Guardian Peanut Feeder

I was so very excited about this feeder. Finally I could put a feeder up anywhere and the squirrels would not clean it out in 2 days. Well, these are after all American squirrels, so maybe they are less principled somehow than British squirrels. Anyway. They figured out within a day or two that they could pry off the lid, chew the plastic tub down a bit, and get all the sunflower seeds they could hold.

Design suggestions that would make this awesome: Make the middle cylinder out of glass/pyrex. They will eat the plastic.

Add some little clips to the sides of the lid. This will prevent the little thieves from prying it off.

With these fairly minimal design changes, I think this would truly be the squirrel-proof wonderment that the makers envisioned. Looking forward to the new model someday.

I give it 3 stars because it's just cute with its little cage around the seeds, and I was able to hang it in a bamboo grove where the squirrels can't seem to climb up to it, so it sorta works.