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Marthe48

(19,495 posts)
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 12:08 PM Dec 26

My daughter and her husband got me a squirrel feeder

They set it up before they left for home. I keep checking to see if any of the squirrels are willing to try it. It is a little picnic table with 2 cups, an umbrella and a prong for a corn cob. I put half an orange on it and it's set on the actual picnic table. Entertaining

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My daughter and her husband got me a squirrel feeder (Original Post) Marthe48 Dec 26 OP
Very nice and I'm sure your little squirrel friends will love it Walleye Dec 26 #1
What a perfect gift! SheltieLover Dec 26 #2
I'll try Marthe48 Dec 26 #4
Lol SheltieLover Dec 26 #5
Ha! I like the rope between the two trees!.... electric_blue68 Dec 26 #7
I think we bought the cable in 2010 or so Marthe48 Dec 26 #8
I Love it! On ?FB there was a guy who made a whole kind of part runway, but mostly obsticle course for the squirrels... electric_blue68 Dec 26 #9
I have seen a few videos Marthe48 Dec 26 #10
Ty. 😄 I might have seen both several years back! 👍 electric_blue68 Dec 26 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 26 #3
bright side to this onethatcares Dec 26 #6
Is it kinda like this? AnnaLee Dec 27 #12
This is the one they got me Marthe48 Dec 27 #13

Marthe48

(19,495 posts)
4. I'll try
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 12:34 PM
Dec 26

I have to get on a little step stool to get a good picture. Screens in the windows are on the bottom. If I take a picture thru them, the mesh shows up over the whole photo.

I have other feeders in the yard I filled Monday. Right now, there are 4 squirrels and they are taking turns checking out the new thing, like it's a trap. Years ago, we got a super heavy, thick rope, like mooring line, and tied it between 2 sweet gum treese in the back yard. The squirrels use it as a highway, which is entertaining all by itself. The squirrels are running between the established feeders at the end of the yard and this new thing close to the house. I'm thinking of the old commercial "I'm not going to it. Let Mikey try it!" lol

electric_blue68

(18,998 posts)
7. Ha! I like the rope between the two trees!....
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 07:44 PM
Dec 26

I lived in a small 4 flr apt building on a block in Brooklyn: mostly with brownstones, or a few short buildings like mine. So the whole center of the block was filled with backyards!

Anyway, to my surprise there were telephone poles just past the backyard (or just inside?), running parallel to the building! I used to see the squirrels run back, and forth on the wires! 🐿 😄

Marthe48

(19,495 posts)
8. I think we bought the cable in 2010 or so
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 07:54 PM
Dec 26

It was a big hit as soon as we tied it between the trees. It's a natural fiber rope. Even constantly exposed to all kinds of weather, it has held up. The squirrels run across the top of the rope, or hang from the underside. The acrobatics are amazing. The branches of the trees are close enough they can leap, but the rope is a sure thing. lol

electric_blue68

(18,998 posts)
9. I Love it! On ?FB there was a guy who made a whole kind of part runway, but mostly obsticle course for the squirrels...
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 08:54 PM
Dec 26

in his backyard. 😄🥰😄 Sooo inventive! There was video!
This was some years back.

Marthe48

(19,495 posts)
10. I have seen a few videos
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 09:10 PM
Dec 26

One of them was a guy trying to thwart the squirrels from getting into the bird feeders. Another was an English video creating obstacles to the feeder to see how long it took the squirrels to figure out how to get through the obstacles. No matter what countries or obstacles, the squirrels solved every problem.

Response to Marthe48 (Original post)

onethatcares

(16,611 posts)
6. bright side to this
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 02:51 PM
Dec 26

as grocery prices go up, you'll always have a source of protein. Unless you're vegan of course

Marthe48

(19,495 posts)
13. This is the one they got me
Fri Dec 27, 2024, 03:31 PM
Dec 27

My daughter told me they got it on Etsy:

https://www.amazon.com/Squirrel-Outside-Umbrella-Squirrels-Chipmunk/dp/B0BGQCVVVZ

When I got up this morning, the half orange I stuck on the prong was gone. One of the squirrels was was sitting on its little picnic table, taking up all the space under the umbrella as it cleaned out the metal cups.

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