Negative Squirrel Behavior by: Bonnie, Charlotte, and Rainey

More and more squirrels are coming in fast some people think that we should determinate them.

Then others think that they are important to the environment and want to keep them as pets or just to keep them alive and well.

● They feed on farm crops.

● They destroy or damage trees.

● They throw off the balance of nature where they do not belong.

● They gnaw holes in the wood to get in and out of places they don’t belong.

● They carry a deadly pox virus which doesn't affect them but can affect humans.

● They fight woodpeckers to take over their homes to live in.

● They strip bark from trees which cause diseases for the tree.

● They eat people`s pumpkins on Halloween.

● They hoard food from other the squirrels.

● They eat from bird feeders and damage bird feeders.

●They can get into your small spaces and cause electrical problems by chewing the wires including fire hazards.

●They make nests in the attic and produce babies.

●They collect insulation from people`s houses and make nests out of it.

● They let the woodpeckers make a hole in your house and the go and live in the hole

● They not only nest in people`s houses but they also wake people up by scattering around the floor.

● They are having a ton of babies which causes offspring and that causes more people`s houses to get damaged.

● They go into birdhouses and raid them for bird eggs.

● The get trapped in exhausts and they use exhaust as a nest.

● They are messing with people`s fruits and nut trees.

● They are being fed by humans making them lose their fear of people and that makes them more aggressive.



You would think of squirrels as nice, furry, cute little animals, but they are little rascals.

Squirrels are taking over the Eastern part of the US.

In the process they are invading peoples homes and destroying everything in their way such as trees, plants, farmers crops, and nature itself.