Has anyone had squirrels or chipmunks get into their house by biting thru the glass-like material or wood. We have many and this worries me.
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I have had squirrels come into the feeder and eat the birdseed, so I started getting raw peanuts in addition to birdseed, but they have never chewed on the feeder itself. I also had to weight down the stopper which started blowing off in high winds, but I just put something heavyish on top, or you could create a hinge out of duct tape or something like that. It is wood, so it will expand and contract slightly with differences in temperature.
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No squirrels in the house but they have got into the feeder. Haven't noticed any chewing on the wood but they sure like bird seed!
1708481
Yes, we just had one get in today by pushing up the cap that you use to fill the feeder with birdseed.
1708482
We have ours by a porch that is frequented by squirrels and never had one go inside the feeder. Not many chipmunks in my area so I can't speak for that.
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I've had squirrels get in mine, but nothing has ever happened except for eating all the food. Never chewed on the feeder. I've also been putting peanuts out to keep them away from the bird seed.
1256430
The feeder is pretty slippery and my squirrels cant seem to get a grip on the feeder itself, so I really dont think that will be an issue with them eating through the plastic.
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Yes, we have had blue jays and cardinals get into it. They can't lift the lid like the squirrels or chipmunks do, but they can get their beaks in and pick one out if its close enough. Yet the ones we have don't get much, the squirrels pretty much run it.
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Mine didn't repel mice or chipmunks... I don't think it will help with squirrels
1262936
Used it to deter mice in the attic...both chipmunks and mice are rodents...could work. May have to reapply it fairly often if used outside...q 2-3 days, maybe. Not harmful just a deterrent..I like that aspect.
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We don't have chipmunks but it has absolutely positively worked for squirrels. When our feeders get low and there isn't as much seed on the ground, they really start to find ways to get up there. The only time one got up there is when he jumped straight up from the ground. I watched and was amazed. But since we have one squirrel proof feeder that works, his weight triggered the closing mechanism. We have another squirrel proof feeder that doesn't work, but it's higher off the ground so no squirrel has yet jumped up to it. Moral of the story: if you have really determined and gymnastic squirrels, get a higher shepherd's hook to hang it from. There are no trees, roofs nor wires near enough to our feeder from which the squirrels can jump. I have had peaceful bird watching since the baffle and recommend it highly!!!!
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Do not know about rats,or skunks,because i do not have a problem with them,but Squirrels. I still have them! Did not work for those pesky little rodents. I purchased two of them figuring it would be a double wammy ,but they are still running around the attic.
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My son just put my electricity in my attic about 2 days ago, so I don't have a unit in my attic yet. Hope to be getting one soon though. I have a huge back porch & since I put a unit on the porch not a single squirrel has been on the porch. They romp up & down the trees in the back yard, but stay off the porch. I'm truly looking forward to putting one in my attic & I hope it works as well for mice as it does for squirrels.
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We haven't had any problems with squirrels and the hummingbird feeder. We do have bird seed feeders in the yard that they chew up constantly.
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Hi Grace......at first our birds would come and peck at it and fly away. I thought this is not going to work, but then low and behold they started coming back and figured out how to feed from it. Now we have them all back plus the morning doves, raccoons and squirrels. The spring is too tight to close the doors when the doves and squirrels get on it so we close it at night with a small bungie cord. Hope this helps :)
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I never tried but I have one that the squirrels have eater thru the plastic top and we replaced it with a piece of 1/4 steel. They then ate thru the box and destroyed the wires in the battery box. Definitely, this unit is not varmit proof and the plastic top is most vulnerable. Unit worked fine until the squirrels destroyed it.
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I haven't yet tried it on raccoons, just squirrels. It was a disappointment. The squirrels didn't like it and they threw it out of the attic, onto the ground but it didn't chase them away. In my experience with raccoons, they have a little more on the ball than do squirrels and I can imagine that if a raccoon has an established pattern for finding food and shelter in a particular place, it would take a little more than the fox urine to get rid of it. We have both foxes and raccoons on my place and they don't seem to get in each other's way. Let me qualify the above remarks by noting how much colder than usual this winter has been. In the last 30 years that I've lived here, we've always had a squirrel or two that have overwintered in the attic. It was a little annoying but they didn't do any damage. This past fall, I had a terrible time with multiple squirrels and rats moving into the attic, gnawing on the wood and making a lot of noise. I was concerned that they would do damage to the PVC plumbing and the wiring. I wondered, at the time, if we were going to have a cold, wet winter. Turns out we have. Under other circumstances, the fox urine might have worked, if the squirrels perceived they had other shelter options. I ended up having to shoot five of them off the side of the house. In 30 years I've never shot that many. I finally had to do a lot of work closing off any possible entries to the attic.
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Squirrels can get suet through the bottom. I have mine partially bloched with the tops of two cat food cans.
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well we have rats from our outback compost pile and other critters around our deck, but nobody ever came inside. I think maybe the magnets are too strong for them to push through. Or maybe they never wanted to come in our house; not sure why they would want to when food is plentiful outside in the summer when we use the screen...
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I strongly doubt this would stop squirrels or chippies. I did get 2 squirrels caught up in mine and he couldn't get out. So MAYBE they would get frustrated, but I doubt that. They are relentless. I suspect they'd just chew thru it.
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I haven't had any problem with bully birds getting into this feeder. I have had an issue with an acrobatic squirrel climbing out the pole I have it hanging from, jumping out on to the feeder and hanging from the bottom while shaking the seed out.
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We have the boxes in a large open area far from trees so we have not encountered the problem , I suspect tree squirrels would be prey for an owl , we encourage the owls for ground squirrels about the same size