Making some sort of squirrel nest?

scince september last year, we have finaly had squirrels come to our balcony, it was a big supprise because it was the first time in 12 years scince we were living there and they were the rare red ones to ^^.


anyway me and my mum were thinking that we should make them some sort of nest so we can have them living on our balcony.


all i ask is..... how? lol





my mum thaught of having a large cardboard box with a medium sized whole, and inside to have some sawdust or a warm blanket with a food boal? i dunno, thats why im asking the questions.





if you could be so kind can u put some links and stuff ^^Making some sort of squirrel nest?
I think you will be very lucky to get them to nest on your balcony. Normal drays, the squirrels nest, is high up in a fork of a tree and sometimes inside a hollow bough. If you can get a hollow log fixed securely under the roof of your balcony you might get them interested.Making some sort of squirrel nest?
a wood box would be better card board is not very sturdy. and if you leave some scraps of cloth wood stuffing leaves all sorts of sutff they will use it all and leave food there they may come. but really squirrels use the smae nest most of there lives but you can try.
I wouldn't suggest cardboard only because when it rains the cardboard would fall apart. My dad built a ';squirrel house'; it looks just like a giant birdhouse but with a bigger hole. He put a couple nails on the side to hold corn for the squirrels. I'm not sure if the squirrels are sleeping in there, but last time dad was out there the ';squirrel house'; had twigs and leaves in it.





I would put the food bowls on the outside somewhere. So that way if a squirrel does move into the ';squirrel house'; you don't disturb them by sticking your hands in there. You could get bitten.