of a birdie thing that you hang a fat ball from a hook. so I did. Squirrel
came, nibbled through the net it was hanging from and ate the lot.
I've modified it.

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...
of a birdie thing that you hang a fat ball from a hook. so I did.
Squirrel came, nibbled through the net it was hanging from and ate the
lot.
I've modified it.

If that is the green netting stuff your fat ball was in, you need to speak
to Spider!

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On 19/01/2015 18:10, Christina Websell wrote:
of a birdie thing that you hang a fat ball from a hook. so I did. Squirrel
came, nibbled through the net it was hanging from and ate the lot.


I've modified it.

The hook or the Squirrel?

"David Hill" wrote in message
...
On 19/01/2015 18:10, Christina Websell wrote:
of a birdie thing that you hang a fat ball from a hook. so I did.
Squirrel
came, nibbled through the net it was hanging from and ate the lot.


I've modified it.

The hook or the Squirrel?

lol
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On 19/01/2015 21:08, Ophelia wrote:


"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...
of a birdie thing that you hang a fat ball from a hook. so I did.
Squirrel came, nibbled through the net it was hanging from and ate the
lot.
I've modified it.

If that is the green netting stuff your fat ball was in, you need to
speak to Spider!



Spider speaking! Indeed, Tina, if it was green netting which aided the
hanging of your fat ball, then the squirrel did you and your birds a
favour. A bird's tongue can get caught in the netting and cause
terrible injury. The bird usually dies of dehydration/starvation,
whichever comes first. I've handled a bird fatally mutilated by netting
and it wasn't very pleasant.
I do hope you continue to use fatballs, but remove any netting first.
There are cages and the like to suspend the balls in so the birds can
feed safely. Perhaps you could even make your own with fairly open wire
netting, say 1" or more holes.
--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay

On 19/01/2015 21:45, Ophelia wrote:


"David Hill" wrote in message
...
On 19/01/2015 18:10, Christina Websell wrote:
of a birdie thing that you hang a fat ball from a hook. so I did.
Squirrel
came, nibbled through the net it was hanging from and ate the lot.


I've modified it.

The hook or the Squirrel?

lol
I splashed out for squirrel proof feeders, they turned out to be an
excellent buy. then I bought fat balls, hung them in one of the wire
cages (sans netting). Up until then the squirrels had not even bothered
to visit the feeders but that brought them back. I have yet to find a
way to stop them pinching the balls, any ideas would be gratefully accepted.

On 20/01/15 08:40, Broadback wrote:
On 19/01/2015 21:45, Ophelia wrote:


"David Hill" wrote in message
...
On 19/01/2015 18:10, Christina Websell wrote:
of a birdie thing that you hang a fat ball from a hook. so I did.
Squirrel
came, nibbled through the net it was hanging from and ate the lot.


I've modified it.

The hook or the Squirrel?

lol
I splashed out for squirrel proof feeders, they turned out to be an
excellent buy. then I bought fat balls, hung them in one of the wire
cages (sans netting). Up until then the squirrels had not even bothered
to visit the feeders but that brought them back. I have yet to find a
way to stop them pinching the balls, any ideas would be gratefully accepted.

Dust them with cayenne pepper, or push crushed dried cayenne pepper into
the fat balls. I understand that birds cannot taste capsaicin, but
squirrels can, and so avoid it.

--

Jeff

"Spider" wrote in message
...
On 19/01/2015 21:08, Ophelia wrote:


"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...
of a birdie thing that you hang a fat ball from a hook. so I did.
Squirrel came, nibbled through the net it was hanging from and ate the
lot.
I've modified it.

If that is the green netting stuff your fat ball was in, you need to
speak to Spider!



Spider speaking! Indeed, Tina, if it was green netting which aided the
hanging of your fat ball, then the squirrel did you and your birds a
favour. A bird's tongue can get caught in the netting and cause terrible
injury. The bird usually dies of dehydration/starvation, whichever comes
first. I've handled a bird fatally mutilated by netting and it wasn't
very pleasant.
I do hope you continue to use fatballs, but remove any netting first.
There are cages and the like to suspend the balls in so the birds can feed
safely. Perhaps you could even make your own with fairly open wire
netting, say 1" or more holes.
--
I hung a fatball cage I already had from the hook as a modifier. To be fair
it was a present from Germany where they don't have grey squirrels and not a
lot feed the birds.

I note your concerns about netting on fatballs and will now remove it before
I offer fatballs again.

On Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:40:56 +0000, Broadback
wrote:

On 19/01/2015 21:45, Ophelia wrote:


"David Hill" wrote in message
...
On 19/01/2015 18:10, Christina Websell wrote:
of a birdie thing that you hang a fat ball from a hook. so I did.
Squirrel
came, nibbled through the net it was hanging from and ate the lot.


I've modified it.

The hook or the Squirrel?

lol
I splashed out for squirrel proof feeders, they turned out to be an
excellent buy. then I bought fat balls, hung them in one of the wire
cages (sans netting). Up until then the squirrels had not even bothered
to visit the feeders but that brought them back. I have yet to find a
way to stop them pinching the balls, any ideas would be gratefully accepted.

You may want to have a look at the range of squirrel proof feeders at
http://www.soarmillseeds.co.uk/Caged-Feeders/ or
http://www.livingwithbirds.com/squir...y-birdfeeders/
--
rbel