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2. How To Keep Squirrels Away From Your Home And Garden - AOL

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   Squirrels may come in under the eaves, gable vent, behind chimneys, where rooflines intersect, or between the soffit board and the rain gutter. “They’re good at finding soft rotted wood and ...

3. Capsaicin - Wikipedia

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   Capsaicin is also used to deter pests, specifically mammalian pests. Targets of capsaicin repellants include voles, deer, rabbits, squirrels, bears, insects, and attacking dogs. [23] Ground or crushed dried chili pods may be used in birdseed to deter rodents, [24] taking advantage of the insensitivity of birds to capsaicin. The Elephant Pepper ...

4. Easy Ways to Stop Pesky Squirrels from Eating Your Pumpkins - AOL

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   There are two ways you can keep squirrels and other creatures at bay: distract them or repel them. To keep squirrels otherwise occupied and away from your pumpkins, give them something to snack on.

5. Pungency - Wikipedia

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   Conversely, pure capsaicin is pungent, yet it is not naturally accompanied by a hot temperature or spices. As the Oxford, Collins, and Merriam-Webster dictionaries explain, "piquancy" can refer to mild pungency, [6] that is, flavors and spices that are much less strong than chilli peppers, including, for example, the strong flavor of some ...

6. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2024 November 22 ...

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   Indeed, one of the most effective ways to keep squirrels off my bird feeder is to sprinkle the birdseed with chilli powder. Shantavira | feed me 09:23, 22 November 2024 (UTC) [ reply ] My entire home crop of capsicums (bell peppers to Americans), and some chillis disappeared in one night last summer right after a colony of fruit bats arrived in ...

7. Squirrels love chewing car wires. Here’s why — and ... - AOL

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   The furry gray mammal is cute, but the habits of squirrels (and other rodents) can cost hundreds to thousands of dollars in car repairs. Squirrels love chewing car wires. Here’s why — and how ...

8. Nonivamide - Wikipedia

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   Like capsaicin, it can deter mammals (but not birds or insects) from consuming plants or seeds (e.g. squirrels and bird feeder seeds). [3] This is consistent with nonivamide's role as a TRPV1 ion channel agonist. Mammalian TRPV1 is activated by heat and capsaicin, but the avian form is insensitive to capsaicin. [4]

9. Video shows California ground squirrel engage in 'shocking ...

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   California ground squirrels of all ages and genders were seen hunting, eating and competing over vole at a local park between June 10 and July 30, but the "carnivorous behavior" peaked during the ...