squirrels

[bobby]

does anyone know how to keep squirrels from eating sunflowers they have ate almost everyone planted >:(

[Homer]

Feed them peanuts? Don't really know but if they had another food source they might leave the flowers alone. ;)

[bobby]

they don't seem intimidated by bb guns

[Barbara]

Feed them something else.  

[Barbara]

they don't seem intimidated by bb guns

You shoot at squirrels?  I have pet squirrels and I am offended by this.

[bobby]

there is always bread and crackers in the yard and the squrrels always eat them but they still go for the sunflowers

[Homer]

they don't seem intimidated by bb guns

Don't shoot them! They're just trying to survive. You could be arrested for animal cruelty if caught.  :-\

[Barbara]

You planted a food source outside where wild animals live.  It is just natural for them to eat what is made available to them.

[Homer]

Looked this up on the internet.

What do squirrels eat?

Most squirrels eat nuts, seeds, grain, and fruit.   By far their favorite food would be nuts, followed by sunflower seeds.   Urban squirrel have adapted to eat just about anything,  including pizza,  luncheon meats and all forms of snack foods. Squirrels have been known to eat bird eggs,  but this is a last resort.  When natural food is scarce, they will eat anything they can find.

[bobby]

they don't seem intimidated by bb guns

Don't shoot them! They're just trying to survive. You could be arrested for animal cruelty if caught.  :-\

i'm not the one messing with them the neighbors are always messing with them they try to hit them with rocks and shoot them with bb guns but when they mess with them more just come

[Betty Boop]

start your sunflowers in pots inside the house where they can get direct sunlight and then once they come up a bit transplant them to the yard...........problem solved

[Homer]

Sounds like a new Fox show....When Squirrels Attack!  :P

[Barbara]

Charisma likes to watch the squirrels have their squirrel chow.
If your neighbors are shooting in the air with a bb gun then the police would take care of that.  If your neighbors are abusing animals then the SPCA will take care of that.
Betty, squirrels eat the sunflower seeds out of the sunflowers.  They are located in the middle and they just splice them open.

[bobby]

the sunflowers are already fully grown they always climb up to the top and chew off the flower part

start your sunflowers in pots inside the house where they can get direct sunlight and then once they come up a bit transplant them to the yard...........problem solved

[Betty Boop]

well this is how my ex roomie got hers started..... we had the bird problem here.....of course we dont have many squirrels in Phoenix either...cant remember the last time i saw one


ok gotcha.....dont think you will be able to stop them.......

[bobby]

i just figured out why they are going after my sunflowers, it's because the people 3 doors down didn't grow their watermelon things thats why they are going after them this year and didn't last year

[avs1roy33]

If the sunflowers aren't too tall, you could put some sort of netting over them. Thats what I do with my strawberries and raspberries to keep the birds away.

[Homer]

i just figured out why they are going after my sunflowers, it's because the people 3 doors down didn't grow their watermelon things thats why they are going after them this year and didn't last year

I know it's too late for this year but maybe plant a few melons next year and they may leave the sunflowers alone but like that article I posted said they tend to go for the nuts first and then the sunflowers.

[Capt. Morgan]

Try crushed red pepper or cayene pepper.
Birds cannot sense the hot so I mix some in the bird seed to keep the squirels off the bird feeder.
Maybe sprinkle some red or cayene pepper on some of the sunflowers, might give them the mouthful to stay away.

[Barbara]

That is so sweet Mike.  I like that idea.