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Squirrels, like all rodents, are constantly chewing. Yes, they do chew on electrical wires, but they do not intentionally set out to search for these, for the purpose of chewing. If they do live in your attic, then you can expect that they would chew on your electrical wires if they are exposed. Basically, squirrels chew on anything they can get their teeth on and these are the reasons why:



To sharpen their teeth
Squirrels are known, in real life and in cartoons, for gnawing on acorns that have hard outer shells. It is obvious that squirrels have very sharp teeth. To keep their teeth sharp, they would chew on the metal parts of the electrical wires.

To control their teeth growth
In cartoons, squirrels are portrayed as having to large front teeth. In reality, the teeth of squirrels are also constantly growing. To keep the growth of their teeth under control, squirrels would gnaw on anything, even the electrical wiring.

To keep their teeth strong
Yet another reason why squirrels chew on the electrical wiring and even hard wood. They need to keep their teeth strong so that they can eat nuts, cut plants other types of food. They also need to keep their teeth strong to shred tree bark for making their nests. The casing of electrical wiring provides them would good shredding material to practice on.

Having ascertained the reasons why squirrels chew on electrical wiring, here are the risks associated with chewing on electrical wiring:

Fires
Anyone into action movies will tell you that you can start a car by exposing electrical wires under the gear box and striking them together. Well, this can also start fires. When squirrels gnaw away at electrical wiring, cutting through its outer casing and exposing the wires. Inside the casing, there are red wires, black wires etc. These are actually, the color of the casing surrounding individual wires that should not be exposed to each other. If exposed and rubbed together while conducting electricity, fires can be started. When the wire metals are exposed, fires can also be triggered if it comes into contact with other flammable material. An electrical fire spreads very quickly and it is very difficult to put out, so by the time a fire truck arrives, a significant amount of damage would have already been done.

Blackouts
Squirrels would sometimes gnaw and gnaw into the electrical wires, shredding all the outer casings and going straight through to the metal. Depending on how sharp their teeth are, they can literally burst the metal wiring, disabling the material from being able to conduct electricity. Depending on the purpose of that specific wiring, a blackout can be caused since the electrical wiring would no longer be of use.

Electrocution
Exposed wiring that still have a source of electricity, can electrocute anyone, even the squirrel, depending on the amount of volts surging through it. While chewing on the wire, the squirrel can attach on to the exposed wire with its saliva-wet mouth and have itself electrocuted.

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