Date: 7/6/26 9:27 am From: Sophia Cox (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Tube Feeder with NO wood, plastic, or aluminum?
While it does use plastic, I am in love with the Squirrel Busters tube
feeders (both the large and small model). After years of watching squirrels
infiltrate and/or destroy nearly every other feeder I ever tried, we've now
been using this brand for years and in all that time the squirrels have
never once destroyed any of the parts or accessed the seed. Also, I'm
pretty sure the brand has a lifetime warranty: I called them once after our
smaller feeder became crooked, causing seed to get stuck such that the
birds couldn't access it from the ports, and they sent a replacement, no
questions asked.
On Mon, Jul 6, 2026 at 12:16 PM <badgerboy...> wrote:
> Having trouble getting information on actual materials used in the
> construction of bird feeders. None of the websites seem to include any
> detailed descriptions of the materials. What I really want is a tube
> feeder made ONLY of stainless steel and/or glass. In other words ZERO
> plastic, polycarbonate, mesh, wood, aluminum, etc. Also NO springs or
> other gismos that always break quickly. Because the squirrels and
> weather destroy plastic, wood, and aluminum pretty quick. I don't want
> to keep the squirrels off it, just prevent them from destroying it.
> Being in Boone, NC, there are no bird stores nearby that have models to
> examine in stock.
>
> Does anyone have firsthand knowledge of such a feeder? All info
> appreciated.
>
> Guy (McGrane, Boone NC)
>
>
