Soda bottle squirrel baffle- Cheapest and best squirrel baffle? 

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.

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😅🎊🤗🥰

Definitely will try, thanks!!

Works like a dream! Thank you!!!

I’ll try it.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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🦋

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

They make 3 liter bottles also

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

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 .

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

Darn. I was hoping for a free option.

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..

Should rename bird seeds to squirrel seeds.

Squirrels can be a nightmare 🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️

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

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!

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?

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

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

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

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

Did this work??

I still prefer household current.

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

Just grease the pole 😅

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