Went out bright'n'early Saturday, and found that the filthy little brushy-tailed vermin (or at least one highly athletic and tenacious one) had taken it upon himself to gnaw into flinders one of the two plastic perches on my older bird feeder.
I left the round part in the hole, hoping that the birds would still be able to use it, but when I went out this morning, I saw that he'd been back and had chewed on it EVEN MORE, pulling it completely out of the tube. THIS is why I don't want plastic perches, and why you shouldn't either. Wood does no good, either. Squirrels are resistant to only one thing--cold, hard, metal. And they better stay away, or else they'll be getting a brainpan full of cold hard metal BBs.
Stupid squirrels.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at June 19, 2006 11:49 AMSome metals aren't hard enough. A squirrel that wants to get through badly enough can gnaw through an aluminum grating.
Also, if you want to trap the squirrels, they looove Cheerios, and will walk right into the trap for them.
Posted by: steevil (Dr Weevil's bro Steve) at June 19, 2006 12:14 PMActually, I wouldn't mind it if they'd just gather up the five tons of seeds that fall onto the ground. It's a lot easier to get to. But then again, they're stupid.
STUPID SQUIRRELS! ::shakes fist::
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at June 19, 2006 01:12 PMDoesn't the boy have an air rifle you could borrow, real early like, before anybody else is awake? I would gladly loan you mine except that I'm threatening to cause a couple magpies to leak.
Posted by: Nate at June 19, 2006 03:09 PMWhy, Nate--I don't know WHAT you might be suggesting...
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at June 19, 2006 03:34 PM