Unless the noise bothers you.
How to put squriel trap on a roof.
For trapping gray squirrels you will want to place their traps along with their pathways or points of entry such as along the roof at the base of a tree or base of the building they are entering.
But the best strategy of all is to not even trap the squirrels at all.
Jason explains in this video how to set squirrel traps and bait them to lure them in.
Also remember to bait the squirrel with their food traps.
You can trap squirrels in the attic if you follow the correct approach.
In that case it s not very hard to trap and remove them.
Mount traps to the entry exit holes or set cage traps bolted on the roof in the shade.
So you mustn t set traps out in the open sun on the roof.
Trap shelves have holes drilled for attaching traps securely with spring hooks from doug fields.
Learn how to set traps in your attic and keep squirrels out.
Place your trap on a flat surface along your squirrel s travel path.
At the base of a tree.
Cage traps are inexpensive simple to set and use and work well for capturing nuisance animals such as squirrels.
The squirrels are inside the house and become trapped in the attic ceilings and walls.
Along a wall in your attic shed or crawlspace.
In front of an entryway.
The use of a one way exclusion door is usually the best the easiest and the most humane method.
Trapping gray squirrels use 1 inch or 1 2 grid traps.
When an active squirrel hole is blocked off one of two things happen.
If squirrels are just running around on top of your roof that s no big deal.
When setting traps on the roof the great danger is that any trapped squirrel will die very quickly of heat stroke.
One common mistake that many homeowners make is blocking off a hole in the roof or roofline of a house that is actively being used by squirrels.
In this case you can trap the squirrels outside by putting the cage traps in areas of the squirrel.
Over many years of doing this business i have found the most effective way to place squirrel traps on rooftops or anywhere baited traps are used is by using trap shelves.
In this case you can build 5 x 5 x 14 cage and simply put it to the top of trees roof and fences.
