[dsnrbec]

Has anyone come up with a solution to keep birds from landing on the top rail of your birdcage? We spend a part of every day cleaning bird poop off our patio and would love to find something to deter them. We’ve tried the owls but they seemed to make it worse. Help!

[EdFNJ]

Spikes.
Amazon.com

[villagetinker]

Electric utilities use a spike strip to keep birds and other animals off sensitive equipment, I am sorry I do not recall the product name, but an internet search for bird deterrents should produce suitable results. Your biggest problem with be getting someone to mount these. You may also find ultrasonic noise (or similar) products that may or may not work, these would be much easier to mount inside the birdcage. I have seen articles with mention of reflective displays that will keep birds away, no idea if these actually work or the longevity of the item.
Finally, try a search on this site, I seem to recall previous threads, but i do not recall if there were any solutions.

[retiredguy123]

Try hanging CDs or DVDs on a string over the birdcage. They reflect the light and scare the birds away. Another option is to attach a spike strip on the top rail.

[I'm Popeye!]

Hmmm!
. . . . . This should work keeping Birds off...

[fdpaq0580]

Some have used rubber snakes to scare away birds. Seems to work. Toss a couple up there and see what happens. Good luck.

[PJ_Smiley]

Fake owls. I see them on many bird cages.

[NotGolfer]

Originally Posted by PJ_Smiley

Fake owls. I see them on many bird cages.

They already stated in their post they tried that and they didn't work!!!

[ChicagoNative]

Spikes may keep birds from landing, but they will still poop as they fly over. As they say, sh*t happens.

[sarvbill]

Originally Posted by dsnrbec

Has anyone come up with a solution to keep birds from landing on the top rail of your birdcage? We spend a part of every day cleaning bird poop off our patio and would love to find something to deter them. We’ve tried the owls but they seemed to make it worse. Help!

Daddy Longlegs (Amazon)

Amazon.com

[ThirdOfFive]

Those owl replicas that you can buy at Lowe's don't work beyond a few days.

What DOES work is a "kinetic" owl. You can get 'em on Amazon. Also other birds-of-prey replicas such as ospreys. They're lifesized, with "wings" that spin in the wind. After trying everything under the sun to keep the critters away from my patio garden I finally went the kinetic owl route. Keeps everything away. They're made to sit on a pole with the other end of the pole in the ground, so they rotate with the wind as well as "flapping" their wings.

Mounting it might be a problem. The pole that comes with them is a fiberglas thingy maybe three feet long at most, and it bends (and breaks) readily when the wind is too strong. I solved that by buying a 4' length of 3/8" rebar at Lowe's and duct-taping the swivel end of the fiberglas pole to the re-bar. Works perfectly and keeps the owl ("Seymour") a respectable distance from the ground. With a little ingenuity you'd have no problem mounting it on the bird cage so it is at or above pooping-bird level.

[wamley]

Bird spikes (plastic or aluminum) work very well, but with any cure it has its issues with collecting wind blow debris. There was a jell type product that became rubbery and can be installed from tubes to the areas that birds land on like silicone. It was called HOT FOOT, as it made it uncomfortable for birds to set on the areas covered without causing any health issues to the birds. Of course there was a life expectancy to the product and has to be replaced.

[Kennybmd]

I tried this in a barn, the birds build nests in the spikes!

[Kennybmd]

Originally Posted by wamley

Bird spikes (plastic or aluminum) work very well, but with any cure it has its issues with collecting wind blow debris. There was a jell type product that became rubbery and can be installed from tubes to the areas that birds land on like silicone. It was called HOT FOOT, as it made it uncomfortable for birds to set on the areas covered without causing any health issues to the birds. Of course there was a life expectancy to the product and has to be replaced.

They just build nests in the spikes. I know. I have tried that.

[Velvet]

Vaseline, so when they land it’s slippery.