Building a Squirrel House: Follow these Important Steps

Building a squirrel house is fun and easy. Contrary to what most people think, you don’t need to have expert handy skills to get one done. Even if it’s your first time to build something, you can accomplish this feat with little or no difficulty at all. Just make sure you follow all the steps mentioned below.

The first step is to gather all the things you need like nails, leaves, old tire, hammer and ladder. Next, look for the south side of a tree. The point of doing this is to ensure that the squirrel house will be kept in the shade during most of the day, and not too cold at night. There’s also less wind entering from this side. Now, remember that a tree should be big enough to hold a squirrel house. You don’t want your squirrel shelter to be all cramped up. 

After that, hold an old tire up to the tree. It should be about 15 feet from the ground. The wonderful thing about building a squirrel house out of a tire is its simplicity. There’s no need to go through elaborate steps. Not only that, since squirrels are fond climbers, the high location of its shelter will keep them safe from predators. 

Nail down the tire into the tree. The number of nails that you’ll need to hold it down would depend on the size of the tire. Obviously, the bigger the tire is, the more nails you’ll need. Place the nails on top inside lip and bottom inside lip of the tire. Make sure that the tire is secured in place. 

Once you’ve made sure of that, the next thing to do is to place bedding material inside the squirrel house. This can be anything from dried leaves to corn stalks to grass hays and so on. This step is optional since squirrels can do this on their own.

Clean the squirrel house regularly to prevent odor and contamination. Once in a while, remove all the bedding material and hose down with water for thorough cleaning. Replace with new bedding material. 

That’s it. Building a squirrel house made of tire isn’t so hard, right? Have fun!