squirrel zapper

[Tom MacIntyre]

With some bird feeders, if a squirrel can get at it, ALL the feed is dumped
on the ground and the birds the feeder was designed for get nothing.
Plus, the feeder has to be refilled every time a squirrel gets at it.
You can buy a collar for the feeder that will keep squirrels off. Looks
like a cymbal from a drum kit. This will defeat most squirrels.

Just this week I walked by a backyard that has bird feeders, and some
birds were eating the feed off the ground.

Tom

 

[Tom MacIntyre]

*NOT*. PBS presented a great documentary about 10 years ago showing an
obstacle course made up of all then known squirrel foils - including the
collar you mention. After about three trial runs the tenacious little
fuckers ran circles around it.


Bob

Having observed their behaviour quite a bit, I have to say that they
are quite an amazing little critter...smart, excellent work
ethic...people could learn from them.

Tom

 

[Sparkle]

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Hi,

Can anyone help me with making a device that will allow me to shock
squirrels on my birdfeeder. Nothing lethel, just a little jolt that
would keep them away. I found these instructions for making a toy
shocker, but can't figure out the wiring. Can anyone help me with
this?

Forget the cruel toy. This tip, from rec.pets.birds, may help.
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I bought this TW8060CORN-1 Crazy Corn Original at Birdalog.com. I
cooked the mixture and tasted it out of curiosity and it is red hot. I
mean really, really spicy. Is this okay for a Parakeet?

It's one of them more popular cooked cereal mixes. The spiciness is fine
for birds, their sense of taste is no where near as good as ours, and
the hotness of some spices doesn't trigger their pain receptors the way
it does mammals. One way to keep squirrels out of a bird feeder, for
example, is to mix the seed with Chile pepper. The wild birds don't care
about the Chile, but the squirrels usually don't like it (at least until
one develops a taste for it!)