Up where my parents live the Squirrels have invaded. Seriously. They are fetchin’ everywhere. They ate my Moms baby plants in Spring (I know, weird huh) and now they climb up the metal pole where the Bird Food is and they have started eating the (needless to say, expensive) Bird Food. My Dad tried everything to stop them from eating it all; making the pole slick, putting chicken wire around it, and who-knows what else he tried.

He probably should have tried organic repellent sprays for his critter control problems. Critter Ridder is an organic spray that irritates the animals when they touch or taste the pole, or even sometimes smell, whatever it is that you want the animals to stay away from. It does not hurt them in any way, but I would think that they would not come back anytime soon! My Dad is on line a lot and I should mention to him that he can research the Critter Control library for more info. However, I think that might be too late. They gave the Bird Feeder to me ! It now hangs in my backyard. Birds do come, during the day, when our Cat Rosey is locked inside when we are at work. But . . . as you can see from the picture below, when we get home, she goes right outside and sits directly under the Bird feeder and waits for the Birdies. Those birds are pretty smart tho, they tease her as for some uknown reason, they know she cannot reach them! But still she sits; looking up and waiting.

More than likely, the reason she cannot jump up and get them is she is a tad on the cubby side ! ha !

(if you click the pics, they should become bigger)

Originally posted Aug 29