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How to prevent squirrels feeding on bird food in your garden.

Tower Hamlets has come top of a table of a national survey of places infested with rats, mice, cockroaches, squirrels and other pests. I noticed with great satisfaction that ‘Suburbia’ did not feature in the top ten list, which means my on-going dedication to eradicating all vermin on my patch, is going splendidly well.  Exterminating pests requires dedication and devotion to the job and one must be prepared to go out in all weathers. My human once thought they could do a better job and hung the bird feeder from the washing line. On either side of this was placed several empty 2litre plastic bottles. The theory was that the squirrels would slip off the bottles when trying to get to the bird food. That night I ran outside to chase the fox, followed closely by my annoyed human. Suddenly a loud smack was followed by a high pitch cry and a good display of potty mouth. The bruised eye didn’t last too long but the bottles were removed the next day. The moral of this story, is leave it to the experts!