Wont work. Squirrels can get around that one too. Been there, done that, don't waste your money.
First of all move the feeder further from the porch railing. Squirrels can leap as far as four to five feet from one object to another. They can also jusmp that high.
I built a baffle that squirrels have yet to get around. I took a piece of 6 inch round, metal stovepipe, it's about 4.5 feet long. Cap one end, put a hole in the cap big enough for the post holding the feeder. Put the pipe around the post. It has to go from the ground up the pole far enough that the squirrels can't jump to the top of it. The squirrels can't get a grip on the pipe to climb it and if it's tall enough wont be able to get to the top to climb the pole. I spray painted mine brown so it would't scare the birds or glare in the sun.
Come over and take a look at it sometime. The squirrels have yet to get to the feeders since I put it up over a year ago,
I thought of using PVC, but PVC scratches and once a squirrel scratched it they would eb able to get a grip on it and climb it. The guy at Home Depot suggested the metal pipe instead.
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First of all move the feeder further from the porch railing. Squirrels can leap as far as four to five feet from one object to another. They can also jusmp that high.
I built a baffle that squirrels have yet to get around.
I took a piece of 6 inch round, metal stovepipe, it's about 4.5 feet long. Cap one end, put a hole in the cap big enough for the post holding the feeder. Put the pipe around the post. It has to go from the ground up the pole far enough that the squirrels can't jump to the top of it.
The squirrels can't get a grip on the pipe to climb it and if it's tall enough wont be able to get to the top to climb the pole. I spray painted mine brown so it would't scare the birds or glare in the sun.
Come over and take a look at it sometime. The squirrels have yet to get to the feeders since I put it up over a year ago,
I thought of using PVC, but PVC scratches and once a squirrel scratched it they would eb able to get a grip on it and climb it. The guy at Home Depot suggested the metal pipe instead.