I have five squirrel feeders and a couple bird feeders. I have managed to squirrel proof the bird feeders for all but ONE squirrel who knows how to get around the proofing on the bigger of the two feeders. I've read several articles over time about squirrels not liking cayenne pepper, and that it doesn't bother the birds.
I even used cayenne pepper and moth balls in little condiment cups anchored to chicken wire around my canna plants that they wanted to eat the flowers from. It worked and they no longer bother the cannas.
So, to try to defeat this one blasted squirrel, I put cayenne pepper in the bird food and placed it in the bird feeder she can get on. Well, apparently she is not fazed by the pepper, nor are the squirrels that eat from the bird food that falls to the ground underneath the feeder. The birds could care less as well.
I can only conclude that it was the moth balls - or the combination - that deterred the squirrels from my cannas. So, I am now trying to devise a way to attach some cayenne pepper/moth ball condiment cups to this one feeder and see if that makes a difference!!
Thank goodness that, so far, none of the other squirrels can mimic this one diabolical lady!!
I even used cayenne pepper and moth balls in little condiment cups anchored to chicken wire around my canna plants that they wanted to eat the flowers from. It worked and they no longer bother the cannas.
So, to try to defeat this one blasted squirrel, I put cayenne pepper in the bird food and placed it in the bird feeder she can get on. Well, apparently she is not fazed by the pepper, nor are the squirrels that eat from the bird food that falls to the ground underneath the feeder. The birds could care less as well.
I can only conclude that it was the moth balls - or the combination - that deterred the squirrels from my cannas. So, I am now trying to devise a way to attach some cayenne pepper/moth ball condiment cups to this one feeder and see if that makes a difference!!
Thank goodness that, so far, none of the other squirrels can mimic this one diabolical lady!!