Blood Meal Or Bone Meal For Squirrels
Most squirrels will avoid blood meal however it can stink especially after getting wet.
Blood meal or bone meal for squirrels. While blood meal is made from dried blood bone meal is still a slaughterhouse byproduct yet the bones are cooked and then dried before being ground into a powdered form. Blood meal will add nitrogen to the soil and bone meal adds calcium and phosphorus levels. Plantskydd is made with animal blood and claims to be the most effective and longest lasting brand. Before using it to chase away squirrels make sure you know what effect it will have on your plants.
However if used excessively too much nitrogen in the soil may burn or kill the plants. It also differs from blood meal for plants because it isn t a source of nitrogen. Personally i ve had a better result with it for rabbits than voles. To maintain it s effectiveness against hungry squirrels it may need to be reapplied after rains.
It is in fact high in phosphorous and some calcium and not much else. Blood meal it may not be the most pleasant option but blood meal can also keep your hibiscus plants safe from squirrels. Similarly bone meal or blood meal don t seem to do much to keep squirrels away from the garden. Apart from fertilizer blood meal is frequently used to deter certain types of animal pests from the garden.
Mothballs have very limited effectiveness and are toxic to other animals and humans so should be avoided anyway.