High-rise squirrel !

[experiment]

Your high rise squirrell reminded me of a photo I took a few years back in my garden. Here you go... .. (cheeky little blighter)

 

[mr Mag00]

spray with chilli oil, the little grey bast4rds dont like it

 

[ChrisKH]

It's no secret, goo!

The photos were good - the camera never lies.

Looked very much like Amsterdam and with your own coffee shop pub in the next building! B)

I was going to say the same; "What, you live in Holland?"

I thought it rained in Scotland like, every day.

 

[Mr Pig]

I thought it rained in Scotland like, every day.

Nearly.

 

[goo_mason]

I was going to say the same; "What, you live in Holland?"

I thought it rained in Scotland like, every day.

You have to believe the Proclaimers when they sing "Sunshine On Leith". At least once in a while, anyway....

 

[Dayvo]

I thought it rained in Scotland like, every day.

You have to believe the Proclaimers when they sing "Sunshine On Leith"

Is that why they want to be 500 miles away?

 

[Yellow Fang]

I thought you had red squirrels up there.

 

[goo_mason]

I don't think I've ever seen a red squirrel in my 40 years on the earth (apart from the Tufty Club films at primary school).

Mr Squirrel must have paid me a visit again yesterday - got home to find both peanut feeders lying on the balcony. One was trashed and the other still OK but sporting a huge dent in the metal mesh.

If I see him again, he's squirrel meat !!!!!

 

[Scoosh]

We have squirrels (grey) in the garden and, when the children were younger, we had bird feeders - which became squirrel feeders.

To combat this, I found some stuff called 'Squirrel Away", which is basically chilli powder. Put some on the nuts, shake around to ensure good coverage and put them in the feeder. [Not a good idea to rub your eyes at this point ]

Squirrels, as we all know, learn very quickly. They soon learn not to go for 'that' feeder, as "it burns" - so you shouldn't need too much of the stuff.

 

[summerdays]

Hmm .. I may have to try that chilli method on my roof... where they have removed a tile to get in!!!

Anyway here is my favourite photo of a bird feeder raider:

 

[goo_mason]

We have squirrels (grey) in the garden and, when the children were younger, we had bird feeders - which became squirrel feeders.

To combat this, I found some stuff called 'Squirrel Away", which is basically chilli powder. Put some on the nuts, shake around to ensure good coverage and put them in the feeder. [Not a good idea to rub your eyes at this point ]

Squirrels, as we all know, learn very quickly. They soon learn not to go for 'that' feeder, as "it burns" - so you shouldn't need too much of the stuff.

I did read that last night - birds aren't sensitive to chilli so don't taste / notice it - but squirrels are. Might be hilarious, but not as funny as the battery-powered bird feeders that spin at high speed when they sense the weight of a squirrel: here

 

[Headgardener]

CJ Birdfoods do a feeder specialy for squirrels. If I can organize the link I will Post later tonight.

 

[goo_mason]

CJ Birdfoods do a feeder specialy for squirrels. If I can organize the link I will Post later tonight.

The top two search results here are their squirrel feeders.