Comments on: Squirrely

By: Sheri at The Loopy Ewe » Where’s Loopy & a new Photo Challenge

Sheri at The Loopy Ewe » Where’s Loopy & a new Photo Challenge — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:14:13 +0000

[...] prettysurethecatswerewatchingthesquirrelon thebirdfeeder,rightbeforeItookthisphoto [...]

By: BethC

BethC — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:17:57 +0000

Fun that you’re carrying Shaune’s hair sticks, I taught both her sons!

By: jgtck

jgtck — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:58:19 +0000

Hate to tell you this but we shoot the squirrels at our house. They are so destructive. In one year they ate the heat shield in my van, tore the paper off the sheetrock in our garage, and stuffed my husband’s boat full of pinecones. One even crawled in the sewer vent pipe and ended up plugging up the plumbing. I had to call a plumber to get it out. That same year we shot over 70 of them.

By: Gina

Gina — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:10:55 +0000

sheri…you need to put those domes up to keep the squirrels out of your feeders…above if they’re hanging, below if they’re on a pole. Those pesky so and sos have just discovered my garden and are eating my tomatoes while they are green!

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:01:10 +0000

Hmm, I have a guess about the shawl, – maybe I’m golden, or maybe I’m wrong

By: Amanda Cathleen

Amanda Cathleen — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:00:44 +0000

I used to work as a landscaper when I was in high school. There was one person that had a electric bird feeder that would send a small jolt to the squirrels. My father wanted one for Christmas one year (because ya know feeding birds when you live in the middle of the woods where bears have been spotted is such a good idea!) When we refused my dad told my mother he wanted a red rider bb gun and a bird feeder instead. He shot near them to scare them off, but now loves to watch them and uses the bb gun to scare off the raccoons. Honestly my father has a strange sense of humor!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:24:45 +0000

We live well into the county and have always had to replace feeder after feeder due to our squirrels…UNTIL we learned about capsaicin. The local feed store stocks this product that is safe for birds yet squirrels do not like it. We researched it and found it to be harmless to birds. We followed the directions, our birds are doing great the squirrels haven’t been seen since a day after we mixed it all together.

By: Mary Beth

Mary Beth — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:58:53 +0000

So funny! My dad dislikes squirrels so much that we surprise him with squirrel dolls, squirrel tee shirts, and pretty much anything we can find with squirrels on it. (When I was a kid, we had a family of squirrels burrow up our dryer vent and cause a lot of damage. Ever since he’s been most decidedly anti-squirrel.)

Good luck on your adventures.

By: Bev

Bev — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:09:34 +0000

Sheri,
I’ve been waiting for your Regia World Ball yarns because I have many friends who are Brazilian but alas I don’t see Brazil in your stock. Will you be getting any or did they already sell out?

Thanks. And sorry if I posted in the wrong place.

Bev

By: Karla

Karla — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:04:44 +0000

My parent’s squirrels have gotten so chubby eating out of the birdfeeders that hang from the gazebo that now they just come to the french doors and peer in until Mom brings them corn on the cob (dried or fresh), sunflower seeds, and peanuts that they eat out of a bowl. Only the young, lean squirrels have enough acrobatic skills to hang from the top of the gazebo with their back legs while lifting the lid on the feeder with their front paws. They are pretty hilarious! The pidgeons and doves dive bomb them when they get too greedy.