Mammals are pretty smart and adaptable. We had a chicken coop. If we locked it up with a latch, hook & eye, or anything of the sort, the raccoons would open the door with their tiny hands like they were little people. Then they would bite the head and feet off a chicken and drag it back to their little ones (leaving the head and feet).
So we got a padlock, and that worked for a while. But then the weasels discovered a tiny hole somewhere. If they can get their skull through a hole, the rest of their skeleton unhinges temporarily so it can follow. Weasels start at the rear end of the chicken, and eat the innards on the way up. They don’t eat the meat. You can pluck and freeze the freshly disembowelled bird if you have the stomach for it.
@ Stuart: Super Gross! @the squirrels: Yeah you go ahead and break up the bird feeder and eat it all up cause when you are done I am unleashing the dogs and we will have squirrel and buscuits for dinner. Ha Ha.
margueritem over 15 years ago
Another rodent attack!!!!
The Duke 1 over 15 years ago
doctorToon to the rodent control center!! doctorToon to the rodent control center!!
NOW!!!!!!!lewisbower over 15 years ago
Is that like a coon proof trash can?
Yukoneric over 15 years ago
Get the BB gun.
wicky over 15 years ago
If he’s that hungry, let him feed.
vlechtja over 15 years ago
what’s wrong with feeding the squirrels?
carmy over 15 years ago
LOLS @ Le Tribe!
lisa4romMpls over 15 years ago
I didn’t think squirrels were that smart!
risitas over 15 years ago
I had a ”squirrel-proof” bird feeder once - the squirrels thought it was
hilarious!!!GoodQuestion Premium Member over 15 years ago
Sod the kitty, bring out my black Lab, she knows how to arrest a squirrel!!☺
stuart over 15 years ago
Mammals are pretty smart and adaptable. We had a chicken coop. If we locked it up with a latch, hook & eye, or anything of the sort, the raccoons would open the door with their tiny hands like they were little people. Then they would bite the head and feet off a chicken and drag it back to their little ones (leaving the head and feet).
So we got a padlock, and that worked for a while. But then the weasels discovered a tiny hole somewhere. If they can get their skull through a hole, the rest of their skeleton unhinges temporarily so it can follow. Weasels start at the rear end of the chicken, and eat the innards on the way up. They don’t eat the meat. You can pluck and freeze the freshly disembowelled bird if you have the stomach for it.
greeneyedtxn over 15 years ago
@ Stuart: Super Gross! @the squirrels: Yeah you go ahead and break up the bird feeder and eat it all up cause when you are done I am unleashing the dogs and we will have squirrel and buscuits for dinner. Ha Ha.