Soda bottle squirrel baffle- Cheapest and best squirrel baffle?

I encourage others to try out this design and let me know if it works for you. To be honest, this is still in the experimental phase. So far it has not had any squirrels attacking the feeder. I will provide some follow up to let you know if this is working in the spring and summer when the squirrels are more active.
Let me know if you've seen something like this. I think this is an original idea but you never know!
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[@plcamp1]

I cut bottom off one bottle, drilled hole thru bottom of other…join them back to back and put that on the pole. Works absolutely perfectly, no squirrel at the feeder for three years.

[@ggpp6252]

Please post the picture to show us what it looks like.

[@suewylie]

would you kindly share a photo of your successful bottle design?

[@dmariewalker6880]

How? YT doesn’t allow that, he’d have to have his own channel

[@godisnotmocked1345]

I don't get it. So you joined them back to back, meaning bottom to bottom? What was the hole for? I can't picture what you did. Can you explain. It would be a nice cheap fix if what you're saying really works.

[@createyourgardenoasis1381]

Definitely will try, thanks!!

[@dunbardunelm3924]

I couldn't wait to make this thing 😂😂😂. I just saw the picture and went to work. It's only when I actually watched the video that I saw how you used it, as I plant to actually make it 'sit' on top of my feeder....fingers crossed and Thank You for sharing your ingenuity😅🎊🤗🥰

[@margerobb1469]

Works like a dream! Thank you!!!

[@Deenatheknittingauthor]

I am going to try this!! ASAP. I have a major squirrel problem. One even went into a hanging pot of sweet potatoes and dug up my slips that I was growing for decoration!!! Little buggers.

[@cassandracollins6890]

I'm so sorry! I'm having a war with the little buggers, too. Last year they dug into several of my potted plants on the deck, killing 3 of them. They were stealing bird food and burying it in my pots! I did get a nice pot of sunflowers from them, though!

[@Deenatheknittingauthor]

@Cassandra Collins haha I have same problem!!!! I even have found peanuts in mine. Everyone around my place feeds them peanuts. Too funny

[@PTuffduty]

I’ll try it.

[@jmcinnis621]

Looks like this device will work. Great job. One of the haters in the comments thought it looked like it was ghetto. Well he can buy a squirrel baffle for $40 that doesn't look ghetto. But then as well it's going to look pretty ghetto lol. Great video Thanks for sharing.

[@jmcinnis621]

I hate voice texting..... His wallet is going to look pretty ghetto.

[@LadybugAdventures]

Thank you. The curls ended up going back in overtime. Squirrel still didn't bother with it though. My other baffle design video is definitely better.

[@IndianMaidProducts]

A squirrel is our logoperson. I saw one hanging by its hind feet & tail from the arch of a shepherd"s crook feeder pole & I knew we had found our logoperson. Snapped some photos, sent them to a gal with what she needed to do to them & a couple of weeks later - our logo. 😁. Like psistina, the squirrel, we don't take "no" for an answer & we are both creative & persistent in our approach to challenges.

[@rykerlennox3168]

@Kaiser Dominik Flixportal :D

[@kaiserdominik8332]

@Ryker Lennox Thank you, I signed up and it seems like a nice service :) I really appreciate it !

[@rykerlennox3168]

@Kaiser Dominik Happy to help :)

[@robbinweighman6476]

love the thought, my feeder is on a 4"x4" so I am still at a loss. Can't find a metal trash can lid anywhere.

[@vicmurai1033]

I think the empty 2 litre bottle would work without cutting the bottom half into strips. Simply slip the bottle onto the pole and secure it with the plastic tie. Thanks for the idea, Ladybug.

[@LadybugAdventures]

No problem. I’m glad when people make it their own and improve on ideas.

[@sroberts605]

Just seen your reply after saying same to @patplante8739 below! I'm just about to try it with a 5 litre bottle - have you tried yours?

[@Lily_Samson]

My NY squirrels have access from my deck rail to the shepherd hook, so the situation is working against me from the git go… The bottle ribbons were formed easy with a blow dryer…I had a diffuser which gave me even dispersal heat… Don’t know if this works yet, but I post either way! Thanks for the video… 🦋Lily🦋

[@LadybugAdventures]

Beat of luck! Mine curled in a little over time but still kept working... So far at least.

[@mr.morgan5643]

Great idea!! Keep on bugging those pesky rodents !!

[@LadybugAdventures]

Will do! Waiting for late spring to irritate them more.

[@NickKemp897]

To shape the "feathers" try heating the bottle and then forming them as desired. 150 -212 may be enough (hot water or oven). A hair dryer or heat gun will heat the plastic hot but is hard to control. As I recall, the plastic will shrink when too hot.

[@LadybugAdventures]

That's exactly why I didn't try the heat gun or hair dryer. I think when I tried again I will try the heat gun and splay the pieces out while I apply the heat. I will try those lower temperatures and see if that works a little easier.

[@gonicjon]

They make 3 liter bottles also

[@rockymtngirl977]

I'm thinking using a blow-dry on the inside going in a circular motion would curl the side out, making it quicker and easier. . . . . hummmm guess what I'll be doing tomorrow. Great idea using 2 ltr pop bottles & much cheaper than buying a baffle.

[@LadybugAdventures]

Let me know how it goes!

[@CondescendingOaf]

You might try drawing an extra line around the bottle around 3 inches from the bottom. Bend the strips at that line and give them a hard crease, then bend them at your "cut to" line and give them a soft (or maybe hard) crease there as well. This should keep them from curling inward. Maybe even two extra lines - something to experiment with.

[@LadybugAdventures]

Excellent idea. I will definitely try that.

[@katielyb]

Darn. I was hoping for a free option.

[@lightgiver7311]

I tried it and finally the squirrels finally chewed it apart.

[@danielpicard2107]

Excuse me sir, what Kindle of model of car you have? It is a kind of flat back door car?

[@MartinPHE]

You need to use 2 2 liter bottles. Also place the cut one flat by pushing and use hair dryer on low air - high heat it will form the shape just don't get too hot or it will melt it. The second bottle you need to just cut the bottom out and super glue it to the top of the other bottle. have this working for 2 months now the 15 squirrels gave up and left hardly see them anymore.

[@LadybugAdventures]

Thanks

[@MartinPHE]

@@LadybugAdventures the cut up bottle on the bottom to be clear

[@tearose9938]

I'd like to see a picture please

[@MartinPHE]

@@tearose9938 The image of the bottle on this video works all you need to do is 1 more just cut the bottom off slide over the one in this video an inch. Ladybug can hopefully up the video. just a note there are moths getting stuck inside so it kind of makes the bird go a little crazy. I have it about 4 foot off the ground.

[@russelchristensen9326]

​@@MartinPHE cst

[@flyingirl1flyingirl119]

Love the ingenuity. I’m wanting to do something similar to keep my cats from climbing fir trees

[@vicmurai1033]

I tried the suggestion and it works superbly! It even discouraged red squirrels, believe it or not.Now I must find a simple method of keeping the Raccoons from my bird feeders. Any suggestions Ladybug? Merci bien.

[@wanderer1955]

"Only the most determined squirrel would get past this blockade". That comment just about includes every squirrel in the land.

[@LadybugAdventures]

Haha! True. I hate to admit it, but I've been watching squirrels for a long time and although all are determined little creatures, they have personalities like any other animal. Some just try a few times and then give up while others come at it at different angles. It's pretty impressive when I meet my match! I also do mouse traps and watching the footage of different mice, it's amazing to watch the tentative ones and the more during ones.

[@angelamary9493]

Squirrels can be a nightmare 🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️

[@barbaragray9327]

How do you make the opening on top of the soda bottle so I could wrap it around a two and a half inch diameter pole with a shepherd's hook att the top and cement at the bottom

[@LadybugAdventures]

You have to cut it unfortunately. And put it back together again with epoxy or something like that

[@thom7667]

How do you get a baffle on a shepherd's hook Pole like the black one that you have in the video?

[@LadybugAdventures]

If there's no stabilizer on the bottom you just slip it up. Otherwise you need to separate the baffle and then put it back again. On my other baffles That's what I had to do.

[@undercarver8777]

Yes- watch his other baffle videos. You cut it with tin snips. Be careful! So far so good !

[@jetsetter8541]

Make a baffle so quite Squirrels get trapped just to find a nut to let them free. That would be great harmless entertainment. If I want to eat I must entertain and put up production for my boss. No easy life even for us human animals .

[@mrobvious1100]

I have 3 local Gray squirrels.. I never see more than 3. I put out a critter cage with a handful of peanuts.. 3 days straight I would catch one of the squirrels put them in the truck and drive about 5 miles away and release them in the woods.. So far I have not seen anymore.. I'm sure eventually another one will pop up..

[@tearose9938]

You will most definitely see more squirrels. Squirrels live in territories that overlap one another. Your territory is now empty and squirrels will come back. 40 years ago my parents decided to wage war on squirrels. They and the neighbors had a tally of about 70 squirrels that they relocated to forest preserves 5 miles away. There were always, always more squirrels to relocate. They finally gave up.

[@russorgain3813]

@@tearose9938 My mom loved feeding the birds and was always frustrated by the squirrels eating all the seed. She started live trapping them with my Havahart trap and letting them go in the woods by the hospital where she worked. She was over 200 captured squirrels the last time she told me her total but finally gave up too.

[@craiglawrence8284]

You left out an important detail. How did you attach the baffle to the pole? Thanks

[@LadybugAdventures]

Ahh!!! I tied a zip tie to the pole and the baffle rests on it

[@craiglawrence8284]

@@LadybugAdventures thank you!

[@robbinweighman6476]

I'm guessing pole diameter and bottle diameter "pretty close"

[@JetHawk]

Should rename bird seeds to squirrel seeds.

[@LadybugAdventures]

Love it!

[@denisetownsend9471]

The original baffle ....where did you buy that from?

[@LadybugAdventures]

You mean the one I made? Materials were from home depot

[@ingrideyrauch3811]

What did you use on the pole to hold the bottle?

[@LadybugAdventures]

Zip ties around the pole and duct tape to even it out so that it's sat upright

[@pjc87guy]

What if you put it in the microwave with the tentacles splayed?

[@annienan7634]

I've been thinking of using a dog cone. 🤔

[@LadybugAdventures]

That'll work!

[@phamthai1924]

Did you use it ? Does it work ? I can use one, really bad !!!

[@Ingaludlow1]

@@phamthai1924 Yes it does. I used a plastic flower pot bottom to cap the dog cone. The squirrels were put out. It doesn't look hideous in the yard either.

[@wmfife1]

Once you get a squirrel baffle to work, the next thing is to provide an alternative food source for squirrels to allow the birds to feed undisturbed... because "newbie" squirrels will constantly be coming along to give the baffle "one more try". And let's face it, offering abundant food then building a barrier that prevents hungry animals from getting any is not nice, if not a bit cruel. Fortunately, there are cheap squirrel feeders (seed cake holders and cob coils) and feed (dried corn kernels, corn on the cob, sunflower seed cakes or anything you prefer...) you can hang from a low-level hook they can easily climb. I would even suggest, if you have some, wrapping the pole with some kind of tape including, but not limited to such specialized materials as sport-wrap- to make it even easier for them. Because the more accessible food IS to squirrels, the less they will be inclined to go after what isn't. ...Just a suggestion. And, thanks for the video. You may have saved me forty dollars!

[@LadybugAdventures]

That's a fair suggestion! I found that the birds drop a lot of seeds so there is enough for the squirrels to pick up off the ground. Once they keep failing they stop bothering trying to go up.

[@user-rb7fi2wz6z]

it was interesting…I do not use bird feeder, to avoid wild animcals come here like bear, etc but plenty of many plants seeds like sunflowers, flowers, seeds. many birds come here. So, what is about the hazelnut tall tree/bushes? Squerral stole all from 6 hazenut trees. can you come up the idea too? as well as cherry trees, (yes birds ate cherry), plams trees. but. many squirrals kept come back and stole more FAST! One day I saw it, I walked to that cherry tree with a boom. That squirrels jumped and flew over my head and land on the ground like 5 feet apart and about 8 feet high. They can jump that high more than 5 feet. I wonder about this soda bottles. i would use instead the water 1 gallon jug same way. but how right design, install, really work. those birds and squirerals stole ! They can eat my woods in the back for free. They are for wild but not my fruit trees, etc. I am curious about this. What do you think?

[@patplante8739]

I tried a gallon plastic jug....cut straps and flared them....didn't work

[@sroberts605]

I'm not quite sure why the trend seems to be to cut flaps at all. In the shops you can buy a clear plastic dome as a squirrel baffle (rather expensive), so I'm hoping a 5 litre water bottle, bottom removed, will do the same job - no flaps cut.

[@alisonhendry2928]

Ok now I need to go buy big bottle of something.. don’t drink pop… water maybe?

[@markholm7050]

You might need black zip ties. White ones are more likely to degrade in sunlight.

[@LadybugAdventures]

Funny you mentioned that. I just changed them over to black ones!

[@rhaydsouza0912]

Did this work??

[@LadybugAdventures]

It did! The only problem was the outward curls eventually turned back in over the summer.

[@sharonvarga9468]

@@LadybugAdventures worked for one day, until squirrels figured it out

[@sarcasmunlimited1570]

I still prefer household current.

[@LadybugAdventures]

Dark. Real dark. LOL.

[@katebrad88]

That swing set tho... Kid proofing the yard too? ;)

[@LadybugAdventures]

Ha! Yes it's seen better days.

[@MrRODSTER426]

@@LadybugAdventures Nothing some angle reinforcing Simpson hardware and some self tapping Hex screws couldn't fix!...

[@LadybugAdventures]

@@MrRODSTER426 true!!! Maybe I'll do that!

[@swalowit]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Who let the Fat Kid on the Swings !! Ahhh. A little duct tape and your good to go !!

[@staceyanderson4536]

We bought our kids the identical swing set.... that was about the year 2000 though@@LadybugAdventures

[@tonyaberney156]

SAD!! I feed squirrels just like I do my birds squirrels are fun to whatch

[@LadybugAdventures]

Squirrels get plenty from what the birds toss on the ground!

[@foundbychance7777]

I love the squirrels! I am willing to give them their own feeder but they eat so much dang seed that they would eat theirs up and then move to the bird feeders. Our squirrels are fat.

[@brutalieri]

Just grease the pole 😅

[@LadybugAdventures]

I actually did try that! The only problem is you have to keep reapplying. If you forget, squirrels have emptied your feeder.

[@deviousdieselqc]

I try it and the squirrels just completely destroyed it the first hours so i take my air riffle and i kill theme i know its bad but they destroy the bird feeder and scared the birds