Kaput Ground Squirrel Bait - Kills Ground Squirrels - 5lb.

After a forest fire through our property, the following year ground squirrels moved in the areas of downed trees and grass. They quickly found my vegetable garden. The first summer they ate everything from tomatoes, corn, cucumbers and they even climbed the apple and peach trees and ate all of the fruit. This year at the beginning of summer they went after my blueberries. They chewed their way through the very solid barrier I have created to keep the birds out. I HAD HAD ENOUGH!!! I came across this Kaput product and was very optimistic. I also ordered bait boxes so that only the ground squirrels could take the bait. It took about three weeks and approximately 10 lbs of the poison bait to get rid of the ground squirrels. I haven't seen one in about a week or two. I will continue to keep the bait boxes full just in case a few stragglers come by the garden. I am extremely happy with the results.

My problem is Eastern Gray Squirrels (Virginia) but you’d think this “ground squirrel” poison would be effective against the entire squirrel spectrum. Not so. I had been experiencing a steady stream of squirrels on my wooden deck. They run along the wooden handrail and sharpen their teeth by gnawing on it, causing damage. I anchored a tray to the handrail with screws and filled it with this product. Thereafter I watched tray after tray of this “bait” being devoured by hungry squirrels. If they returned to an empty tray they would hang out waiting for a refill. I watched this behavior through my kitchen window (10 feet away) for approximately one month. A very controlled situation. Through distinctive markings I recognized the same squirrels returning time and time again. This product is a total rip off and ineffective as a squirrel control.

I will repeat what another reviewer wrote, because it exactly captures my experience. " I would say at least a month is required to really understand just how effective this stuff is. I would opt for the 25lb container next time, it goes much faster than you think."I had a major ground squirrel infestation... holes all over the place. I'd pour about half a cup down each hole, and then a week later I'd cover over the holes that were clearly no longer being used, and pour more bait down holes that were still active. It took me most of a 25-pound container to treat about a half acre of heavily-infested territory, but after about 6 weeks there were no remaining active holes.I live in southern Arizona. I figured that our ground squirrels are pretty similar to California ground squirrels, so this product should work here as well as in California. And I was right... it did. I've seen reviews that complained that it didn't work against chipmunks and so on. That is hardly surprising. Different rodents eat different things, and you shouldn't be surprised if a ground squirrel poison does nothing against chipmunks. But in my experience, this product is VERY effective against ground squirrels.One problem worth mentioning is that my 25-pound container was packaged and shipped in a lightweight cardboard box. When it arrived, the box was torn, the lid of the plastic bucket inside had come off, and little red pellets were spilling out of the package. Fortunately, not much product had been lost. I plan to order this again. Next time, I will try to communicate with the shipper in advance, telling them at least to strongly tape the cover of the plastic bucket to the bucket, and either use a stronger box or to reinforce it with a lot of packing tape.

I had just one California ground squirrel. The squirrel gobbled this stuff up, but it took about 12 days to exterminate it, and I used almost all of the bucket for 1 squirrel.This has only 1/2 the concentration of the active ingredient of other baits, but the higher concentration baits are illegal in CA, so I had no choice.It eliminated my problem squirrel, so I can’t complain too much.

I hesitate to recommend this because I'd prefer the ground squirrels move out than die. However, this year we had a lot of rain in the spring and the rodent population exploded. We had four or five times the number of ground squirrels that we usually have each year, and they've been very destructive, digging up our property and under our foundation. Hadn't seen that before. We tried to smoke them out, placed audio "thumpers" to scare them away, placed different kinds of traps, but nothing worked. We put this bait out in locked boxes and within two weeks, the population was under control. We still have them on our property, but this bait eradicated them from near the house. They eat the bait and die in their burrows, so it's not poisoning other animals that might feed off their carcasses.

Not too good squirrels don’t like it

Gets the job done.

I bought this product again and again to kill my ground squirrels in the Hollywood Hills. Not only did it do NOTHING, the squirrels PRIED OPEN THE CONTAINER and STARTED EATING THE "POISON" and STILL didn't die! (I have pics.) When I called the manufacturer, they were nice but essentially blew me off claiming they "can't" issue a refund. I call BS. Not only does their product not work, but they won't even do the right thing and issue a refund. The first part is bad, but the second is INEXCUSABLE. ZERO stars.