Hi all,
I have a home made squirrel guard on my feeder pole, it's a length of aluminium stove pipe that they cannot crawl up under between the post and
the guard. Well, until recently I haven't had any problems, it's worked
fine - but now I've got a squirrel who jumps up on the post and then jumps onto the guard and "bear hugs" it (picture yourself hugging a huge tree w/both arms and legs and that's what the rodent looks like). He hangs like that for a few seconds and then launches himself upward to try and grab the top of the stove pipe - it takes him a few tries (he falls to the ground and gets up again) but he eventually does it.
What I would like to know is if there is any way to use batteries to run a low voltage charge either into the stove pipe or the feeder pole itself. Obviously I don't want this to be something that is going to zap them into little squirrel heaven, I just want them to get a jolt - I figure after a couple jolts the squirrels aren't going to try it anymore.
Any ideas are helpful.
LeeAnne
PS - When I had the same guard on my front yard feeder it worked w/out a hitch. I moved it to the backyard and now this. I'm guessing it's probably one squirrel who is just a little smarter than the others.
Hi all,
I have a home made squirrel guard on my feeder pole, it's a length of aluminium stove pipe that they cannot crawl up under between the post and
the guard. Well, until recently I haven't had any problems, it's worked
fine - but now I've got a squirrel who jumps up on the post and then jumps onto the guard and "bear hugs" it (picture yourself hugging a huge tree w/both arms and legs and that's what the rodent looks like). He hangs like that for a few seconds and then launches himself upward to try and grab the top of the stove pipe - it takes him a few tries (he falls to the ground and gets up again) but he eventually does it.
What I would like to know is if there is any way to use batteries to run a low voltage charge either into the stove pipe or the feeder pole itself. Obviously I don't want this to be something that is going to zap them into little squirrel heaven, I just want them to get a jolt - I figure after a couple jolts the squirrels aren't going to try it anymore.
Any ideas are helpful.
LeeAnne
PS - When I had the same guard on my front yard feeder it worked w/out a hitch. I moved it to the backyard and now this. I'm guessing it's probably one squirrel who is just a little smarter than the others.
On Friday, July 23, 1999 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, LeeAnne wrote:
Hi all,
I have a home made squirrel guard on my feeder pole, it's a length of
aluminium stove pipe that they cannot crawl up under between the post and
the guard. Well, until recently I haven't had any problems, it's worked
fine - but now I've got a squirrel who jumps up on the post and then jumps >> onto the guard and "bear hugs" it (picture yourself hugging a huge tree
w/both arms and legs and that's what the rodent looks like). He hangs like >> that for a few seconds and then launches himself upward to try and grab the >> top of the stove pipe - it takes him a few tries (he falls to the ground and >> gets up again) but he eventually does it.
What I would like to know is if there is any way to use batteries to run a >> low voltage charge either into the stove pipe or the feeder pole itself.
Obviously I don't want this to be something that is going to zap them into >> little squirrel heaven, I just want them to get a jolt - I figure after a
couple jolts the squirrels aren't going to try it anymore.
Any ideas are helpful.
LeeAnne
PS - When I had the same guard on my front yard feeder it worked w/out a
hitch. I moved it to the backyard and now this. I'm guessing it's probably >> one squirrel who is just a little smarter than the others.
On 5/2/2020 3:10 PM, charlescap@comcast.net wrote:(snippage)
On Friday, July 23, 1999 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, LeeAnne wrote:
Hi all,
Hang a Slinkie on the pole (pole in the center of Slinkie) and secure only at the top . He'll climb partway up the pole and grab the SlinkieI have a home made squirrel guard on my feeder pole, it's a length of
and find himself on the ground . Again . And again . And again , ad
infinitum . Eventually it will sink in and you can stop laughing at him
. We live in a clearing out in the woods , squirrels were a real problem
with the feeders until we did this .
On 5/2/2020 5:42 PM, Snag wrote:
On 5/2/2020 3:10 PM, charlescap@comcast.net wrote:(snippage)
On Friday, July 23, 1999 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, LeeAnne wrote:
Hi all,
I have a home made squirrel guard on my feeder pole, it's a length of
Hang a Slinkie on the pole (pole in the center of Slinkie) andI hope no one actually is advocating electrocuting squirrels.
secure only at the top . He'll climb partway up the pole and grab the
Slinkie and find himself on the ground . Again . And again . And again
, ad infinitum . Eventually it will sink in and you can stop laughing
at him . We live in a clearing out in the woods , squirrels were a
real problem with the feeders until we did this .
Considering these posts are from 1999 I certainly hope not.... Just buy
a Squirrel Buster. bromebirdcare.com. I've had squirrels try to eat the seed and they can't get to it. They have to settle for the seed on the ground. No harm to the squirrels (certainly not electrocution!) and the birds eat just fine.
Jill
On 5/2/2020 5:42 PM, jmcquown wrote:
On 5/2/2020 5:42 PM, Snag wrote:
On 5/2/2020 3:10 PM, charlescap@comcast.net wrote:(snippage)
On Friday, July 23, 1999 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, LeeAnne wrote:
Hi all,
I have a home made squirrel guard on my feeder pole, it's a length of
Hang a Slinkie on the pole (pole in the center of Slinkie) andI hope no one actually is advocating electrocuting squirrels.
secure only at the top . He'll climb partway up the pole and grab
the Slinkie and find himself on the ground . Again . And again . And
again , ad infinitum . Eventually it will sink in and you can stop
laughing at him . We live in a clearing out in the woods , squirrels
were a real problem with the feeders until we did this .
Considering these posts are from 1999 I certainly hope not.... Just
buy a Squirrel Buster. bromebirdcare.com. I've had squirrels try to
eat the seed and they can't get to it. They have to settle for the
seed on the ground. No harm to the squirrels (certainly not
electrocution!) and the birds eat just fine.
Jill
Jill , nowhere in MY post did I advocate frying the squirrels . Our Slinkie method provides endless hours of amusement while doing the
squirrels no harm - other than tiring them out .
Hi all,
I have a home made squirrel guard on my feeder pole, it's a length of aluminium stove pipe that they cannot crawl up under between the post and
the guard. Well, until recently I haven't had any problems, it's worked
fine - but now I've got a squirrel who jumps up on the post and then jumps onto the guard and "bear hugs" it (picture yourself hugging a huge tree w/both arms and legs and that's what the rodent looks like). He hangs like that for a few seconds and then launches himself upward to try and grab the top of the stove pipe - it takes him a few tries (he falls to the ground and gets up again) but he eventually does it.
What I would like to know is if there is any way to use batteries to run a low voltage charge either into the stove pipe or the feeder pole itself. Obviously I don't want this to be something that is going to zap them into little squirrel heaven, I just want them to get a jolt - I figure after a couple jolts the squirrels aren't going to try it anymore.
Any ideas are helpful.
LeeAnne
PS - When I had the same guard on my front yard feeder it worked w/out a hitch. I moved it to the backyard and now this. I'm guessing it's probably one squirrel who is just a little smarter than the others.
On 5/2/2020 5:42 PM, jmcquown wrote:
On 5/2/2020 5:42 PM, Snag wrote:
On 5/2/2020 3:10 PM, charlescap@comcast.net wrote:(snippage)
On Friday, July 23, 1999 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, LeeAnne wrote:
Hi all,
I have a home made squirrel guard on my feeder pole, it's a length of
Hang a Slinkie on the pole (pole in the center of Slinkie) andI hope no one actually is advocating electrocuting squirrels.
secure only at the top . He'll climb partway up the pole and grab the
Slinkie and find himself on the ground . Again . And again . And again
, ad infinitum . Eventually it will sink in and you can stop laughing
at him . We live in a clearing out in the woods , squirrels were a real
problem with the feeders until we did this .
Considering these posts are from 1999 I certainly hope not.... Just buy
a Squirrel Buster. bromebirdcare.com. I've had squirrels try to eat
the seed and they can't get to it. They have to settle for the seed on
the ground. No harm to the squirrels (certainly not electrocution!)
and the birds eat just fine.
Jill
Jill , nowhere in MY post did I advocate frying the squirrels . Our Slinkie method provides endless hours of amusement while doing the
squirrels no harm - other than tiring them out .
On 2020-05-03 00:14:48 +0000, Snag said:
On 5/2/2020 5:42 PM, jmcquown wrote:
On 5/2/2020 5:42 PM, Snag wrote:
On 5/2/2020 3:10 PM, charlescap@comcast.net wrote:(snippage)
On Friday, July 23, 1999 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, LeeAnne wrote:
Hi all,
I have a home made squirrel guard on my feeder pole, it's a length of
Hang a Slinkie on the pole (pole in the center of Slinkie) andI hope no one actually is advocating electrocuting squirrels.
secure only at the top . He'll climb partway up the pole and grab
the Slinkie and find himself on the ground . Again . And again . And
again , ad infinitum . Eventually it will sink in and you can stop
laughing at him . We live in a clearing out in the woods , squirrels
were a real problem with the feeders until we did this .
Considering these posts are from 1999 I certainly hope not.... Just
buy a Squirrel Buster. bromebirdcare.com. I've had squirrels try to
eat the seed and they can't get to it. They have to settle for the
seed on the ground. No harm to the squirrels (certainly not
electrocution!) and the birds eat just fine.
Jill
Jill , nowhere in MY post did I advocate frying the squirrels . Our
Slinkie method provides endless hours of amusement while doing the
squirrels no harm - other than tiring them out .
I'd probably be OK with lethal injection if you could build a gurney
that small.
On 5/5/2020 3:43 PM, super70s wrote:
On 2020-05-03 00:14:48 +0000, Snag said:
On 5/2/2020 5:42 PM, jmcquown wrote:
I hope no one actually is advocating electrocuting squirrels.
Considering these posts are from 1999 I certainly hope not.... Just
buy a Squirrel Buster. bromebirdcare.com. I've had squirrels try to
eat the seed and they can't get to it. They have to settle for the
seed on the ground. No harm to the squirrels (certainly not
electrocution!) and the birds eat just fine.
Jill
Jill , nowhere in MY post did I advocate frying the squirrels . Our >> Slinkie method provides endless hours of amusement while doing the
squirrels no harm - other than tiring them out .
I'd probably be OK with lethal injection if you could build a gurney
that small.
Building a tiny gurney is trivial - I have skills and a full
metalworking shop . The real problem is getting the little buggers
strapped down on it without losing a couple of fingers .
Have used this item with some success: tough bird products tbfg. Just search for it online. Shocks squirrels, raccoons, etc. uses a 9 volt battery.
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