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OT: Squirrels and bird seed? nospambob 06-03-2006
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Posted by on June 3, 2006, 7:41 am
Cayenne pepper has been suggested as a deterrent to keep squirrels
away from seed meant for birds. We just watched some squirrels eat
some then "wipe" their chin on the deck apparently to get the pepper
off. It seems to deter most but some just ignore it and feed. Maybe
they'll regret it later, hope so. Have read that birds aren't
offended by it but we haven't had a chance to find out anything about
that due to the squirrels being in the way. A male Cardinal visited
for a short time prior to sprinkling the cayenne on the seeds. I seem
to recall a suggestion of putting both in a container and shaking to
coat the seeds with pepper as a squirrel deterrent. Any confirmation
or comments?

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Posted by on June 3, 2006, 8:51 am

nospambob@vcoms.net wrote:
> Cayenne pepper has been suggested as a deterrent to keep squirrels
> away from seed meant for birds. We just watched some squirrels eat
> some then "wipe" their chin on the deck apparently to get the pepper
> off. It seems to deter most but some just ignore it and feed. Maybe
> they'll regret it later, hope so. Have read that birds aren't
> offended by it but we haven't had a chance to find out anything about
> that due to the squirrels being in the way. A male Cardinal visited
> for a short time prior to sprinkling the cayenne on the seeds. I seem
> to recall a suggestion of putting both in a container and shaking to
> coat the seeds with pepper as a squirrel deterrent. Any confirmation
> or comments?


I placed my bird feeder on a 4" diameter PVC pipe place in the ground.
I used a hose clamp to secure one of those plant hanger arms to the
end of it and hung the feeder from that. No more problems. But this
will only work as long as there is nothing nearby they can jump from to
get to the feeder.


Posted by Joseph Meehan on June 3, 2006, 9:39 am
nospambob@vcoms.net wrote:
> Cayenne pepper has been suggested as a deterrent to keep squirrels
> away from seed meant for birds. We just watched some squirrels eat
> some then "wipe" their chin on the deck apparently to get the pepper
> off. It seems to deter most but some just ignore it and feed. Maybe
> they'll regret it later, hope so. Have read that birds aren't
> offended by it but we haven't had a chance to find out anything about
> that due to the squirrels being in the way. A male Cardinal visited
> for a short time prior to sprinkling the cayenne on the seeds. I seem
> to recall a suggestion of putting both in a container and shaking to
> coat the seeds with pepper as a squirrel deterrent. Any confirmation
> or comments?

I understand it can be bad for some birds.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit



Posted by m Ransley on June 3, 2006, 11:48 am
Cayenne pepper affects any animal and birds, if you dont think its
torture put a teaspoon on your lunch.. Think twice.


Posted by J. Clarke on June 3, 2006, 1:49 pm
m Ransley wrote:

> Cayenne pepper affects any animal and birds, if you dont think its
> torture put a teaspoon on your lunch.. Think twice.

Now what leads you to believe that it affects birds?

You might find <http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2001news/peppers.htm> to be of
interest.

Further, don't assume that all animals perceive tasted the same way humans
do. If they did then vultures would have a real problem.

--
--John
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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

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