Are rock squirrels digging up your lawn or garden? Notice extensive burrows expanding across your property?
Rock squirrels burrow through yards, creating tripping hazards.
Signs of Rock Squirrels in the Yard
The most obvious sign is the open burrows that rock squirrels dig.
- Open Burrows: Rock squirrel holes are usually under rocks with messy mounds of dirt around them
- Damaged Plants: Gnawed leaves, chewed fruit, and vegetables
- Gnaw Marks: Gnaw marks on the wooden parts of your house
Problems from Rock Squirrels
The significant problems associated with rock squirrels in residential areas are compromised structural integrity, health hazards, and physical injury risks.
- Weakened Structural Integrity: Rock squirrels expand their burrows year after year. When their tunnels go under foundations, sidewalks, driveways, or porches, it can undermine them.
- Health Hazards: Rock squirrels are known to carry diseases such as bubonic plaque
- Open Burrows: Unlike pocket gophers, rock squirrel burrows don’t plug the entrances to their burrows, which presents a tripping hazard to people. The tunnels can weaken the ground, making it unsafe to walk there (this is primarily a problem at parks, schools, and equestrian parks).
Why Are Rock Squirrels in My Yard?
Your property has all the elements rock squirrels need to thrive, namely food and shelter.
- Availability of food: Rock squirrels are omnivores, and their diet includes plants, insects, and even road kill. They particularly like to eat succulent green vegetation, bulbs, and bark.
- Shelter for entrances: Entrances are dug under the cover of rocks, bushes, concrete slabs, and sidewalks
How We Get Rid of Rock Squirrels
Inspection & Identification
We identify all the entrances to their burrows
Rock Squirrel Trapping Near You
We have the proper licensing to trap, relocate, and release rock squirrels after we trap them from your yard.
Squirrel Exclusion & Prevention
Destroying the burrows helps prevent future rock squirrel infestations.
Get Rid of Rock Squirrels with Critter Control
