The use of a one way exclusion door is usually the best the easiest and the most humane method.
How to put squriel trap on a roof.
If squirrels are just running around on top of your roof that s no big deal.
Unless the noise bothers you.
In this case you can build 5 x 5 x 14 cage and simply put it to the top of trees roof and fences.
Learn how to set traps in your attic and keep squirrels out.
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.
This video will provide you step by step i.
Trapping gray squirrels use 1 inch or 1 2 grid traps.
Trap shelves have holes drilled for attaching traps securely with spring hooks from doug fields.
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.
Jason explains in this video how to set squirrel traps and bait them to lure them in.
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.
At the base of a tree.
Cage traps are inexpensive simple to set and use and work well for capturing nuisance animals such as squirrels.
In front of an entryway.
Mount traps to the entry exit holes or set cage traps bolted on the roof in the shade.
You can trap squirrels in the attic if you follow the correct approach.
Great trap locations include.
But the best strategy of all is to not even trap the squirrels at all.
In this case you can trap the squirrels outside by putting the cage traps in areas of the squirrel.
In that case it s not very hard to trap and remove them.
So you mustn t set traps out in the open sun on the roof.
When an active squirrel hole is blocked off one of two things happen.
Also remember to bait the squirrel with their food traps.
The squirrels are inside the house and become trapped in the attic ceilings and walls.
Along a wall in your attic shed or crawlspace.