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My neighbor told me to stop filling my feeder for a week to break a squirrel habit

She said the squirrels would move on if the food was gone. I tried it last month, and it just made them more desperate. They started chewing on my deck railing and digging up my potted plants. After the week, they came back to the feeder twice as fast. I'm back to using a hot pepper seed mix, which works way better. Has anyone else had a plan to deter pests totally backfire?
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hugo441
hugo4411mo ago
Ever try to be smart and just end up making the problem worse? That's my whole life in a nutshell.
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blair396
blair3961mo ago
Hungry squirrels get real creative real fast.
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the_ryan
the_ryan11d ago
Ever had one chew through a screen door? A cheap metal mesh feeder fixed that for good.
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