Mad max bird table

I was told Garlic, and moth balls,

Thankyou Yorkshire i may try them.Does it mean i have to stand there breathing on them after a nice garlic tea lol:))))

no silly, peel them and cut them in half, the birds won't eat them, I bought cat repellent and it did no good at all.even spent a fortune on cat plants, again a waste of time, we have lots of cats here, seems every house has a cat, a woman at the top of the road has over 20,

Vaseline on the pole apparently stops squirrels, they also have those dome shaped plastic deterrents to stop them - not sure if it would work for a cat? Only other option is you have everything 6 foot from the ground? Nothing lower??

Sorry to say this but I think your stand is to blame. The top of your stand may be 6ft tall but the feed trays are not? I also think the shape of your stand with its arms is easier for cats to grip and get up and the lower feeding tray is too low and makes a good perch. I have a straight stand and the tray is over 5ft from the ground this more proven design does work better.

looks like another garden project for you mark, what is the white needle looking things, is that to stop the cats also,

Not too sure - what I did was put the table with lots of prickly evergreens - conifers Junipers are good for detering too - cats are not keen on roaming through tough plants - maybe plant holly around it - and ground covering evergreens like this - thus birds will like this and cats detered with no harm - leave a clear way to table on tallest part:)))

Good idea Paul, prickly plants!

I had to plant them around pond Lulu for detering cats trying to nick fish and didn't want one falling in either - juniper conifer and my hollies did the trick - :)))))

ooh i think that looks lethal..like Drc i think it would be better to get another birdhouse maybe one on a metal pole & as Stickitoffee says try vaseline on the pole.

I agree with Drc and Joanella, new bird table and prickley plants round it.

As said a new bird table, as the one you have got they will use it like a ladder to get at the bird,s. I have two shepherd crook type pole's in metal that I use to hang my feeder's from.It is the bird bath that I have to watch Ollie as he has a hidy hole under the bush and watches them getting a drink and a wash.

I am trying to visualize a cat sliding down a pole covered with vaseline!!! I used to put vaseline and or vick on plastic to deter the slugs, I had forgotten about that trick! Cost a fortune in vick!

Hi I have bought a metal spike feeder for the birds it just sticks in the ground and as metal arms branching off it at virious angles and height and I have the plastic bird feeders dangling from each arm the cats cannot climb the metal post cheers

i was once told to plant a curry plant to keep cats away from my flowerbeds. it did work. best of luck to you.

So pleased you have a new feeding station. Good luck with it...

A ring of bells around the area of the table ground level or a bit further up a trap which will alert the birds I ve got a patent on that :o)) or put a bell on cats

hi thanks all, but the best one for me is to make a srraight one thank you val ill do it this afternoon xxxx :)) thank you all again xx :)))

good luck. hopefully this should solve the problem for you, let us all know,hopefully no more dead birds

Well that should work and it looks good to now.

looks like a scene from the great escape mark lol, well done i hope it all works, great job ;o))

That looks very good. I do hope it works, you deserve it!

Mark I think its great, well done