My mom has this bird feeder that sticks out of the ground and chipmunks are taking all of the birdseed. My mom put cayenne pepper out to get the chipmunks away, but it made the birds go away too. What can we do to get the chipmunks to go away without hurting them?? Also, keeps the birds.
HELP!!??Chipmunk and Squirrel problems?
The metal cones work, I use them around my place all the time, however they have to be on a metal pole with the bottom of the cone at least five feet off the ground. It also is better if the bottom of the cone does not have any lip that they can hang on to, in case one of them figures out a way to climb the pole. Also no overhanging tree limbs and no tree limbs closer than ten feet. Squirrels are very good jumpers.Chipmunk and Squirrel problems?
Get or make a large metal cone to go around the pole withe wide part down. That should stop all but the most ingenuous ones. I have had squirrels grab the edge of the cone and flip themselves over it. I tried greasing the pole and one squirrel dug in the dirt to give his paws traction and climbed the greased pole. I then hung the feeder on a clothes line and one learned to flip upside down and walk the line upside down and hang by the back paws and eat. Good luck in outsmarting the critters!
A sure way is with a pellet gun.
BB gun. you don't even have to kill them. you just have to continually scare them. The whole point is to create negative feedback.
you will never get rid of them. but you can try putting crisco on the pole,it slows them down and sometimes they just give up,it has worked for me
Let them eat?
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