30 feet from our back door I put a 'bird feeder' by the garage.
Not a squirrel feeder!
I did manage to squirrel proof the feeder by constructing Plexiglas I designed. One squirrel was content eating the seeds dropping from it. Soon it was joined by three more who stole the carrots we put out for the bunny (10 feet away from the feeder). The sunflowers for the chipmunk (25 feet away from the feeder). Thus no more bunny (it would chase it away). No more chipmunk it would chase away and eat it's food as well. Never content they started rooting through our flowerboxes and fairy garden we spent some $86 on for flowers. We put a plastic grid over them and the little bastards would reach right through them uprooting the plants.
So I removed the bird feeder by the garage. Instead put a hanging plate by our backdoor on the porch roof under hangs. Didn't the little furry asses start using our hanging planters on our porch poles to leap onto it. So we took those away. Being the ever pain in the ass I caught them shimmying up the poles managing to get onto it despite their removal. To make matters worse since the chippy and birds no longer had a feeder by the garage they all showed up crapping and spilling seed all over our porch entrance. I counted 15 birds, 1 chippy and four squirrels all within inches to our back entranceway. Three of the squirrels were digging through our planters on the back deck (even though we screened them as well). I find it disappointing that we can't enjoy feeding and watching the bunny, chippy and birds because of these unwelcome rodents. So it looks like nobody's getting nothing.
Twice in the past squirrels knocked out our power by crawling onto the transformer on the pole out back. One of them got electrocuted, fell the 30 feet or so, still got up and ran away. They're invincible I tell Ya. Before the neighbor and I put chimney caps on we each had a squirrel in our fireplaces. Difference was his was lit at the time and the squirrel ran around his living room, tail on fire causing all three of his dogs to chase it around his first floor. He also had three living under his attic roof at one time in the past.
I can't begin to tell you how much I've tried ignoring them But it's impossible. They're aggressive with each other and every other form of wildlife when it comes to food. Anyone who thinks they're cute are welcome to come and get them. There yours for free. I'll even deliver
So I removed the bird feeder by the garage. Instead put a hanging plate by our backdoor on the porch roof under hangs. Didn't the little furry asses start using our hanging planters on our porch poles to leap onto it. So we took those away. Being the ever pain in the ass I caught them shimmying up the poles managing to get onto it despite their removal. To make matters worse since the chippy and birds no longer had a feeder by the garage they all showed up crapping and spilling seed all over our porch entrance. I counted 15 birds, 1 chippy and four squirrels all within inches to our back entranceway. Three of the squirrels were digging through our planters on the back deck (even though we screened them as well). I find it disappointing that we can't enjoy feeding and watching the bunny, chippy and birds because of these unwelcome rodents. So it looks like nobody's getting nothing.
Twice in the past squirrels knocked out our power by crawling onto the transformer on the pole out back. One of them got electrocuted, fell the 30 feet or so, still got up and ran away. They're invincible I tell Ya. Before the neighbor and I put chimney caps on we each had a squirrel in our fireplaces. Difference was his was lit at the time and the squirrel ran around his living room, tail on fire causing all three of his dogs to chase it around his first floor. He also had three living under his attic roof at one time in the past.
I can't begin to tell you how much I've tried ignoring them But it's impossible. They're aggressive with each other and every other form of wildlife when it comes to food. Anyone who thinks they're cute are welcome to come and get them. There yours for free. I'll even deliver
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