How can I squirrel proof a bird feeder?

I have had a metal feeder for about 7 years that has saved my sanity concerning squirrels. It's a metal feeder that has a top that you lift up to fill it. On the front is a bar where the birds sit to eat. When a squirrel comes to the feeder, the bar drops down and the seed is inaccessible to the squirrel. I've had MANY squirrels fall off this feeder! They just don't get it, that they are too heavy. I recently bought one for my mother at Tractor Supply, I know you can find one on line. Just google ';squirrel proof feeder';, and you will find some. Good luck.How can I squirrel proof a bird feeder?
Simple.





Put SAFFLOWER seed in the feeder. Squirrels do NOT eat safflower seed, but birds love it.





I buy mine at Walmart.How can I squirrel proof a bird feeder?
We have a lot of very sly squirrels in our area as well and we've found that if we hang the bird feeder from wire they can't get to it. Just make sure that the wire is at least 12 - 18 inches long and this should solve your problem.
try getting one of those bird feeders with a little cage-like thing around it if you know what i mean. Birds can get in, squirrels can't
never put them in or by trees and make sure to put it up very high on a pole that squirrels or any other animal can can climb
stand and guard it :)
go to gardenpests.com and search.
It depends on what type of feeder you use, and where it is located. For hanging feeders domes work well, positioned above the feeder by a foot or so.





If it does not work well immediately, put a knot in the line that holds the feeder and put a washer on there before sliding the dome onto it. That allows the dome to tip a little more under a squirrel's weight, and they slide off.








My girlfriend had a problem with them climbing the post-mounted feeders. It did not matter about one, because the feeder itself had a dome on top, plus it has an automatic battery-operated device that spins the bottom and throws the squirrels off. (triggered by the weight of the squirrel)





They would get up there and jump over to the other one which held suet. We tried several things to block them from jumping, but all failed.





Finally, I found a solution that worked! I bought galvanized vent pipe, wrapped it around the uprights, and clipped the pre-formed sides together to make a tube. They cannot climb it even with a running start, and they cannot leap five feet straight up to get over it.





Now they just eat whatever the birds drop onto the ground.


They still take a run at the tubes, but cannot get even half way up.
if it's a hanging feeder, there is a plastic dome that you put on the srting above the feeder, when squirrels get on the dome, it tilts and they fall off. If it's a pole feeder, there is another type of plastic dome, but this time it's inerted. a squirrel can't get around it.
I really don't think you can. Squirrels are *very* intelligent.
Try putting the bird feeder on a high, metal pole away from trees or the roof. Squirrels are very inventive.
Simple answer: You can't. Suggest you increase your bird-feeding budget to include extra food for the squirrels.
break out the red ryde bbgun! or a slingshot