Chipmunk Behind Siding

If you re absolutely certain it is a chipmunk living in your attic the best means of removal is to trap the animal in a cage trap.

Chipmunk behind siding.

Holes occur over time when seals crack around plumbing fixtures on your siding allowing mice entrance into your home. One common way mice enter your home is through irregularities in your home s foundation where it meets the siding. Bait the trap using any type of fruit nuts or seeds. Chip monks are just that.

Look for holes in your lawn tiny footprints. The trap is easy to make you take a five gallon bucket fill it 3 4 with water and float the top of the water with sunflower seeds you then have a plank of wood go over the edge of bucket to give. Chipmunks do not often live inside homes. If you aren t sure what to use pay attention to what the.

They ruin expensive landscaping uproot garden plants and even make their way under retaining walls home foundations and decks. They are destructive dirty and need to be removed. These stupid little things get into everything. Several years ago my parents had to have their poured patio removed because these cute little critters tunneled under it to the point it caused it to lower several inches and eventually cracked in two.

You can find gaps and cracks along the siding after inspection. Set the trap near a chipmunk burrow during the daytime when they come out to forage. They will often live under steps and in foundation cracks but chipmunk rarely make an attic their home. Chipmunks also have been known to make a mess of the garden.

They will eat flower bulbs and seeds and leave nutshells behind. A rodent as is a rat or a mouse. Check the trap every day so you know if it has caught a chipmunk. But if you ve seen evidence of munching in your garden start sleuthing.

Chipmunks are so shy and so quick you may not even notice them in your yard.