How to Defeat Squirrels

Some see squirrels visiting feeders as an issue. We see a solution. With the proper food, feeders and accessories, you can enjoy your birds and limit squirrel incursions.

Hot Pepper: Our exclusive WBU hot pepper foods help deter critters, saving the food for the birds. Birds love our hot pepper foods, whether they are the seed or no-melt cylinders, stackables, no-melt suet cake or Bark Butter Bits. For best results, use feeders that have a roof to prevent wet weather from diluting or washing away the hot pepper oils. Shop Here!

Safflower: Offer safflower; a small, white seed that is high in protein and fat. Most song birds eat safflower, while squirrels (and blackbirds) typically do not. Shop Here!

Guard Against Them: Take delight not only in seeing the finches, chickadees and other colorful birds you enjoy, but also in frustrating the squirrels, blackbirds and pigeons. With our On Guard™ cages, you control the size of bird that dines at your feeder. Cages allow small birds to go in and out to get their food but stop larger birds and animals from entering. Our cages will fit a variety of feeder styles and sizes. Shop Here!

Top-of-the-Line Option: The Eliminator™ allows you to stop squirrels from eating your seed. Featuring a unique, weight-sensitive technology, the feeder's seed ports are closed when a squirrel touches the perch ring. You can set the sensitivity level to also exclude large birds. It's easy to hang and holds lots of seed. It works best when used with our APS Short Extended Deck Arm. Shop Here!

Baffle Them: Our Advanced Pole System® (APS) Squirrel Baffle is designed to help make your bird feeding station squirrel-resistant. Made of durable, powder-coated steel, these baffles are very effective in stopping squirrels before they reach your feeders. Place the baffle on your setup so the top of the baffle is 4½' - 5' from the ground. Place your setup 10 ‘ away from other horizontal jumping points like a tree, deck or house. Shop Here!

Enjoy the Squirrels! 

If you decide to raise the white flag and enjoy their amazing antics, we have lots of fun and functional squirrel feeders that will brighten up both their day and yours, too.

They may have a reputation for making bird feeding less enjoyable, but squirrels aren't going away any time soon. Perhaps by looking at them from a different perspective, you can begin to appreciate, if not enjoy, squirrels and their behaviors

Squirrels and chipmunks provide endless entertainment in our yards as they come up with ingenious ways of feeding from birds feeders and going about their daily activities. Because of their curious nature and the role they play in our backyards many people provide squirrel and chipmunks feeders in their yard to give these cute rodents something extra to eat. While they will eat just about any seeds most people feed their squirrels and chipmunks peanuts,Chuck A Nut, mixed tree nuts,corn logs and corn. One of the benefits of feeding squirrels and chipmunks is that birds may feed from your squirrel feeders as well, for example put out some corn and the Blue Jays may also stop for a snack. There are a wide variety of feeders for squirrels and chipmunks that accommodate peanuts and/or corn. Some feeders are practical while others are just hilarious.

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We have other squirrel feeding options in store. Call us at 913-491-4887 to inquire.