Subdeacon Joe Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 My wife sent this to me a little while ago. About a minute long, last ten seconds or so. VID_20220506_124120.mp4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Damned tree rats. I am at war daily wit these destructive critters. I have a cylindrical feeder, suspended from a steel rod at about a 45 degree angle from a deck post. Little suckers climb the deck post, scramble up the rod, swing over the top, lower themselves to the feeder, shimmy down, hang by their rear feet, and eat freely from any of six seed ports. Considered a bunch of remedies, settled on Mobil 1 grease, applied liberally to the rod. Man, do they hate that! Half way up the rod they lose their grip, rotate downward, hang upside down, and fall into the bushes below. Not to be deterred, they try again, this time leaping as far up the rod as they can; they cling desperately to the rod, marking their bellies with a red stripe (Mobil 1 is red); their paws, by this time, are coated in grease; they can't get a grip on anything. The ringleader is royally pissed off; he hisses at my French doors; pees on the railing; defecates on the porch; takes another leap on the rod, but with the same result. He retreats. Repeated every morning for 4 days. Now, the best they can do is to cautiously approach the rod and sniff the air; the aroma of the grease causes them to turn tail and run. We'll see how long that works. LL 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 2 hours ago, Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 said: Damned tree rats. I am at war daily wit these destructive critters. I have a cylindrical feeder, suspended from a steel rod at about a 45 degree angle from a deck post. Little suckers climb the deck post, scramble up the rod, swing over the top, lower themselves to the feeder, shimmy down, hang by their rear feet, and eat freely from any of six seed ports. Considered a bunch of remedies, settled on Mobil 1 grease, applied liberally to the rod. Man, do they hate that! Half way up the rod they lose their grip, rotate downward, hang upside down, and fall into the bushes below. Not to be deterred, they try again, this time leaping as far up the rod as they can; they cling desperately to the rod, marking their bellies with a red stripe (Mobil 1 is red); their paws, by this time, are coated in grease; they can't get a grip on anything. The ringleader is royally pissed off; he hisses at my French doors; pees on the railing; defecates on the porch; takes another leap on the rod, but with the same result. He retreats. Repeated every morning for 4 days. Now, the best they can do is to cautiously approach the rod and sniff the air; the aroma of the grease causes them to turn tail and run. We'll see how long that works. LL They are tenacious little devils. I tried waxing the poles with Turtle Wax. It helps but after a couple of days it seems they wear it down. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 howd he get up there to start ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 7 Author Share Posted May 7 (edited) 1 hour ago, watab kid said: howd he get up there to start ? She climbed up the pole. In this one the pole was wet because there was a bit of a drizzle so she kept sliding down. Edited May 7 by Subdeacon Joe 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 7 Author Share Posted May 7 We don't mind the squirrels. They are fun to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sedalia Dave Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Squirrel VS Slinky Who will Win??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Have you seen the English contests to see whose squirrel is the smartest. I was told by an Englishman that they would happily take back all of the starlings if we would come get the grey squirrels. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 looks like it all ended well , and he lived to share his new found knowledge with his buddies , we have an abundace of them here till a few times a year the owls move in for a week and cull the herd , nice thing is mother nature instilled a preservation gene that makes the owls leave a few to repopulate , generally happens when we go from four to twenty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branchwater Jack SASS #88854 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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