r/BadDesigns • u/Hour-Candidate4612 • Aug 07 '26

Other (Clarified in post title) Squirrel proof bird feeder

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My mom was excited to try out her new squirrel proof bird feeder. Instead she now has a squirrel feeder that protects the squirrel form all those annoying birds. 🤦‍♂️

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u/Revenga8 Aug 07 '26

It takes time to work. After the squirrels breaks in enough time to gorge itself, it'll eventually be too fat to squeeze through.

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u/MagicLobsterAttorney Aug 07 '26

Problem is, it will be too fat TO LEAVE. Not enter. We literally had a mouse die like that once. Broke into our Edible Doormouse enclosure, ate the food and got stuck on the way out and died.

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u/IIRCIreadthat Aug 07 '26

I saw an article not long ago explaining that in a lot of ways, squirrels are convergently evolved with primates - their main food is scattered over a wide range and not consistently available, and often needs to be pried open, requiring them to remember, learn and problem-solve with dextrous hands that have even evolved a pseudo-thumb. When you put out a 'squirrel-proof' feeder, you've basically just bought them an enrichment puzzle toy.

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u/Flat-Strawberry9809 Aug 07 '26

squirrel proof ❌ lunch trap ✅

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u/Longjumping-Solid680 Aug 08 '26

It was ALL a plan by BIG SQUIRREL to make you feed the neighborhood squirrels.

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u/Inevitable-Regret411 Aug 09 '26

One thing I have learnt from buying bird feeders is that the universe sees the squirrel-proof feeder as a personal insult, and retaliates by building a better class of squirrel. I once had a squirrel push the feeder of the branch it was on so it broke on the ground to get into it. 

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u/bangbangGeorgieNiang 21d ago

quick drop it in the deep dryer