Tom Chambers Squirrel Proof Cage Fat Ball Feeder

Prevent greedy squirrels and large birds from stealing the bird food intended for your smaller garden birds with the Tom Chambers Squirrel Proof Cage Fat Ball Feeder. The black metal caging surrounding the feeder prevents squirrels and larger birds from accessing the bird feed as they physically cannot fit through the gaps.

Suet fat balls are a firm favourite among a wide variety of garden birds. You can expect the following feathered guests in your garden: Blue Tits, Coal Tits, Chaffinches, Greenfinches, Goldfinches Sparrows and Robins. 

You can shop our range of Fat Balls and keep this Squirrel Proof Feeder stocked up, keeping your feathered friends happy as ever. 

Dimensions:

Height (with handle): 32cm x Diameter: 18 cm

*A Note On Juvenile Squirrels

The feeders can only protect against adult grey squirrels and large adult birds such as magpies, crows rooks etc, which ultimately do the most damage.  Some birds, such as a woodpecker, wont fit through the bars but could manage to get their beaks inside and access the food.

There is always a chance than an adolescent young squirrel could squeeze into the bars and access the feeder.  The young squirrels look very similar to adults but are actually far fluffier making them much more flexible!  Squirrels are normally born in March, April, July and August so there may well be a risk around these months. This is short term issue and will be the problem of any feeder that has researched the necessary bar spacing required.  You may also find that adolescent jackdaws, crows and pigeons may find their way in.  The bars on these feeders cannot be made smaller to protect from adolescent or red squirrels as this would pose a risk to the birds.

If squirrels do manage to get into the feeders to prevent damage to the plastic tubes a a dash of chilli flakes mixed in with the nuts or seeds will have no effect on the birds at all but will deter the squirrels.