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Keep Squirrels Away from Your Wildlife and Bird Feeders
Want to deter squirrels from your wildlife feeders? Tired of squirrels eating you out of house and home, decimating your birdseed?
The following methods, in order of (arguably) most effective, are the best ways to deter squirrels.
4 Tips: Keep Squirrels Away From My Containers
Like to have containers of flowers and other plants around your porch, patio, deck, or balcony? Tired of squirrels tearing up your plants and digging in the soil?
Here are a few tips to deter those pesky squirrels:
Do Caged Bird Feeders Really Work?
Young Squirrel on Caged Feeder
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Are you fighting to keep squirrels or larger birds like grackles and starlings away from your feeders?
Are you wondering if caged feeders are worth the money?
Squirrels: Entertaining or Annoying?
For those of us with smaller outdoor areas, squirrels can either be entertaining in their antics at the feeders and in the trees or annoying in gobbling up bird food, flower bulbs, and more.
One way to deter squirrels from your wild bird and other wildlife feeders is to use a powder made from spicy hot peppers:
For more information on keeping squirrels away, see my post, "Keep Squirrels Away from Your Wildlife Porch, Deck, or Backyard".
Feeding Squirrels at Home
If you have squirrels in your neighborhood, attracting them to your porch, patio, or deck is extremely easy. Squirrels love food and are not choosy eaters.
Why Not Squirrels?
If you're thinking about attracting squirrels to your wildlife porch, you may want to consider the possible impacts on your pets, plants, home, and wild bird feeding, your neighbors, and laws and regulations.
