That Gnawing Noise

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There is a persistent and annoying noise coming from near the air conditioner in my office. My initial investigations seem to implicate a squirrel that is trying to gnaw through the plastic around the AC unit in order to escape into the warmth of my office. I can sympathize a bit, as its bloody cold outside (and shouldn't the squirrel be in hibernation right now, anyway?) but I would rather NOT have a hole gnawed in the plastic. I've made several attempts to discourage him, but so far it only stops him for a few minutes at a time.

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We had rats..erm, squirrels in our attic in Laval. Destructive little things - ate fiberglass insulation (a large 3x2ft area fer pete's sake!) gnawed through wood. I asked the animal control for a safe catch cage, and they asked if I could just live with squirrel family...

They can eat through chicken wire, but not through sheep fencing (I think that's what it was called. It's thicker, and stiff.) Try making a protector out of that. It would involved taking the A/C unit out and mounting this as protection, but the alternative is to have squirrels in your office - for they will not stop of their own accord.

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I may very well do that, if the gnawer returns. So far, I haven't seen him come back. He may have decided its too cold a location to hang onto and gnaw, and he's gone looking for easier entrances. I can hope, anyway.