I GIVE UP!!
Dec 14, 2018 22:50:31 #
Nalu wrote:
The squirrels around here not only steal the bird seed, but can be very destructive, burrowing around the house causing a mess as well as undermining structures. Considering getting out the pellet gun, but if others have suggestions about how to keep these guys away it would be appreciated.
My 20 gauge works well. But I live out in the country.
Dec 14, 2018 22:58:16 #
Sergo wrote:
Trying to stop this guy from getting to our bird feeders is a lost cause.
Instead, we'll just admire his intelligence and athletic skills.
Instead, we'll just admire his intelligence and athletic skills.
Time to build a sling shot feeder...
Dec 15, 2018 01:45:19 #
Not at all sure I'd want to live capture a squirrel. they are nasty when cornered. I no longer know the name brand of the squirrel proof feeders we have, I'll see if I have a picture. But, they are large, usually green have a balance bar that runs across the front that the birds perch upon, but squirrels (and large birds) will trip the bar and block off the seed port. Not a very good description; and they are expensive, about $60.00 per. I managed to find a picture, not very good, but you can see one feeder hanging from each cross bar. We're several miles out of town, with lots of critters and the only ones that can steel the seeds are the white tails. I had to invent a way to close the cross bar at night to save the seeds. By the way; I do enjoy watching the squirrels, so I feed them treats in winter. They love peanuts!
Dec 15, 2018 06:08:11 #
GED
Loc: North central Pa
Robyn H wrote:
What I did to defeat the squirrels is hand the feeders from a line of very strong, very small gauge wire. The feeders are far enough from the ground and any supports for the squirrels to jump and small enough gauge to prevent the squirrels from walking the wire. It works quite well.
I'll second that!
Dec 15, 2018 06:12:20 #
dennis2146 wrote:
Then what? You will have a live squirrel in your live trap. Is there a next? Do you let him go, kill him for dinner, what? I am not trying to be rude but simply asking if there is a plan further along than catching the little thief.
Dennis
Dennis
Go for a ride and do a relocation. Let the thing loose about 10 miles away.
Dec 15, 2018 13:28:20 #
traderjohn wrote:
Go for a ride and do a relocation. Let the thing loose about 10 miles away.
One good way of handling the situation. Thanks.
Dennis
Dec 15, 2018 16:23:46 #
Stan Gould
Loc: La Crosse, Wisconsin
Sergo wrote:
Trying to stop this guy from getting to our bird feeders is a lost cause.
Instead, we'll just admire his intelligence and athletic skills.
Instead, we'll just admire his intelligence and athletic skills.
We also were quite bothered by squirrels walking on the thin- bird-feeder wire and eating the bird food. I finally came up with a solution. I attached a garden hose to the deck railing. It had a sprayer nozzle pointed at the first- bird-feeder. The hose, on the other end, was hooked to a brass hydraulic switch that was connected to the faucet. The switch was hooked to an electrical outlet via a remote control device. From our living room, we would watch the feeders. When squirrels came on the wire, we hit the remote and the pump opened - a "firehose" squirt gun hit them...they couldn't get our of there fast enough! Quite entertaining. It worked better than expected. After two summers, the squirrels learned that the bird feeders were no-go zones. We only had one squirrel go to the food last summer.
The attached photo, is no award winner by any stretch of the imagination. But it does show the squirrel escaping.
Dec 15, 2018 16:37:53 #
LELON CUDE
Loc: Texas
Pretty nifty & funny. Great invention. Very good picture. Bet y'all have had plenty of laughs, as I have had, by seeing this picture.
Thanks for sharing. (hahaha).
Lelon.
Thanks for sharing. (hahaha).
Lelon.
Dec 17, 2018 08:37:30 #
Dec 29, 2018 23:22:26 #
I took a 12' long 4" X 4" post, put it in a concrete base. Mounted 4 feeders on arms near the top. Put a strip of sheet metal about 2' from the ground. (Stapled it to the post). Spray the sheet metal with silicon every late fall. Not once has a squirrel been able to get to the feeders. When they try, they hit the slippery sheet metal and slide down. I do not have a tree close by and the roof is too far, yet the feeder is close enough to the house for us to enjoy. It isn't the prettiest thing, but it is the only one that hasn't been defeated so far. I have had it up for 4 years.
Dec 31, 2018 01:04:38 #
Flyerace wrote:
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Congrats on defeating those pesky grey rodents. I have my feeders on long Shepard hook hangers. Each Shepards hook staff has two squirrel baffles on them. There's nothing close enough, except the ground, for the squirrels to jump from so, the baffles do a good job.
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