Apparently, you just need to git yerself a prairie dog...
Prairie Dogs Are Serial Killers That Murder Their Competition
Prairie Dogs Are Serial Killers That Murder Their Competition
Squirrels and birdseed, a fun revenge
- Thread starter Jessie
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There have been a couple of posts here about harming the birds with the pepper.
It won't. A birds' digestive system is different than a mammals' is and they are not harmed by pepper.
Things pass through a birds' system much faster than a mammal. That's why nature designed birds to eat their seeds so that many pass through and take root. Including pepper plants and others that would bother us and other mammals.
They also don't possess the receptors to detect the capsicum, neither in the mouth or feet.
It won't. A birds' digestive system is different than a mammals' is and they are not harmed by pepper.
Things pass through a birds' system much faster than a mammal. That's why nature designed birds to eat their seeds so that many pass through and take root. Including pepper plants and others that would bother us and other mammals.
They also don't possess the receptors to detect the capsicum, neither in the mouth or feet.
Mainsail
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I like that feeder but there is NO WAY I'm spending that much.
It's a lot cheaper to simply suspend the feeder from a high branch with a single strand of .32 safety wire (or lock wire if you call it that). They get sliding too fast to stop.
It's a lot cheaper to simply suspend the feeder from a high branch with a single strand of .32 safety wire (or lock wire if you call it that). They get sliding too fast to stop.
So I stretched a feeder between 2 trees 50 ft apart and hung the feeder from it. The wire was greased. The feeder had a double baffle above it.
The squirrels hung upside down from the wire by their nails and worked their way to the feeder. Then it would hang by 1 foot from the hangar of the top baffle, tilt it, and jump for the feeder below the 2nd baffle. It only worked about 1 of 3 times but to them it was success. And the times they missed, it would knock seed on the ground to eat.
The squirrels hung upside down from the wire by their nails and worked their way to the feeder. Then it would hang by 1 foot from the hangar of the top baffle, tilt it, and jump for the feeder below the 2nd baffle. It only worked about 1 of 3 times but to them it was success. And the times they missed, it would knock seed on the ground to eat.
How far do you take them? I'm driving mine 5 miles but I swear they are coming back.
