Sept 4, 2021 8:04:16 GMT
zee85
Brand New Budgie
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Post by zee85 on Sept 4, 2021 8:05:34 GMT
Hi, How are you guys. I am new member on the forum, welcome me.
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Post by ladybird on Sept 4, 2021 8:11:47 GMT
Hello zee85 and welcome to the forum. Tell us about yourself 😀
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Marianne Marlow
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George, Daisy, Iris, Billy, Peter, Chipper, Dinku, Barney, Ayla and Rocky
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Sept 4, 2021 8:40:11 GMT
Welcome.
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Sept 4, 2021 8:04:16 GMT
zee85
Brand New Budgie
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Post by zee85 on Sept 6, 2021 6:04:27 GMT
Thanks for welcomes! I need a little help from your side. Actually, I am a big fan of wild birds along with budgies. Currently, I am using the different feeders in my garden to attract the birds, but the squirrels are big problems. So I am thinking to use the different smells to keep the squirrels away. Let me know if these smells can be dangerous for the budgies? I don't want my garden budgies to put in any danger.
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Post by Ira on Sept 6, 2021 13:28:47 GMT
Not sure about smells, but I once had success with a 'squirrel baffle', a plastic dome, on a feeding station. Eventually had to put one at the top too, because they started leaping off of the top of the house.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Sept 6, 2021 16:43:20 GMT
I would stay away from moth balls or anything chemical like that. It may keep the squirrels away but might also cause respiratory distress to birds visiting the feeder. Red pepper or other spicy things could work. Budgies actually like peppers. Similarly, mint is also OK. Stay away from garlic which is toxic to budgies if consumed - not sure how the odor affects them but why take the chance? Have you tried something like what Ira suggested?
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Post by willowsmum on Sept 8, 2021 23:47:21 GMT
Welcome! You could also try a homemade version of the baffle suggested by Ira. You cut the tops and bottoms off 3 or 4 two litre fizzy drinks bottles and slot the remaining tube sections together to make a long tube, leaving the neck on the top bottle so that the opening at that end of the tube is small. You can then use the tube you've made to encase the feeder pole and hang it in place with garden string or fishing wire. The tube is too wide and smooth for the squirrels to grip onto and although they do attempt to climb up the pole, inside the tube, they can't get out at the top and so can't reach the feeder. This set up works for us but doesn't prevent aerial attacks as Ira pointed out. The only way I've managed to avoid that is by positioning the feeders out of jumping range from nearby trees/buildings/feeders etc. Also the squirrels do look very funny when they attempt to crawl up inside the tube and have to reverse back out again The only other advice I've seen was to coat the feeder poles in vegetable oil as they find it too slippery to climb, I've never tried this though. To be honest our squirrels are both ingenious and persistent and when the new babies arrive in the spring they launch a full on feeder assault and it always ends with me having to take the feeders down until the babies disband They can chew through the wire mesh of the feeders pretty easily so I would be concerned about attracting them to an area close to your budgies, in case they turn their attention to the aviary.
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