Drive out squirrels from the attic
As I wrote in my previous post How to get rid of squirrels in the attic, I now have an update. The very first night after the one-way traps were set, the noise level was incredible. It almost seemed that the squirrels were trying to tear apart the house to break in. The noise level on the second night too was loud but on the third night I did not hear any noise. I think it is is working, though, I am still keeping my fingers crossed, I am confident that the problem will go away since these guys are professionals and they have done it before.
The squirrel trap (it just a door that only opens one way to let the animals out, but they cannot come in again) will be there for about 2 weeks.
According to the pest-control guys, the squirrels can stay inside for 2 weeks at a time max, because after that they need to go out to drink water and bring more food. So after 2 weeks or so all of them will be out.
I hope that the squirrels also go out in nice weather, just like people, so they can go out faster. Then I have to see if we need to change insulation in the attic and repair the other minor damage that they have done.
This has been a nightmare and I truly regret not to have acted quickly and bringing in the experts from the beginning. We are do-it-yourself people in my home, but some time this approach does not work.
A friend of mine is selling the house and he says that he needed to pay for professional help to correct things that he had fixed himself in the past. According to my friend it would have been cheaper and easier to have a professional from day one.
I will continue to be creative and try to fix some of our problems, but I will be more careful in the future.
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