{"product_id":"steel-mesh-peanut-feeder","title":"Steel Mesh Peanut Feeder","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeanuts bring in the birds a seed feeder misses. Woodpeckers, nuthatches, chickadees and jays all work a peanut feeder hard, and most of them barely glance at a tube of small seed. If your feeder has settled into the same four regulars, this is the thing that changes the cast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a steel mesh cylinder with a moulded green lid and base. Birds land on it and cling to the side, which is worth watching on its own. Nuthatches come down it head first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSteel mesh body with a green ABS lid and base\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne perch bar through the base, out both sides, for birds that would rather stand than cling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLift off lid with a knob, so filling it is one hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWire carrying handle, hangs from a hook or a branch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e29cm tall, 35cm including the handle, 6.5cm across, 14cm across the perch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy mesh and not a tray\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBirds cannot pull a whole peanut through the mesh. They have to work pieces off it, which matters more than it sounds. A whole peanut fed to a chick can choke it, so in spring, when there are young in the nest, a mesh feeder is the safe way to put peanuts out. It also stops a jay emptying the feeder in a couple of visits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat to put in it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlain shelled peanuts sold for birds. Not roasted, not salted, not flavoured. Buy them somewhere with turnover and keep them dry, because damp peanuts grow a mould that is genuinely dangerous to birds. If they smell off or look dusty, bin them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere to hang it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is light, so it swings in wind. Pick a spot with some shelter and something solid nearby, a branch or a fence, that birds can stage from. Tip the old crumbs out and rinse the mesh every couple of weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOne honest note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome sellers call this style squirrel proof. It is not. A squirrel can hang off it, and given long enough it will chew at the mesh. What the mesh does do is slow everything down, so nothing empties it in one sitting. If squirrels are the main problem in your yard, hang it on a smooth pole away from anything they can jump from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShips within two days. Allow about two weeks for delivery.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thicket \u0026amp; Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50431344640067,"sku":"TCO-FEED-05","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/5744\/1859\/files\/hf_20260921_051029_752cc621-c130-4e42-a2f4-6e2cdc247d88.png?v=1789967545","url":"https:\/\/thicketco.shop\/products\/steel-mesh-peanut-feeder","provider":"Thicket \u0026 Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}