![]() So I started using this feeder to hold a Squirrelog instead. But I really wanted it left in place so that it would distract multiple squirrels during the day. I will admit that it was funny to watch a squirrel carry it off, holding the cob in its mouth by one end like a waving baton. (They would detach one one side of the hanger and pull out the corn cob.) Squirrel Carrying Off a Corn Cob But after awhile the squirrels figured out how to get the corn cob out of the feeder. WoodLink’s Corn Trapper feeder (above) is easy to fill and hang. While the squirrels weren’t interested in the corn in the squirrel block, they did seem to like dry corn on the cob. Corn Squirrelog in Corn Trapper Feeder Feeding Squirrels Corn Now I baffle this so squirrels can’t get to it. I’d rather feed it to the birds, many of whom also love this cake. This made it more expensive than I liked. The larger version would only last a couple of days. While these blocks can last for weeks when only birds are eating it, hungry squirrels can eat the smaller version in a day. I also tried a large nut block ( Pine Tree Farms Nutsie Seed Cake.) Squirrels really loved this and it would keep one busy for long periods of time each day. The Squirrels Loved the Nut Cake Feeding Squirrels a Nut Cake You will probably find that you need to experiment.) (The squirrels in my yard eat things they aren’t supposed to like and don’t eat other things they are supposed to like. ![]() It had some good reviews on Amazon though, so your mileage may vary. They would pick out what they liked from the cake and let the rest sit on the ground. Squirrels are supposed to like corn, but my local squirrels didn’t like the corn portion of this cake. I did experiment with a block of squirrel food ( Pine Tree Farm’s Bushy Tail Seed Cake) but wasn’t really impressed. Feeding Squirrels Blocks of Squirrel Food The mess of the shells under the feeder does mean you need to periodically clean up under it however. Then they have to take time to shell it and eat it. With seeds in the shell, they have to dig through empty shells in the feeder to find a fresh seed. As well as being more expensive, squirrels eat the hulled version so quickly that it is like watching a vacuum cleaner suck seeds. I filled it with black oil sunflower seeds in the shell to slow them down. That makes three squirrels that not in the bird feeders. The result was typically one squirrel in the feeder and two on the ground below. They would usually spill some seed on the ground. ![]() Making this one easy encouraged them to eat there and not in the other feeders. Squirrels will work hard to get into any bird feeder, but they tend to get into the easiest one first. Squirrels could reach it from the trunk or sit in the feeder and pig out. It hung right next to a small tree trunk. ![]() This was my “squirrel feeder.” Each morning I topped it off with black oil sunflower seed. I started by using an old feeder that I’d had for decades which is not squirrel proof. My “Squirrel Feeder” is Popular with Squirrels Feeding Squirrels Less Expensive Seed It also helps redirect the wild squirrel craziness to an alternate area of the yard away from the bird feeders. That way you can offer them less expensive food, keeping them out of more expensive birdseed. The idea is that you offer squirrels food in a separate area of the yard away from bird feeders. So one year I decided to try feeding squirrels. Trying to Feed Squirrels To Distract Them From Bird Feeders And in the winter when they are really hungry, they’ll eat pepper suet too if that is the only choice. The squirrels greatly prefer sunflower seed to safflower, but if that is all they can get, they’ll eat the safflower. I put sunflower seed in Squirrel Buster Plus feeders and in a hanging feeder on a well baffled pole.īut that wasn’t enough. Suet feeders were filled with hot pepper suet, something else they are also not supposed to like. Ground feeders and any feeders not well protected from squirrels were filled with safflower, a food they are not supposed to like. Determined to exclude squirrels from the feeders, I experimented with different feeders and tried switching foods. I resisted the whole idea of feeding squirrels for quite a while. Squirrel Looking For Food on the Ground Early Squirrel Exclusion Attempts Birds Eat Squirrel’s Corn or Squirrelogs.Feeding Squirrels Compressed Squirrel Food.Feeding Squirrels Blocks of Squirrel Food.Trying to Feed Squirrels To Distract Them From Bird Feeders.
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