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Squirrels eating plastic flashing.
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Those dudes where hungry. They went to town on that boot!
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Phillip,
No one has posted more photos of stuff I've never seen before than you.
Well done,
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How do we know that it's squirrels? Anyone catch them in the act?
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Squirrels eating plastic flashing.
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I've watched rats chew on plastic but squirrels are often the culprit...hence a handy ruger air rifle for my back patio.
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People are probably storing peanuts in their attic, the rodenst can smell 'em.
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They're rats living in trees. They'll eat anything.
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I discovered this on a house last week. They ate the vent, boot, and then went for the attic door.
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I forget which BB the story came from, but my most memorable story of squirrels goes something like this.........
The leather sofa and lazy boy were chewed up. There was general destruction and mayhem in a house that was unoccupied for a long period of time. The investigation concluded that it was squirrels. How did they get in? They looked and looked and found no definitive clues. Eventually, they concluded that it had to be the chimney. In what sounds like desperation, they laid the blame at the feet of the home inspector. The reasoning? If the inspector would have recommended a proper spark arrestor assembly, the little buggers would have never made it in.
After reading this thread, it sounds like they are capable of chewing their way in at a number of possible locations.
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They sharpen their little teeth on the lead ones. Perhaps they have invented their form of dental floss with the plastic ones?
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