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Lifetime Care™ is our support commitment to you, our customer.

If you need advice or help just give us a call or drop us an email, real people answer the phone during business hours.

Should you ever need a replacement part covered under our warranty, we will happily provide it for free and the shipping is on us. 

No one else in the industry does that for you!

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The need for clearance

Remember it’s the squirrel’s weight that triggers the closing mechanism. If a squirrel can reach over from a nearby foothold and avoid placing weight on the feeder, he will have access to the seed ports. Allow for at least 18 inches or 47 cm of clearance around the feeder. This will force the squirrel to climb onto the feeder, thus triggering the closing mechanism.

Locating your feeder

You can locate this bird feeder anywhere and be squirrel free. Position it to get great close-up views of your favorite birds. Hang your feeder over a window, in a tree, on a deck, a fence, in your garden, on the side of your house, from a rain trough or over sliding doors. Use brackets, extension hooks and tree hooks to hang your feeder at the recommended clearance. Hooks and brackets are available at birding stores, garden centers and hardware supply stores. Your feeder prevents squirrels from eating expensive seed, scaring the birds and damaging your feeder. Enjoy being free of squirrel problems, but please remember, squirrels also need to eat. For the price of a few peanuts, or inexpensive cracked corn, squirrels will be happy to entertain.

design question
★★★★☆
“ I'm into my 2nd mini squirrel buster. No 1 lasted 6 years. The same design issue is now getting to number 2. In wet weather the seeds clump together, and I take the feeder apart to wash it. The places that give way are the 2 plastic screw sockets, holding the seed tray to the plastic sleeve. The screw holes eventually crack, although I disassemble and reassemble very carefully. I glue the cracks, which extends the life for another season. Any way the screw holders could be made more robust? Many thanks Alan (Leeds, Yorkshire, UK)”
- Alan Spicer

buster mini
★★★★★
“ had the mini for a bunch of yrs and seed tube was no longer clear like headlights on an ol car. lost a perch too, had a rusty coathenger in it's place. sent brome an e mail and a new seed tube and 2 perches arrived a few days later. WOW”
- larry trahan

Squirrel buster Mini
★★☆☆☆
“ Constructed of quality materials. Squirrel doesn't have a chance to invade as holes on bottom are far too large to contain a mixture of small seeds. It's emptied in the blink of an eye. I've given up on it and shopping for an alternative.”
- Sara

Squirrels can hang upside down
★★☆☆☆
“ Sadly, my squirrels, have figured out to crawl down the top of the feeder and hang upside down while eating from the “squirrel proof” feeder”
- Frank R DeVita

Not Good in Wet Weather
★★★☆☆
“ This feeder keeps the squirrels away but is not good in wet weather. When the seeds get wet, they clump up and the birds won't come to the feeder.”
- Elizabeth Sears

No good for small seeds
★★☆☆☆
“ The holes in the bottom are far too large to prevent small seeds from falling through onto the ground. If it wasn't for this glaring design issue, it would be a decent feeder.”
- David