On a long-term perspective, having squirrel feeders is beneficial for many reasons.
One, having one would mean that squirrels would not be enticed to slide in your home for food.
Two, it would encourage them to stay away from bird feeders and pet cans.
Three, you’re able to serenely watch them eat from afar.
And here is how you do it.
How high should a squirrel feeder be?
Where should you hang a squirrel feeder?
As to where squirrel feeds should hang, it depends on the behavior of the squirrel nearby.
What food should you put in squirrel feeders?
Choose the best location to mount the mason jar.
Glue the stir stick horizontally, underneath the horizontally lying mason jar.
Use fishing wire to secure the mason jar in place.
Fill it with nuts and you are done.
It is as easy as that.
It can be a hanging feeder or a mounted one.
Again, choose a low-lying tree or by thefence in the yard.
Cut a square in the jug where two to three squirrels could feed at once.
Attach a tiptoe stick where they could move and get air.
Fill the milk jug with different types of seeds and nuts.
4.Slinky squirrel feeder
This is another inexpensive plan to keep squirrels fed and happy.
All you need would be a slinky and a rope.
For the slinky to hold the nuts in, confirm that it is hung at a half-circle.
Knot the rope in the slinky and hang it near tree branches.
you’re free to use transparent acrylic for the partitions and then mount it somewhere stable.
Fill it with diverse food choices to keep the squirrels excited.
you’re free to watch how this can be donehere.
Choose the thickest and sturdiest branch in a tree.
It looks like this.
It is a four-fan windmill so you might have a corn cob competition anytime.
you might find the full instructionshere.
you could use dried pine needles for the roof and then tie the woven yarn around a tree.
you might buy a ready-made squirrel house online or make one from scrap wood.
It can look like this plan.
Here is a sample of what it should look like.
For full instructions for this plan,click here.
The same steps are followed.
Dip it in peanut butter and roll it in seeds to be hung on a tree.
This is an example.
you could check out the instructions for this planherebut in actuality, this is how it should look like.
Wouldnt it be cute to see seated squirrel friends enjoying their time at their squirrel saloon?
Thisvideo tutorialwalks you through this plan.
For this, recycle the suet cage where the bird food was kept once.
Place the suet cage at ground level and just leave far away from the bird feeders.
18.Wine bottle squirrel feeder
This is a good plan for both simple bird and squirrel feeders.
For this you need wood scraps and a used wine bottle.
Simply mold the wood scraps into a wine holder (like the ones you see in wine cellars).
Mount the wood wine holder on a tree.
Fill the wine bottle with lots of bird seeds.
Place it in the wine holder with the bottles mouth facing down.
This plan looks like this.
Ivan Pavlov would be proud!
It makes use of a junk espresso machine, resting on an old bicycle seat as its platform.
It requires welding, scrap wood where you could mount it, drills, and screwdrivers.
you could put the nuts where the coffee beans would have been.
This is how this plan looks like.
For this, you need a scrap, thick cut, square wood to act as base.
you might find the complete instructionherefor this plan, but this is how it should look like.
Basically, the arcade is drilled on the side.
Overall, it looks like a plate but in bottle shape.
Fill it with nuts and seeds and just leave it under a tree.
It is quite decorative too, so it is worth it.
They are important to local biodiversity and seeing them around could be a teaching moment for little kids.
Most squirrel feeders are easy to do and do not need elaborate designs to be made.
