My fat cake feeder is supposed to be large bird proof - the cage is a long way from the fat cake. It's this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bird-Feeder-Ball-Suet-Guardian/dp/B004EPZESA It usually works. But not for birds with slim, long necks and long beaks like magpies, if they're determined enough. Might work to exclude your parakeets, @B3 ...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I was thinking of making a cylinder of chicken or tennis court wire far enough away from the seed containing tube that they would trip the mechanism even if they hung upside down. I won't let the buggers outsmart me! Hanging it on the washing line stuffs the squirrels. I watched one do a vertical 5ft jump without any reward. This is the feeder. The idea is, if anything over a certain weight leans on the sticky out bits, the whole thing shuts down. you cant see it but theres a solid perspex cylinder around the it. Works great unless you're a parakeet who doesn't touch the perches. Any suggestions would be appreciated as the feeder wasn't cheap.
Sorry but none of my feeders has those sticky out bits and the birds just hang on the cage sides. Maybe use some metal coat hangers bent round to provide a frame for chicken wire with a wide enough cauge for the smaller birds to get in.
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That's worth considering. I have some coat hangers that I keep for poking down drains and the like. If i get it right the small birds won't need to actually get in. If the parakeets weren't so greedy, I wouldn't mind.
Chicken wire cage would be the easiest, and cheapest method of deterring them @B3.
I was searching for something yesterday, and there was a large birdcage for sale. Perhaps that's worth considering as it would be easy to adapt for outdoor birds, if you can find a suitable place for it. Just the doors that would need making smaller. That's really what mine are, but attached to the fence
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
You can sometimes pick up those fancy ones too- they sell them for putting candles in etc. That might work if the wires are a suitable distance apart. I'm sure someone here uses one - it might be @Fire.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Another thing I'll look out for is a cloche type effort. That might stop them from getting a grip on the sides of the feeder as the outer tube is mesh and easy to get their claws into. Or maybe a plastic bottle could be adapted to work as a sheath. I'll try that first as the cheapest option. Wish me luck😊
Tried the bottle thing and burnt a hole in the top with a hot screwdriver. The diameter of the bottle was millimetres too small . I'm going to buy a big bottle of pop. It might work😊
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bird-Feeder-Ball-Suet-Guardian/dp/B004EPZESA
It usually works. But not for birds with slim, long necks and long beaks like magpies, if they're determined enough. Might work to exclude your parakeets, @B3 ...
I won't let the buggers outsmart me!
Hanging it on the washing line stuffs the squirrels. I watched one do a vertical 5ft jump without any reward.
This is the feeder. The idea is, if anything over a certain weight leans on the sticky out bits, the whole thing shuts down. you cant see it but theres a solid perspex cylinder around the it. Works great unless you're a parakeet who doesn't touch the perches.
Any suggestions would be appreciated as the feeder wasn't cheap.
I was searching for something yesterday, and there was a large birdcage for sale. Perhaps that's worth considering as it would be easy to adapt for outdoor birds, if you can find a suitable place for it. Just the doors that would need making smaller.
That's really what mine are, but attached to the fence
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I'm sure someone here uses one - it might be @Fire.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...