I have a problem with Squirrels and need to discourage them without killing, damaging, or hurting them badly. I've though of an electric fencer, but that's a bit pricy for just discouraging squirrels
A buddy of mine had tacked a mesh of hardware cloth to each side of the roof of his bird feeder newly filled with sunflower seeds, attached that to the household 120V AC, then sat down on his porch w
You need a three pronged approach: 1. Give up. 2. Give up 3. Enjoy the squirrels too. Seriously, one way you will be able to control the squirrel issue is to mount your feeders from a tree, using a
Roger, I agree with Mike. A friend had a similar problem, and tried to employ an electric fence. He eventually had to run the voltage up to 400 VDC to get through the insulative properties of the fur
Good point. I forgot to mention cats and hawks. A side effect of our feeding the squirrels is that we have some awesome hawks in the neighborhood - which is a pretty good thing. Cats work too, but th