[TCML] Electric Fence, NST's, and squirrels

[Gary Lau <glau1024@xxxxxxxxx>]

If I may test the boundaries of being on-topic (this does pertain to
NST's)...

I have squirrel problems.  Normally they're just cute lawn-rats, attracted
to the abundant supply of acorns raining down from our oak trees.  But with
autumn here, I cannot put a pumpkin on our porch, uncarved, without the
varmints chewing through it and spilling its guts all over the porch, in
search of seeds.  How do they know...?

Zapping the critters to teach 'em a lesson comes to mind, having so many
NST's kicking about.  But I clearly don't want to set up anything lethal or
dangerous to humans on my porch.  I know that electric fences for animal
control use brief pulsing so as to not be lethal.  Voltage/current unknown.
Does anyone know how I might adapt a small NST for this purpose?

And if anyone knows of any non-electric but effective squirrel
countermeasures, let me know, off-list?

Thanks, Gary Lau
MA, USA
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