Perky-Pet® Squirrel-Be-Gone II Country House Wild Bird Feeder

The lid on this unit is junk! Good luck taking it off and especially putting it back on securely! Not at all like the original model!

I just received my new Perky-Pet® Squirrel-Be-Gone Red Country House Wild Bird Feeder and disappointingly it is 1. missing the pole mount hardware, and 2. the cardinal on the top just lays over on its side with no way to have it stand up. I bought this one to replace an existing Perky-Pet® Squirrel-Be-Gone Red Country House Wild Bird Feeder that is just over 5 years old and is showing its age. I will return this one to Amazon, but I was hoping to put it out today. Since I have to return this one, I cannot give a good recommendation, and I give 2 Stars as the quality of the rest of the unit is nice- it is just not usable as received.

I bought 2 feeders 4-5 years ago & I LOVE it!! You MUST select a spot where squirrels can’t drop down from a higher tree branch or climb up from the ground. I dug a hole, filled it w/cement, put a 4”x4”x10’ square fence post down in the cement, surrounded the post w/HVAC aluminum venting, the squirrels/raccoons can’t get a grip. At the top of the post, I drilled a hole, inserted a metal bar (making a “T”) & hung several feeders from that bar. This feeder is great. They love it! I have about 10-12 species of birds visit my back yard. Our neighborhood is heavily wooded, so we have lots of breeds of birds you don’t usually see like Woodpeckers, Cedar Waxwings, Eastern Bluebirds, Goldfinches, tons of Cardinals, Bluejays, Robins. That’s just a partial list! You do need to tilt the feeder to encourage the Serbs to slide down toward the opening, but the birds can usually get at the seeds. I have noticed that rust has formed in different places on the feeder, but that’s to be expected. I love that it holds a LOT of seeds so I don’t have to get the ladder out to refill as often as I do for the other feeders. I highly recommend this feeder; but location, location, location is the key to keeping squirrels/raccoons away! I highly recommend this feeder.

I purchased this feeder about 6 mo ago and have had no luck with birds eating from it It’s placed in an established area where I once had cardinals and other birds galore and now - nothing. Very disappointing.

Looks great! It's an adorable design. The adjustable weight perch helps keeps the heavy doves off and allow the lighter finch's to feast for a change. Squirrels will try to mess with it, but usually go to an easier snack spot. However one very determined squirrel was eventually able to pull off the roof, we lost the locking nut when that happened and aren't able to find a good replacement. But with a baffle it helps slow down the squirrels. Being metal it also lasts a lot longer in the weather and doesn't break if it falls.

Made well, but not squirrel proof by a long shot. Squirrels hang upside down from roof and feed away.

It's pretty stable and holds lots of birdseed

I bought your Red Squirrel-be-gone squirrel proof feeder, and it only took one day for my Grey Squirrels to find out how to make it non squirrel proof. They now get on the roof of the feeder, hang down to the feed opening without touching the bar that was designed to close the feed area when it gets a squirrel's weight on it. then, they grab a seed or two, and eat. Also, my birds do not like this feeder very much, except for my House Finches.

Have had for years and years. Absolutely love it. I just place pole far enough away from trees so squirrels can't jump to it. I'm sad I broke the lock nut for the cap of the roof a couple days ago. Other than that, super sturdy and easy to clean. Sounds like customers have had good luck with customer service so I'll give them a call next week.

Loved the feeder until I hung it up.The squirrels climb on the roof and the cardinal weather vane piece eventually rotates 90 degrees, then the squirrel forces their head under the roof and the roof falls off. At this point it’s a banquet of feed and they eat until their hearts desire! I suspect they’re napping afterwards.