% peanut butter and they could not resist it thank you so much for your video it really helped I appreciate you they were getting into my seeds for my pigeons and making so much ruckus in a disrupted my pigeons life and now we could all sleep at night!
@@jonesy4588 STOP YOUR IGNORANCE.
Squirrels have destroyed my stuff for approx $400
@@garilee7875
How many treats did it take to kill them?
Cornmeal mixed with a little honey also kills ants, in the same way. I got rid of a colony of ants in my house several years ago using this method. I watched them lined up on my kitchen counter digging into the pile of cornmeal and taking it back to the nest. The little pile disappeared and so did the ants.
Yes, it does.
At what ratio? Equal parts?
Great tip, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks!
Welcome! Well hum dinger, You are the very FIRST person whom gave me money in the way. Thanks a bunch.
I got a real problem with squirrels up in my shed attic. These ones are really smart. They come down the plank and eat the peanut butter, but don't venture into the cage trap set for them . I hate to do it , but I need to kill them, otherwise they may chew wiring and cause problems like fires. Thank you for uploading this video.
Go for it. Best of luck. I just created another video which proves this stuff works on rodents.
My neighbors house just burned down because of squirrels people think oh how cute they are but they can cause serious damage to your house once they get inside
amen, the ultimate burned down house is in no way cute......I agree with you........@@Kenny-bj2zq
The big Victor rat traps (wood base with spring arm) will work on greys squirrels most times it usually cracks them in the head hard enough to injure them and definitely works on chipmunks.
Thank you sir! What a handsome family you got!!!👍
First time knowing this, I’ll surely try this baking soda mix, these “ rodents “ days are numbered!!! 🇺🇸👍
I have never tried it on squirrels but I guarantee it will kill every rat and mouse that eats it.. after trying everything I could buy with no results. I (had) a huge problem with packrats and field mice on my farm.. a old farmer showed me this trick a few years ago and as long as I keep this mixture out I rarely ever have pests anymore.. best thing only cost a buck$...
After using this, I have not had any rodent problems since.
I've been having squirrel problems. They keep coming in my patio and digging in my plants. I just caught my neighbor feeding them a couple of days ago. ( I HOPE HE SAID HIS GOODBYES ALREADY.) LOL
Should work as well as mine did.
Evil laugh 🤣
Also try the Conibear 110 trap, works great, use a marshmallow with peanut butter, peanut between the trigger, piece of apple with peanut butter all work great.
Me and some chipmunks have a date tomorrow...
Thanks for the data!
Glad to help
Chipmunks don’t cause damage the squirrels do.. there is no need to kill the chipmunks.. do research they don’t do damage red squirrels do
Thank you so much for these helpful videos, this saves me so much money and time. I have a neighbor who is purposely bringing squirrels in by the dozens to the point they are literally ripping apart their home and going inside, i can literally see squirrels on the inside of their home looking out at me on the outside through the window. They dont mind this one bit, they make the Beverly hillbillies look classy. The problem is their squirrels become my squirrels, they ripped a hole in my house, they been under the hood of my car stashing nuts inside the engine, they tear up the yard, my plants and basically everything. I had it wasting money on products and time trying to find what works. This saves me so much . Thank you Jerry!.
I still get great results with this. I just placed some fresh stuff out under my shed, chicken coop and in the RV yesterday.
Be discreet where you set the bait. Look shocked and concerned when you learn the fate of the squirrels.
@@scottowensbyable 😂😂😂
People might think this is cruel, however, these people that say this,
has no idea what these rodents can do to your home!!
I will try this!!
One of my viewers just recently conveyed to me that it was a squirrel which chewed the wiring on the neighbors home and it burnt to the ground as a result.
doesntmatter,
Only stupid people think this is cruel, so . . .they don't matter.
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They are destructive
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 Wow, thank you for sharing this. Unbelievable. Thanks so much.
Thank you very much.
You are welcome!
You know what is mean and cruel, the damage done by these rodents. Thousands of dollars spent on wiring and gas cans and it is hard to stay ahead of them.
Fire marshal determined a house which recently burned down was a result of a squirrel chewing wiring.
Squirrels are awful terrible rodents
When I grew up in the Ozarks squirrels were pretty scarce, of course back then everyone I knew ate them.
😂😂😂
Mighty fine eats, if you know how to fix em.
@@M_Ladd Someone I met recommended using "Shake n' Bake" mix ...
gross
I'm definitely going to try this with my squirrel problem. I'm so tired of them in the yard. Thanks for the advice.
Glad to help
Absolutely will try this. I hate using my poison and traps. Now I'll put this in my traps instead.
I wish you well on this.
Hello from the quiet sunny Ozarks! I use that all around my home and it works great. I also spray vinager solution around my home to cover up the scents other critters spray. i also use a portable solar electric fence to keep the black bears and wild hogs away. thanks for another video of value. Tight lines!
Nice tip. Thanks.
Figures a redneck
That duck soup doesn't look fully cooked. Thanks for the tip.
Great info thank you.
Very welcome
Tried baking soda and the corn meal combination but it unfortunately had NO effect on mama squirrel and her SIX babies!
He clearly says in the video to use CORNBREAD mix, not corn meal. Time to clean the wax out of your ears or get a hearing aid.
@@michaeldavid6284 The active ingredient is the baking soda not the neutral ingredient used to attract them. He said you could use anything in your cupboard that they are trying to get into as the second component. Maybe you should get you ears checked before your start insulting others. Makes you look both arrogant and stupid.
@@michaeldavid6284 I think the mix includes sugar so that makes sense.
Yes the corn BREAD mix. NOT cornmeal.
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I used plain white flour baking soda and sugar. I got fancy and mixed peanut butter in it. NO MORE SQUIRRELS ON MY BALCONY 😊
Jerry you are the man. Great video! I saw your previous one on this topic and went out and bought the ingredients. Mixed it up and bam!! No more mice and chipmunks on my property. Love your common sense advise. All the best to you and your family!
Awesome! Thank you!
Do you know if this mix will kill woodchucks?
I dunno.
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 GREAT video, Jerry, and thanks for sharing! I just noticed a mother squirrel and her FIVE kids under my back shed and was wondering if I could replace the Jiffy product with the less expensive generic store brand. Please let me know and thanks for your help!
DITTO !!!
Thanks , got some targets, sounds like good stuff.
Hope you enjoy
I never killed a rodent with baking soda but it sure killed my acid reflux. I had a few bouts of it in the middle of the night. I would wake up with an awful burning in my throat from stomach acids backing up. A teaspoon of baking soda in some tonic water or pop works great. I stirred it and drank it before it stopped fizzing. It wasn't the most pleasant but I got instant results. It stopped the acid reflux and killed the burning in my throat. I passed that on to my boss and he said it was the best thing he has found for heartburn. This has nothing to do with rodents but it can be very helpful if you wake up in the middle of the night and your throat feels like it's on fire. Just another use for baking soda.
I eat a dill pickle for my acid reflux.
@roblow5522 nothing works better than organic apple cider vinegar when dealing with stomach issues. Using baking soda is just putting a bandaid on the issue. OACV works so well to the point that your stomach problems will go away. Never drink it by itself, I use to add 2 tablespoons to 1 8oz glass of water. Now I only need it once in a while if I eat something my stomach doesn't agree with.
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 it's likely h pylori and mastic gum and manuka honey for a month will fix that. Google the doses. I was dying from h pylori!!
I suppose it would work for groundhogs. I’ve shot a couple this year and they must have been killed by lead poisoning. The pellets didn’t but shock the animal and it took a few days to a week for them to die in an open spot on the ground. They didn’t stay in their den and die. I’m not really sure but I would prefer your method. The squirrels haven’t been running off with my tomatoes in a couple years so they haven’t bothered me but in years past they could wipe out my tomatoes. So strange how they quit eating them. They knew not to eat green ones too.
Glad you found a solution.
Did this guy really say a dead rodent in your home will only stink for 10 days?
It makes for a long 10 days.
@archangel20031 yeah, I had one die in my wall once and it stunk for over a month. I didn't know what it was because it was the first time I experienced such a thing. Nasty!
I'm going to try mixing B Soda with peanut butter, make little balls with it, coat it in flour so dirt doesn't stick to it and drop them down the holes. If this works I'm going to come back here and report on it. First I'm going to test that the peanut butter doesn't deactivate the B Soda. I'll mix it up, wait 24 hours, and drop bits of it into vinegar and see if it foams up.
Go for it.
I tried a 50/50 mix of cornbread with baking soda but the grey squirrels wont touch it. Ive seen them walk up to it, sniff it and walk away.
Should I add sugar or peanut butter to the mix? Im thinking peanut butter due to attracting smell of the peanut butter.
Suggestions?
Only one way to find out. Baking soda and store brand PB are relatively cheap so what stops you from trying?
Thanks for taking your time to post this.
Glad I could help.
This past spring/summer, squirrels debarked 6 of our Japanese maples. I sprayed those trees with capsaicin extract, so they moved on to debarking an oak tree and gnawing at the siding of our house. Im going to try this.
Oh no. Go for it. ua-cam.com/video/NUuqAmE1NE8/v-deo.html
What a great selective poison . I try to explain the secondary poisoning risk to those who don't like traps. But this mix is the best solution. Many thanks for sharing.
Which is why I like using it alone.
I have squirrels that chew through my fuel lines / electrical in my vehicles. Every year it cost me around 3-4 hundred dollars. I have tried spraying soapy water etc. I am going to do this. I am also losing chickens to something. Not weasels. Feathers everywhere in my chicken run. Nature takes we need to protect.
I leave the hood up on my vehicles which are stored. Especially my tractor. I no longer have rodent problems on the engines.
We had all our feed & storage bins lined in lite gauge stainless steel. Not terribly expensive because we bought 4x8 ft sheets and bent and welded ourselves then built wood frames around them. They were rodent proof, didn't hold moisture and lasted the 35 yrs we owned the farm. We used feed bags on the horses and kept them in one bin. I wish we would have known about the "rodent gourmet dessert mix". That would have been very handy! Instead we had Miniature Pinschers and Jack Russell's to keep the rodent population down. I may mix up some to use around our sheds, so thanks for the instructions!
I store all my feed it metal trash cans.
Thank you for posting this video.
Do you simply mix equal parts dry baking soda and dry cornbread together and shake it up and leave out as a powder or do you add any kind of liquid, etc. Just curious on the preparation process.
Serve dry. Best if baking soda is fresh though. ua-cam.com/video/JCqFKu7Fz-E/v-deo.html
Good info. I have squirrels which are a problem. Thanks!
No problem!
It’s to bad that it takes that long to kill them but if it works ( and I’m going to try) I’ll use it. The squirrels here have gotten so bad that I didn’t get a single nut from my tree last year.
These critters are destructive. They chewed my wiring, undermined my foundation causing it to crack. Bad, bad, bad.
Squirrels have stolen whole trees of fruit and nuts here. ALL the apples, pecans, nectarines. Regards from far north California
Me too, we have a nut tree, and in three years I havent been able to enjoy one nut because squirrels pick them all off before they're ready.
Oh no.
Get a .22 or a good pellet rifle.
Squirrel is good eating.
Was the squirrel writhing in pain, or did it die relatively peacefully. I'd rather not put an animal through, say, my worst stomach ache, as the ones I got when I was a child.
Nope. It just crawled in the corner and went to eternal sleep.
@@KutWrite boohoo
Thank you ! Again just watch your updated version.
So happy it’ll work on squirrels too. Buying by the truck load hahahaha
Happy Friday from So Calif
Right on!
I mixed it up with french vanilla coffee creamer.
Nice.
The squirrels in my yard will not eat a 50/50 corn meal baking soda mix.
Try cake mix
I might have to give that a shot. I tried grinding unsalted peanuts in my food processor into (almost) a powder. I did see several interested in it today, kinda picking at it and testing it.
I tried the cornmeal and baking soda trick. They will not eat it
Normally I don't mind the squirrels. However, this past spring/summer they have chewed their way through the wood (cedar) of my eaves and are now behind my gutters and I'm my garage attic. I'm going to try this immediately. I also have a couple of mice in my garage. They are going to get the same treatment.
They damage they cause is horrible.
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 Paid $300 will Try TODAY !!!!!
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 thanks for caring what happens to our properties and gardens..........you are valuable, and may God bless you beyond measure.
Thank you 👍
You are welcome
Hello Jerry. We too live in the forest and are constantly at war with rodents. I am going to add your remedy to our arsenal. Thanks for this, Ben
Best of luck there Ben.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! I LOVE YOU! I HOPE IT WORKS FOR ME.
Have fun!
After watching your last video on this, I put the mixture out in my backyard 2 days ago for the first time where I had seen a couple of rats. Let’s see what happens! I am hopeful!!
Best of luck on the effectiveness for you.
Its been 2 months. Did it work?
? Rip the rats ?
Im glad that I found this page, I have a whole family of them. Living under a tree in my backyard, they have ripe my yard up. holes everywhere. Thanks for sharing this
Rock on!
Thanks Jerry for demonstrating the practical means of dealing with rodents, AKA Vermin. I too live in the Great PNW and used to feed birds a lot, but it also attracted Chippers and squirrels. They are cute and all but made a mess of my wood shed with piles of fir cone remnants everywhere. So I don't feed the birds anymore and Love Cornmeal & Bicarb. Thanks.
Thank you.
Jerry I lived in Oregon
It may well be true that baking soda can kill squirrels and rats. BUT the squirrels (or rats) in my area are not touching corn bread mix and baking soda at all. Tried walnut powder and baking soda as well, no squirrel eating it at all. They are eating whole peanuts or sunflower seeds. But it is impossible to mix baking soda into those non-powdered stuff.
Try another mix with fresh equal part baking soda.
Great video, we're in Alabama, I am going to try this. I have been using traps and poison. Coming to Oregon next week to visit my dad in Eugene.
My daughter lives there.
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 Your daughter has good taste! LOL
Oregon geography is great but I am not a fan of the politics and homeless.
glad the background music stopped, it was distracting .......thanks
Sorry to hear that
Makes since ..a squirrel is a rat with bushy tail. And if you study deer...they are an overgrown rat
Deer are more of the Goat family.
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8:11 Are you sure about Moles? As Moles aren't of the order: Rodentia (Rodents), Moles are of the order: Eulipotyphla (along with Shrews, Hedgehogs and solenodons), i can't see them eating such a artificial food source, they are primarily carnivorous, but have been found to eat some vegetation and fungi, but typically more then anything else they prey on Earthworms.
Google knows best. ua-cam.com/video/HAthUWjOnO0/v-deo.html
So I have a camper. Can you put a bowl of this out before you store it for the winter and will it last for rodents without getting moldy? Great video by the way.
Yes you can! I have them in my RVs.
Thanks for the info. Squirrels have done do much damage to my storage shed. They also raid my Fig, Apple, Pear, Apricot and Peach trees and don't leave much for me. Recently squirrels chewed up the battery and cables on my Son in Law's truck. He had to get a new battery and replace the battery cables. They are destructive pests.
Thanks for sharing
I've had a 25 year battle with ground squirrels in my San Diego backyard. This looks like something I need to try. Thanks for the informative video.
You should!
get a tom cat.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
I'll have to try that!
25cal Benjamin Marauder has been doing an outstanding job on squirrels since 2014.
I don't have a farm like you, just a house with a large fenced in yard. They were entering my home and digging up my wife's garden.
I don't have the time to sit and target shoot varmits. Ammo is so very expensive these days.
I prefer my FX Streamline in 22 caliber. I've smoke squirells, groundhogs and racoons at 40 yards easy
Now you can offer them corn bread with an occasional lead dessert
Many communities have laws against firearm use in neighborhoods....
does anyone know if this will harm possums? I don't want to do that.
It will not.
Thank you for this useful information, and God bless you!
Glad to help.
Good information. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Great info! Do you or any of your viewers have suggestion on a bait station to keep the ingredients out of weather and dry? Will moisture/rain/snow reduce effectiveness once wet? Just found your channel, will be searching your content for more, thanks!
Used cleaned cottage cheese container with the lid on and a two inch hole cut into the side.
Do not let baking soda get wet. Cover your bait station.
QUESTION👋: FOR LONG TERM out of town protection - IF I am not worried about PETS at all - WHAT other poisons work against SQUIRRELS that are not affected by humidity... I need something I can lay out for a long time....⁉
Sorry, cannot help you out with that one.
We pest controllers in the UK have known that for years. A mixture of flavour ( nuts for squirrels or chicken for rats) mixed with plaster of Paris solidifies in their stomachs after they drink. The problem is, it is not humane and takes too long. We are working on sterilisation to rid our country of grey squirrels through special feeding hoppers that only the heavier greys can get to but the smaller red squirrels cannot. The aim is after 10 years or so there won’t be any breading of them left. Greys being an invasive species here in the UK. They could try the same method to stop pythons breading in the Everglades.
Thanks for the tips. Cheers.
We haven’t gotten to enjoy any fox squirrels, for decades. The cat squirrels moved in and I guess ran them off. Heck, they may have died. Those cat squirrels are a complete nuisance
I have a rat problem in my attic. I set up a trail cam and tried this method. I'm not sure if roof rats are just smarter than barn rats but they wouldn't touch it....
Try a different attractant with baking soda.
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 What would you suggest? I tried the corn muffin mix.
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Just came across your educational video. I have an infestation of squirrels in the attic. First time in 71 years squirrels have invaded the attic. The recipe is very good and look forward to using it. Being handicap, I have to hire help to put into the attic but, you have given me hope.
Glad it was helpful!
will they end up dying in the roof then... there is no way to get rid of those dead body...
Did this help?
Note, as a chemist... "Base" and "alkali" means the same thing in acid versus base/alkali chemistry. Two ways of saying the same thing. Alkali is the older term.
Thank you Doctor.
The ground squirrels have gotten smart. Won't go in an $80 trap. I've tried peanuts, oats, dog food, ettc
O dear.
If they have become wary of traps, try setting a dish of the baking soda mixture out WITHOUT putting it in a trap. Yeah, you probably won't be able to find the bodies later to dispose of them. But they won't be scared away from the bait by a trap either, and most important.....they'll be GONE.
I do that. When I find the body I throw it for the crows to eat.
Same here. Squirrels are getting smarter. Won't go in my trap
I bought two 30 dollar traps and was using poison. They didn't use it till I poured organic peanut butter oil on it. Now, I'm going to use this method and see if I can't bury me some holes around me. Cave in some tunnels and level off my usable property.
24h-36h seems pretty short. Does it induce bait shyness?
Not in my experience. ua-cam.com/video/FycSoPkT36A/v-deo.html
Interesting. I have a squirrel problem here in Thailand. They eat all my mangoes and bananas before I have a chance to harvest them. A silly question maybe, but how anywhere would you place the soda mix? In a container? In the trees?
Place a container filled with solution with a hole in the side for them to access and mount it on the trunk of the tree is a method I would try.
I was surprised watching the final episode of Homestead rescue to see where they visited your homestead by in S2E2, hey! I know that guy from his UA-cam videos. They were previewing previous episodes that were unique. Good for you and your family. Your doing well
I posted this on my channel for those fans whom wanted to know a bit more about the outcome of being a part of the Homestead Rescue Family. Enjoy. ua-cam.com/video/4ORu1u81pEo/v-deo.html
Great video and great information.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks
Welcome
I hate having to resort to poisons but it's cool to know I can use something that wouldn't hurt a dog. Thanks.
Go for it.
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 Gopher it?😂
Thank you for the help.
Happy to help. Here is another program I film for your enjoyment. This is with my neighbor and friend across the road from me. ua-cam.com/video/OP4a6vxIfAs/v-deo.html
I mixed peanut butter with baking soda and cornmeal sprinkled with birdseed..🤞🏼🤞🏼
I’ve trapped and relocated almost 40 tree rats but there’s just 1 that will NOT go in the trap…
Great tip. Thanks for sharing.
Shoot it.
I relocate mine in the ground.
Thanks much for trapping and relocating. I'm so much for that, I can't even watch him kill this squirrel. I mean the little guy is already caught and caged and the last thing I need is to watch an animal that is going to suffer terribly then die just to prove a point. I guess I just don't get how someone can be so nonchalant about unnecessary killing.
@@jackm6307 you haven’t had the damage they can do. When they tear up your home you may feel differently.
I am curious how long they suffer before they die. Out of desperation and a ton of effort, I broke down and tried this. It WORKED!
Hi
I have tree squirrels and they’re crazy. They make so much mess in my yard.
Will the baking soda work if I mix it with peanut butter or almond butter like a paste?
Thanks
Yes it will
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319
Thank you
How much do you mix with peanut butter
No, the moisture in the peanut butter will activate the baking soda before they eat it.
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Hi Jerry, I live in central Ca. In the foot hills, have a horrible infestation of the California ground squirrel they dig huge holes and tunnels all around my home and property, how many tablespoons of the mix of baking soda and corn bread mix should I put in each hole to effectively kill these little monsters? Thank you @@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319
I tried this and nothing would touch it , squirrel's killing chicks and turkey's shaking my head that doesn't even make sense .
True story. I am no longer losing eggs. This boogar ate three chicks and two newly hatched baby turkeys. They do eat meat as they are omnivores. Every see a squished squirrel in the road and it's kin eating it? I do, all the time. It happens. ua-cam.com/video/NUuqAmE1NE8/v-deo.html
They will eat chicks. They eat songbird nestlings. They will eat lizards. And they will definitely eat eggs.
I used this on mice and it is AMAZING! Im now going to use it on the squirrels out in pasture as they are so dangerous to horse and rider with their holes! THANK YOU
I never thought about that aspect.
Thank you!
Your welcome.
You cannot let the baking soda get wet. However you can blend it with peanut butter. The peanut oil will allow you to shape the compound into balls that you can dispense inside of peanut shells.
Nope, you cannot.
Will this work on pocket gophers? If so how would you recommend baiting for them?
Yes it will.
I had never imagined this would be that effective. Thanks. Genius.
You bet!
The squirrels dug up my flowerbed this year and i also have mice and something digging holes in my backyard. THIS IS PERFECT and inexpensive! thank you
Go for it.
Thank you for all this information. Do you know if it would also kill rabbits? I'm thinking yes because they are rodents too, but hoping maybe they are too big?
Yes, in larger doses.
Rabbits are not rodents, they are Lagomorph.
Thanks I will try this. So far I've tried mechanisms that shine a light on motion or make a noise, I've tried spikes across the fence, fake owls some that have moving heads, netting and more. I haven't got a peach off of any of my trees or an apricot the entire many years that I've had the trees because the squirrels devastate them. Desperate in Texas
It still has epic results for me. ua-cam.com/video/vSIh8jQmz3c/v-deo.html
Did we see a dead squirrell? As far as "mean and cruel" is concerned you might witness a squirrel eating songbirds eggs and hatchlings as I have. P.S. Are cardinals a songbird? Bug you get the point.
Yes, the squirrel was killed dead by the backing soda. These beasts are omnivores and destructive on livestock and pets and property.
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319Glad you cleared that up. Because of the lighting. I couldn't tell from the video what was in the cage and you never said what animal it was. (Now I just watched the video again and realized that I was too focused on the goats.)
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 Indeed they are destructive!! AND...they are consistent, persistent, determined, annoying, bold and again...destructive!!
Good to know. Unfortunately, I have a neighbor who feeds them peanuts. Even tries to get the squirrels to take the peanut from his hand. I always find peanuts buried in my garden and they are constantly damaging my plants. I've tried putting cayenne pepper around the yard to deter them but with little success.
Sorry to hear that
Thanks for this video. I was looking for something less dangerous than rat/mouse traps, because birds try to eat from them sometimes. I will try this tomorrow
Best of luck.
I am going to try it but may I ask you if does work with roaches also or you have anther idea also but to be natural thank in advance
Yes, it will kill them as well.
Hello, sir. Thank you so much for this video. Do you think mixing peanut and baking soda would also be effective?
Yes it will
Thank you. I have a squirrel eating the fruit off my trees, my new asparagus plants, and digging up the roots of my fruit trees.
Rascal.
Six hours! That's just cruel. Surely there's something more humane.
Please GOOGEL "Squirrels eating birds" and watch. H O R R I F I C. These creeps are BEASTS. I will NEVER treat them kindly again. Not on my farm when I'm raising baby ducks, chicks, turkeys and gosslings.
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 Squirrels are pests and need to be dealt with accordingly when needed, but to say they are "beasts" in a derogatory sense because they eat birds is just like saying a snake is terrible for eating a rodent. It does what it does. Besides, you stated in another video that you welcome animals that will eat your chicken eggs so you make sure they can't get to them. You sounds like a fake environmentalist (aka religious environmentalist) sometimes. Don't let your feels get in the way of your environmentalism, it degrades your credibility.
Use a teaspoon per container and use multiple containers. Rats would drag containers away. I cut small Dixie cups down.
I use used cottage chees containers with holes cut in the sides. I did find one of my containers drug two hundred feet up the mountain in my back yard.
Very informative and clear explanation, thank you
Glad to help.
I just set up 6 baking soda bait stations around the outside of my house. My only mod was to use instant potato flakes plus a little sweetened cocoa mix instead of cornmeal. I'm having a problem with mice getting inside and I can't find their entry point.
Please let us know how it works out for your. I'm getting ready to set up trail cameras and refresh this method to determine if it's still working on my farm.
We haven't seen a fox around here for along time, they kept the squirrels in check. Now we have squirrels run a muck all over! Thanks for the video!
That is awesome! Good thing this stuff will not harm fox or owl or ..... ua-cam.com/video/FycSoPkT36A/v-deo.html
Thanks. Ive been trying to trap them and its not easy. I will try this. Thank you Thank you! I love this man of science!
Glad to help. ua-cam.com/video/FycSoPkT36A/v-deo.html
Squirrels are rats with bushy tails.
Yup, I agree.
Tree rats.