lynnie

our squirrels are acrobats, they hang upside down for just a morsel of bird food.
I've seen them chew thru ropes to get what they want. my mom has her bird feed in
a metal garbage pail out side with a bungee cord on top. they chewed thru that.
she had it in a plastic garbage pail, but they chewed the top off the can.

Doggramma

Chipmunks are so naughty. We have a few that appear when we open the back door. Then it's like watching the Keystone Cops as they run around the patio looking for the food we throw out there. Glad you have a fix for your problem!

sewnsewsue

I have never had chipmunks damage my feeders but squirrels chewed an aluminum baffle( the baffle is the can-like tube below the feeder that keeps them from reaching the feeder). Be happy you don't have bears. They twist and break the poles like they are toothpicks. They smash the feeders to smithereens or take them into the woods, hummingbird feeders too. I have a feeder hanging high above the ground with a pulley to fill it. I have to wrap the pulley rope around the tree or they will pull on it. The don't seem to be able to climb that tree though they try. They say birdseed is like candy to a bear. I'm glad you can repair you feeder and get back in business, it gets really expensive to replace everything.

sparkys_mom

This won't help with them chewing the rope through, but it definitely works to keep them off the feeder.

http://www.duncraft.com/Emerald-Squi...affle-Hat?shop

I used to have a tree next to my deck and I kept a tube-like feeder with sunflower seeds there. The squirrels would raid it like crazy until I bought the baffle. Then I amused myself by watching the squirrels come down the chain, try to reach the feeder, fail, and fall to the ground. They would try over and over and fail every time. It is much better than the round dome-like baffles as the top hat or witch hat as I call it is just long enough that they can't reach the feeder and it is slanted enough that they can't do much except fall to the ground. Some of the larger squirrels may be able to scramble back up the chain but I have never seen one get to the feeder.

mumzer

Save an old electrical extension cord. I have feeders that have been up for years. Depending on the cord you can make a cut in the center and pull to get 2 long cords. Must be the rubber and wire that they don't like. Another idea is a clothes hanger. This is a little harder to bend so you'll need a pair of pliers to help you.

onemoe

the chipmunk had jumped from the arbour to the feeder. now the arbour is gone and new clotheswire and new system for lowering the feeder is up

oh munner

WOW.... that's somethin' !!!!!!

Jingle

We have two squirrel proof feeders. Never saw a chipmunk climb up the pole. The Chipmunks here gather seeds the birds drop or throw out.
We have to try to prevent raccoons from taking ours down. They are strong metal feeders but the raccoons can undo bungee cords used to keep them attached to the feeders and hangar attached to a 4x4".
I would get a heavy wire to attach it.
I guess they are hungry enough to try anything to get at the food.

Doggramma

That's quite an engineered contraption

tessagin

Did you smear it with Vaseline? It'll keep the little boogers from trying to go up the post.