These work similar to the traditional traps used for rats in which a spring is triggered and a mechanism snaps down onto the squirrel.
Squirrels in attic rat poison.
Squirrels never eat food in an attic so unlike with rats they will not consume rat poison.
The owners did manage to kill the squirrel with rat poison rare because i ve been to dozens of homes in which people have tried to kill squirrels with poison but after many weeks it did not work and in this case the squirrel died in the attic and started to rot and caused a terrible odor problem.
To get rid of squirrels in the attic try soaking a rag in ammonia and placing it in your attic which may force the squirrels to leave because of the strong smell.
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And rat poison is not designed for squirrels so if they did eat it they may not die.
The squirrels are cute to watch but can become a terrible nuisance if they get into your house.
You can also set up bright lights in your attic since squirrels prefer to nest in places that are dark.
Most squirrel traps allow you to catch and release the squirrels but there are also spring traps that will kill them.
You could skip the research and relax.
Some people have attempted to mix some rat poison in with the bird seeds and offer this to the squirrels.
Squirrels love bird seeds so this is sometimes used to attempt to poison squirrel.