How To Keep Squirrels Off A Bird Feeder

How To Keep Squirrels Off A Bird Feeder MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 30-2-41 Squirrels were eating our bird seed faster than we could load the feeder. After trying red pepper, garlic, a BB gun, etc., I finally decided to hook up a fence charger to the feeder. The feeder is on a metal pole so I wrapped the staff with a piece of pipe insulation foam. Then I wrapped the charger's hot and ground wires around it, spacing the wires about 1/2 in. apart and taping them in place. My wife and I then poured a cup of coffee and plugged in the charger to see if it worked. Warning - don't try to drink coffee when a squirrel hits the wires because he'll do some fantastic gymnastic moves that will make you laugh. We've had squirrels actually leave the area for several days, and most of them never again even dared to get anywhere close to the feeder. (Arco Rosenow, Chillicothe, Ill.)

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