Paw Naturel: Squirrel Proof Bird Feeders

May 21, 2020, 6:04 pm by

After years of trying, this spring the squirrels in our yard figured out how to get at the seeds in our bird feeder. The gaps are too small for their little noses to get into, but birds can use their beaks to pull seeds out through the mesh just fine. This worked for 7+ years, but this generation seems to know to pull the seeds out with their claws and eat them on the ground where they fall.

I'm actually rather proud of them for finally getting it.

May 20, 2020, 7:44 am by

Squirrels are geniuses when it comes to acquiring food in devices that are deliberately designed to keep them away. The acrobats and daring escapades that I have witnessed....

May 20, 2020, 1:23 am by

...but birds are also animals?

May 20, 2020, 1:21 am by

I am appalled that anyone thinks that ketchup is spicy. Wow. But I live in San Francisco and I like Szechuan, Indian, and Ethiopian food.

May 20, 2020, 12:37 am by

Any real bird lover knows theres no such thing as a squirrel proof feeder [img align=center]https://66.media.tumblr.com/0ad12ed4f6bd5b13725a1f6d355f312b/b3baff83a2db2de1-83/s500x750/800ed4351041c2f02ca5ec0add085361f4c6dc42.png[/img]

(just teasing, these items are real cute :D)

May 19, 2020, 10:35 pm by

I love these bird feeders! I have one in RL! I hate squirrels. I did not hate them until we had them in our attic. They came in during hurricane IKE. The squirrels did all kind of damage.

May 19, 2020, 9:56 pm by

When I was little, we had a bird feeder on a pole. To defeat the squirrels, we put vaseline on the pole -- resulting squirrels grabbing it, sliding down, trying a few times, then perching on the fence to glare at us while we were laughing at them.

May 19, 2020, 9:31 pm by

Aww! When I lived in Europe we had a bird feeder for the tits that would come into our garden and hung it up under the crab apple tree. It regularly got gatecrashed by a lil red squirrel. ^_^ We made sure there was always more than enough for the birds.

May 19, 2020, 9:28 pm by

SPICY SQUIRRELS

May 19, 2020, 9:08 pm by

Quote by Valiska

I have been told that birds can&;t taste and aren&;t bothered by hot pepper seeds but squirrels can, and are. And I got that from a friend who REALLY loves birds.

Birds do not care about heat. But, neither did the squirrels when I tried to keep them out of my feeders by dousing the seeds and suet with some of my reaper powder & paste & then some fresh scorpion diced & lastly just generic red pepper flakes . Absolutely feel free to try it, but don't be surprised if you just make spicy squirrels. ha.

(plus, the majority of people here think that tomato ketchup and even BASIC BLACK PEPPER are ~~too spicy,~~ so it's not like the squirrels are getting hotter stuff elsewhere. :p )

May 19, 2020, 8:33 pm by

Hah, I never got the hang of those things on the playground either. c;

May 19, 2020, 8:30 pm by

These are adorable and amusing.

May 19, 2020, 8:20 pm by

, well I'm pretty misanthropic so of course I'm choosing the animals over humans.

May 19, 2020, 8:07 pm by

somebody come get'er... 😏

May 19, 2020, 7:47 pm by

omg I'm cracking hahahhaah I didn't know those were a thing xD

May 19, 2020, 7:08 pm by

LMAO these feeders are hysterical... also, that gif made me laugh SO HARD XD

May 19, 2020, 6:44 pm by

May 19, 2020, 6:27 pm by

these mother duckers

May 19, 2020, 6:05 pm by

Oh hahaha XD Well, here our squirrels became quite the little pests(we have a walnut tree not far from our house) and uh well they were destroying our house. So yeah I don't like them at least not in(or on) my house

May 19, 2020, 5:56 pm by

clearly we need one of those lil baby squirrel picnic tables on a fence just for you squirrel lovers

May 19, 2020, 5:45 pm by

runs through feeding the poor squirrels YOOOOOLOOOOOOO

May 19, 2020, 5:34 pm by

Aww I love that there's a melanistic squirrel since almost all the squirrels near me are melanistic. ❤

May 19, 2020, 5:30 pm by

I have been told that birds can't taste and aren't bothered by hot pepper seeds but squirrels can, and are. And I got that from a friend who REALLY loves birds.

So. Just putting that out there.

To those of you that love feeding the squirrels... whatever you love is whatever you love. But squirrels are very good at caching food when it is abundant. Birds can't do that nearly as easily and must compete for food with them, so we feed birds because they actually need to be fed, and squirrels stealing their food kind of defeats the purpose of that.

Also, they WILL tear up your gardens.

May 19, 2020, 5:23 pm by

These are super cute ❤ but I love feeding the squirrels too :D

May 19, 2020, 5:23 pm by

I absolutely LOVE them!!!

Uh... but I do feed the squirrels too. Someone has to chew all of the wires in my car, you know.

May 19, 2020, 5:16 pm by

May 19, 2020, 5:12 pm by

I just feed my squirrels.

May 19, 2020, 5:09 pm by

Oh good, y'all saw that video too XD Thank you for these!

May 19, 2020, 5:08 pm by

For a moment I thought they were going to be birds to go with the bird baths. Oh well, maybe next time. Reminds me of how squirrels kept going at the bird feeder in my Gran's garden (I don't know if she still has it or not).

May 19, 2020, 5:08 pm by