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NJCher

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10. I feed 'em

Wed May 20, 2015, 02:08 PM

May 2015

Peanuts and corn, but I also use the Yankee Flipper, which gently flips them off. My bird food is expensive, and the stuff squirrels like is not as expensive.

After they realized they'd "been had," one came over to the window where my computer was and told me off. It was very funny, being told off by a squirrel.

Cher

p.s. I've also heard of using Vaseline on the pole leading up to the bird feeder. Another one is to take a Slinky and attach it at the bottom and stretch it up the bird feeder pole. The wire coils prevent them from getting a grip.

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How do you keep squirrels from gobbling all the seed in your bird feeder? I think squirrels [View all] raccoon May 2015 OP

120 volts AC. nt hack89 May 2015 #1

Try a search for the following... LunaSea May 2015 #2

Hot pepper seeds. They only affect mammals, not birds. DamnYankeeInHouston May 2015 #3

Large diameter PVC pipe located far away from anything they can use as a launch pad sarge43 May 2015 #4

YUP thats what I use, 3 inches diameter dropped over feeder pole, they cant get grip, too wide benld74 May 2015 #6

Bonus: The fun of watching them trying to. sarge43 May 2015 #7

I buy golden safflower seeds. Squirrels don't like them. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2015 #5

I saw a bird feeder in a store that actually catapulted offending squirrels. Freekin' hilarious! Still Blue in PDX May 2015 #8

They need to eat too darkangel218 May 2015 #9

I feed 'em NJCher May 2015 #10

Hehe!! darkangel218 May 2015 #11

... Major Nikon May 2015 #12

Fantastic! ProfessorGAC May 2015 #24

A .22 works well. liberaltrucker May 2015 #13

Sub-sonic .22 trof May 2015 #19

Twirl a Squirrel MicaelS May 2015 #14

dog patrol irisblue May 2015 #15

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Shoot 'em. trof May 2015 #17

It takes 2 days for them to empty the feeder? Your squirrels are amateurs. MH1 May 2015 #18

Look. Squirrels *are* cute but are called "tree rats" for a reason UTUSN May 2015 #20

Get an air rifle and use them for target practice. Spider Jerusalem May 2015 #21

... Rhiannon12866 May 2015 #22

We mix Cole's FS16 Flaming Squirrel Seed Sauce with our seeds MerryBlooms May 2015 #23

Non Sequitur: panader0 May 2015 #25