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Well, after three attempts at growing sunflowers, I guess I might as well let the squirrels win. Nothing scares them away. They eat them every time!
They are bold.
They are thieves.
They have no shame!!!!
One suggestion I had was to put antifreeze in a bowl and let them drink it. Well, I have to say, the suggestion was a tempting one until this past week when I read in the newspaper about a family who had a squirrel that lived in their yard. This family trained him to come when they called and he would jump right into their arms and they would pet him. In fact, they even had a "doggie door" installed so they squirrel could come and go in their house.
So, after reading that, I just put the anitfreeze idea right out of my head......How cruel I would be.......
Paulette
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- Uses for squirrels Corey
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This is a reply to # 85,693Here's a couple of links that may help you with figuring out what to do with the squirrels.
Corey
http://www.scarysquirrel.org/recipes/
http://www.backwoodsbound.com/zssquir.html- invalid link Corey
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MoreThis is a reply to # 85,694The link to backwoodsbound was for some real recipes for squirrel but the link automatically sent me else where. Sorry. Just having fun with the squirrels.
Corey
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- Re: Squirrel feeders! Grog
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This is a reply to # 85,693Hi Miss Belle ! The way to a squirrels heart is through his stomach! Try feeding them they love raw peanuts in the shell! And once they;ve become regular at these feeders you'll have an amazing form of entertainment if there located near a window or whatever! Enjoy! Grog
http://www.outsidepride.com/squirrelfeeders.asp
- Thanks Grog!! Corey
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MoreThis is a reply to # 85,695Sometimes I buy shelled corn at the feed and seed store and strow them daily around my yard, just to watch the little critters forage.
I have had trouble for years with them eating my tomatoes. Their brain probably is smaller than my thumb, but apparently bigger than mine. I have never been able to outsmart one for very long.
Thanks for the tip about peanuts.
Corey- Thanks Guys! southern belle
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This is a reply to # 85,697So, if I feed them what they like, they will leave my sunflowers alone?
Paulette
P.S. I loved that recipe for squirrel cheese!- Re: Thanks Guys! Grog
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This is a reply to # 85,699Well there's no guarantees in the wild1 lol! But at least they will eat less if they are filled with peanuts! If you make the peanuts easy and accesible and make your sunflowers difficult by means of noisemakers or a dog a cats they will take the safe and freely offered peanuts or whatever you make accessible to them!
- Re: Thanks Guys! corey
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This is a reply to # 85,701I agree with Grog and Wrenn. No guarantees. It does lessen the problem if they are fed. I did not know that they made squirrel feeders (thanks, Grog). Everyone needs to put up a bird feeder and try to find ways to keep the squirrels away from the bird seed.
Like Grog said, cats can be a deterrent. When there are cats around here, the squirrels stay gone. There is only one cat in the neighborhood and it is old. Lots of squirrels.
I have had problems with tulips and most root stuff. It is not squirrels, though. Moles make tunnels to get the worms and voles and field mice use the tunnels to get at and eat the roots off a lot of my stuff. Bulbs also.
Corey- Re: Thanks Guys! mstia
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This is a reply to # 85,704I feed the squirrels peanuts and they go and dig up my flowers and garden hiding them in the soil. The other day I noticed a flower was completely pushed out on its side roots and all (potted plants) I went to replant it and found a nut. LOL, the squirrels are a pain but so much fun to watch them play. I hope they stay away from my tomatoes (first year planting them).
- Re: Thanks Guys! mstia
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- Re: Thanks Guys! corey
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- Re: Thanks Guys! Grog
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- lol yes they are very smart.
Wrenn
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This is a reply to # 85,697umm hav eyo utried the garlic barrier sold at www.johnnyseeds.com?
also consider leaving soem sunflowers fort hem and netting the one ds for yourself (net the heads.) and spray ones for you with the garlic barrier.
our squirrels were fat as potatos this year lol !
the neigbhbor fed them all winter/ coem spring they were bummblign thier litte lard butts aroun d it was hilarious !
i have soem driedn banana chips in coconut oil i ahd wante dot try adn they are awfultasting 8) so the squrrle slov e those...
and this si true.. might try a feed post nea ryour sunflowers that you put a diversioanlry food on regualry..
might help keep tehm distraced form wha tyou watn.
also youcan get etallic *flashers * ribbeong tha tyou can strign aoun dwher e put ahv eyour palnts scare s of birs ds an stuff tha t is on lookout for visual movemetn..
also hter eare *hawk eye predator* ballon eyes and soemwher eher e i think i postsed a web tha tsold natural predator phermones
ths scare off the a naimal tiehteh scen to fit s most feared predator/ liek feild mice.. it is bobcat etc.
then yo ujstu spinkle alitte bi t along fences wher e teh suireel rin near your sunflowers and that might help
Ami joi Benton
pardon my tyrpign today .. i jstu notice d this post as i was going of fline so am shooting *from teh hip *
have a great day.- Re: lol yes they are very smart.
corey
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This is a reply to # 85,700I like your suggestion about the garlic butter, Wrenn. The only problem I see is that I love that stuff so much, I would most likely get a splinter in my tongue from licking it off.
I once ground some red pepper and made a sauce and put it on my ripening tomatoes. Watching the squirrels cut flips was entertaining, but within a week they had aquirred a taste for hot tomatoes.
Corey- not a butter/ is a garlic water Barr... Wrenn
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- Thanks for the clear-up
corey
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This is a reply to # 85,711Wrenn,
You got my day off to a laughing start. You did say garlic barrier, but I guess my brain wanted some garlic butter so bad it clouded my judgement. The barrier should be safe for me.
Corey
- Thanks for the clear-up
corey
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- not a butter/ is a garlic water Barr... Wrenn
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- Re: lol yes they are very smart.
corey
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- Thanks Guys! southern belle
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- Thanks Grog!! Corey
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- Re: Squirrels Rick60
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This is a reply to # 85,693I tried raising a baby squirrel last year that had been kicked out of her nest.
She was with me for about 2 months. They are very gentle, loving, comical animals.
She liked jumping from person to person. She licked my ears, my hands and fingers, and my feet. She also liked sleeping inside the back of my tucked in shirt.
- Uses for squirrels Corey
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