bird feeder

[Daisey_Boo222]

I dont know if this is the right place to put this thread in, but here is goes.

I'm really wanting to get a new bird feeder for my backyard buddies. But the squirrels are eatting all of the seeds. The bird feeder i have now is just a wooden thing and to get down to it it's just a piece of junk. I've heard of this feeder that allows birds to eat, but not squirrels. Could anyone tell me where to get this, FOR A GOOD PRICE, and exactly what it does?

Thanks!

Em

 

[Empi]

Just put your feeder in a metal pole with a whole bunch of Vaseline on it. That will keep the squirrels off it.

 

[casesensative]

There was an episode of 'Backyard Habitat' where they fixed that problem by doing something really simple....i forget what it was though. So i guess i didnt help at all!

 

[fantasticp]

Do something like this:

http://www.paulnoll.com/Oregon/Birds/Home/bird-feeder-squirrel-cone.html

Not very pretty though.

This one wins the crappy picture award:

http://www.entm.purdue.edu/wildlife/squirrel resitant feeder.htm

 

[fantasticp]

I couldn't find a picture of it, but I've seen some before that were pretty much a spring with a corn cob on top, the idea being that the squirrel weighs much more than a bird and gets whipped around and flung off when he jumps onto it.

 

[atavuss]

I had problems with wood rats getting into my bird feeders. I switched to the type of feeder that mounts on a metal pole, there is a "collar" on the bottom of the feeder so rodents can't climb up. got the feeders at Target for around 13.00 each. they hold a lot of seed too so I only have to top them off every week or so.

 

[Hedorah99]

Another thing you can do is put red pepper or cayenne pepper in the bird foor. Capsasum doesn't affect birds and they cannot taste it, but squirrels do.

 

[Bloodletting]

There is also a ring you can place around the bottom of the feeder. Below where the birds sit. I know it is expensive but it is pretty cool. It shocks the squirrels and they fly off of it. A bit inhumane maybe but fun to trick your friends or brother into touching it.

Also needs electricity.....

scott