Script #BTS-TT-AH-0120 Spot title: Animal House
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IT’S TIME FOR TREE TALK… YOUR WEEKLY NINETY SECONDS OF TOTALLY TREES RADIO PRESENTED BY BRUMBAUGH TREE SERVICE LLC.
Larry:
HOW TO DISCOURAGE AND KEEP SMALL ANIMALS, SUCH AS SQUIRRELS AND RACCOONS, OUT OF TREES AND OFF OF YOUR PROPERTY, HOUSES OR BUILDINGS. ESPECIALLY KEEPING THEM OUT OF YOUR PIN OAKS AND SUGAR MAPLES. SQUIRRELS HAVE A TENDANCY TO CHEW ON THE BARK ON THE UPPER SIDES OF THE LIMBS. THAT ENDS UP CREATING A CAVITY AND EVENTUALLY THE LIMB EITHER STARTS TO DIE OR THEY BREAK OFF IN ICE OR WIND. ANOTHER THING YOU WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR TREES TRIMMED BACK AT LEAST TEN FEET FROM THE ROOFS OF THE HOUSES OR BUILDINGS SO THEY CAN’T JUMP ACROSS IT AND THEN YOU KNOW, JUMP BACK ON. YOU CAN ALSO PUT A TWO-FOOT-WIDE, METAL COLLARED BAND AROUND THE TREE ABOUT SIX FOOT HIGH. FOR THE RACCOON, YOU WOULD PROBABLY WANT FOR THE METAL TO BE THREE FEET WIDE INSTEAD OF TWO- FOOT-WIDE, UP ON THE TRUNK OF THE TREE. OTHER OPTIONS FOR SQUIRRELS ARE YOU CAN PLANT FLOWERS LIKES MARIGOLDS. MASTERENIUMS, I THINK THAT’S WHAT IT IS, MASTERENIUMS. ALSO MINT AROUND THE BASE OF THE TREES WILL, YOU KNOW, KEEP SQUIRRELS FROM, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO GO UP YOUR TREES. ANOTHER THING, YOU CAN USE HUMAN HAIR. YOU CAN USE DOG HAIR, YOU CAN USE CAT HAIR, BUT YOU WANT TO COVER THE HAIR WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SOIL TO KEEP IT FROM BLOWING AWAY. THE SQUIRRELS ARE VERY DAMAGING TO THE TREES; RED OAKS, HARD MAPLES, BESIDES KEEPING THEM OFF OF YOUR ROOFS. THEY DO DAMAGE YOUR TREE BY CHEWING ON THE BARK.
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