Intervention!!

[aveareya]

My prayers have not been answered, so I shall turn to you mortals. The war on squirrels is a losing battle. I need help.

Don't defend the squirrels unless you hate freedom.

Comments

[silverdawnatl]

What exactly is the issue?

If it's that they are getting into the walls and/or attic that can be delt with. If you are trying to protect a bird feeder so it can actually feed, you know, birds then I'm affraid it's hopeless. Squirrels have been proven to be able to defeat even the most elaborate defenses in no more than 7 tries. If they just offend your sense of natural order I would suggest a tazzer with a 20 ft or so range. It can be quite fun but potentially illegal. Pish. Stupid cruelty to animal laws. ;)

S~

[lilisonna]

For feeders, there is a solution in changing the stuff you're feeding the birds.

For the rest? Give in, accept your new squirrel overlords. Or call an exterminator?

[aveareya]

damn squirrel overlords. They've destroyed 2 bird feeders now - one they just smashed on the ground to get the seeds out. Damn thugs. What do you put in feeders to keep them away? Red ants? Birds eat ants, right?

[lilisonna]

I swear by Hot Meats. For birds and other things. :-)

[silverdawnatl]

I saw a documentrary one time where a bunch of Enginering Grad students (MIT I think but it could be elsewhere) tried to make a squirrel-proof bird feeder. They got really REALLY elaborate and utterly failed to defeat the squirrels. It never took more than 7 tries to get past any single challenge. What they did discover however discover that if there was a Bird Feeder near by that was much easier to get to they would almost always go for that one first. Lazy bastards. There is no such thing as a squirrel "proof" bird feeder only squirrel "resistant" ones and the hope that your neighbor's feeder is easier to get into.

S~

[twelveoaks]

Actually, I am pretty happy with my current non-squirrel feeding feeders. I have three different methods at work (see my previous reply).