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How do I stop grey squirrels from bird feeder

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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Much easier to change your bird feeders for squirrel proof ones - It wouldn't be easy to catch squirrels, much less kill them and dispose of the bodies.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Dave HumbyDave Humby Posts: 1,145
    Lizzie27 said:
    Much easier to change your bird feeders for squirrel proof ones - It wouldn't be easy to catch squirrels, much less kill them and dispose of the bodies.
    A cage will stop the Parakeets getting to the feeder which the OP wants to keep. 
  • DamhahDamhah Posts: 43
    edited December 2018
    I bought a trap and read online about killing the grey squirrels humanly. That is what I am goung to do. Poor birdies are starving.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Best of luck!  Actually the birds are not starving, there is plenty of natural food around at the moment as it's been so mild and if you live near other houses, the birds will be visiting other feeders as well - they are just greedy.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    The parakeets don't belong in the UK any more than the grey squirrels.  Why are you anxious to feed one invasive species while trying to deter another?
  • DamhahDamhah Posts: 43
    My kids love the parakeets and I get many other species of birds.
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    I agree the Parakeets are invasive aliens and should not be encoraged anymore than the grey squirrels. To deter any mammal from the bird food simply mix some hot chilli powder in it. The birds love it they do not have the same heat receptors as the mammals & they hate it. A teaspoonful mixed in a 250 g bag of feed is more than enough.
    AB Still learning

  • DamhahDamhah Posts: 43
    Would cayanne pepper powder do?
  • TerrysWorldTerrysWorld Posts: 174
    Grey Squirrels are Vermin, if one is trapped/caught. They must be disposed of and not released back into the wilds. 
    South Monmouthshire stuck in the middle between George and the Dragon
  • Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845
    Our local gamekeeper has a licence to trap them as we are on a government scheme to reintroduce the reds.  Want me to send him round?
    Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
    A A Milne
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