Do Slinky's really work on bird feeders to keep the squirrels off of them?

someone had told me to put a slinky on the pole that my bird feeder sits on and the squirrels can't get up there.Do Slinky's really work on bird feeders to keep the squirrels off of them?
My father uses valalene. they cannot climb it, they slide off it and cannot figure out how to work it. It doesn't wash off and they don't like the grease on their fir or paws. He hasn't had a problem since....even on the string to attach them to the tree! It is inexpensive and worth a shot.





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I personally have a squirrel proof feeder. Squirrels get on it they are too heavy and it closes. Anywhere they are on it.Do Slinky's really work on bird feeders to keep the squirrels off of them?
What is wrong with squirrels? Who feeds them?
Put a can baffle on your pole and move the pole away from anything that the squirrel can jump from to get to your feeder.





I've never heard of using Slinkies, but I'll bet the squirrels would find a way around them. They're pretty crafty.
im sure the squirrel would just jump or crawl past them.





move the feeder away from any over hanging trees, and put some 2ft wide aluminimum sheeting around the pole - it will be too slippery for the squirrels to climb up, and too wide for them to jump past.


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the squirrells learn how to slinky it is such a cool trick!
I have never heard of this before, but you risk the squirrel getting caught up in the slinky and dying which is ok if you dont care about squirrels. We used to oil the pole, it makes it too slippery to climb.