If your problem has arisen because of this, slowly reduce your feeding program until you stop it completely. Types of Problems Squirrel problems are varied, but most can be divided into 3 major categories. Each of these are discussed in detail in the following sections. Chewing Squirrels can cause problems by chewing on both edible and inedible things. It is often impossible or impractical to eliminate the source of their chewing.
Squirrels also can chew extensively on landscape plants.
Here the problem is more difficult to solve because the problem is the plant and there are few ways to make the plant unattractive, short of replacing it with a different species. Female wax myrtles, for example, are very attractive to squirrels when their branches are full of fruit in the late fall. At this time, squirrels may gnaw off the branches and then eat the fruit. Such pruning does not really hurt the shrub, but it ruins its appearance for several months. Situations like this will occur each year as long as the plant and the squirrels occur together in the landscape.