[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by aussiemom

..Squirrels will out think you no matter what you do. As long as you don't have any dog/cat food, bird seed, etc in your birdcage, they will not eat through it. Just running around on top of it will not hurt it. Best you can do is learn to live with them.

You can always hope your neighbors put up some bird feeders and lure the squirrels away from your birdcage.

[TrudyM]

Originally Posted by Satchhol

Many, many years ago, my father decided to trap the squirrels in his yard and move them to the woods several miles away. 43 re-located squirrels later, he declared success. We were surprised by the numbers of squirrels he trapped. BTW, his yard was a little bigger than the average sized TV yard but with many pine trees..

I tried the have a hart traps when I lived in Atlanta and when I caught a squirrel it got stuck and all beaten up by trying to get out it didn't look humane at all. I was trying to get rid of them because unlike in the colder regions where I have lived, (New England and Seattle) in Atlanta they got in the attic and chewed the electric wires which would kill them and then they stank not to mention having to have an electrician come in and fix the wireing. He said it was common in that area. He installed a plug with a motion detector and plugged in a sonic repeller it seemed to work. My neighbor use to put his cat in the attic for the night once a week.

Don't know if either solution worked long term as we moved away a few months after we had the high pitched things installed.