Squirrel Baffle: A Squirrel Stopper that Actually Works
Trying to find a squirrel stopper, also known as a squirrel baffle, that really stops squirrels from climbing up your bird feeder pole? Here’s how we stopped the squirrels for good.
Squirrel on my bird feeder Stop the Squirrels with a Squirrel BaffleI got a smart bird feeder cam and I love it! Unfortunately, so did the squirrels. My first few days of recordings were all squirrel.
I got the Dzees Bird Feeder Cam on Amazon, and it actually comes with a squirrel baffle. It’s also completely useless for keeping the squirrels away. Click here for more info on the Smart Bird Feeder Cam.
That baffle was small and floppy, and the squirrels just crawled right over it. So, I started my search for something effective.
Making a Squirrel-Proof Bird Feeder PoleI looked at a LOT of squirrel baffles, and many looked like they’d just help the squirrels get up there. Like the ones with the slinky. Lots of bad reviews.
So, I ordered a large 19″ wide squirrel baffle made for bird feeder poles. Click here to see it on Amazon.
Bird feeder with squirrel baffleWhen it arrived, I found the hole too small for my bird feeder pole. It’s made to fit a shepherd’s hook type pole, which is thinner.
So, my husband cut around the hole to make it bigger. This also made it wobbly on the pole. And that is how it finally became squirrel-proof!
The squirrels crawl up the pole and try to jump onto the baffle, and it flops down and they fall right off.
It’s actually pretty entertaining to sit and watch them try and fail. Especially after they ate so much of my bird seed! They still come around to collect whatever the birds knock to the ground, but it’s been up for a year and not a single squirrel has gotten into my bird feeder.
Video of the Squirrel StopperI made a video to show what we did to the baffle, and how it made it too wobbly for the squirrels to get past.
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You can find the one I got here: Click here to see the squirrel stopper on Amazon.
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