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Mammal Mayhem Spicy Hot Pepper - Seed Cylinder 1.7 lbs

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Transform your backyard into a haven for songbirds with the Mammal Mayhem Spicy Hot Pepper Seed Cylinder, a premium bird feed that ensures your feathered friends enjoy a feast, while keeping pesky squirrels and raccoons at bay! This specially formulated seed cylinder is infused with hot pepper, ensuring that only your feathered friends will enjoy the feast and leaving the furry critters searching for snacks elsewhere.

How It Works: Birds' pain receptors are different from those of mammals, and they are not triggered by the capsaicin in hot peppers. This product works well deterring mammals most of the time. Rarely, a certain belligerent or desperate individual will decide it doesn't mind the heat and eat the seed anyway.

Best Use: Hot pepper bird feed products are best used when you are trying to "squirrel-proof" the existing feeder you already own and in landscapes with enough launching points to make baffled pole systems and hanging baffles ineffective. We recommend placing the item under a weather guard in a protected location to minimize degradation of the gelatin and movement of small particles from windy weather. Avoid using where pets or children might gain access to the food.

These standard 4-inch diameter cylinders have a half-inch hole down the center and fit in standard cylinder or seed log feeders for an easy way to feed the birds. The spicy flavor will keep the squirrels and racoons at bay, making the cylinder last a long time. To especially accommodate your cardinals and grosbeaks, try this seed cylinder with the EZFeeder and Weather Guard Combo, Recycled Large Red Cylinder Feeder and Weather Guard Combo,  or Little Bird Banquet Feeder. For woodpeckers and other birds that like to cling and to make it harder for European starlings and house sparrows to feed, try this easy-to-load Cylinder Seed Cake Holder with Top.

This mix is packed with a variety of delicious ingredients that songbirds love including:

  • Premium Black Oil Sunflower Seeds
  • Shelled Peanuts
  • Coarse Sunflower Chips
  • Shelled Pecans
  • Gelatin
  • Hot Pepper (Red)

Attracts: Woodpeckers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Chickadees, Titmice, Nuthatches, Finches, Sparrows, Blackbirds, Jays, Doves, Juncos, Bluebirds, Buntings, Tanagers, and Siskins

Dimensions: 7.5" tall, 4"  in diameter.

Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein...................Min 17%
Crude Fat...........................Min 36%
Crude Fiber.......................Max 23%

Allergen Statement:
This product may contain one or all of the following allergens:
Peanuts
Milk Products
Tree Nuts
Soy
Fish, Shellfish, 
Wheat, and Eggs

CAUTION! Keep out of eyes and mouth and wash hands after handling.  Avoid use in areas directly accessible to dogs or other mammalian pets. 

Made in the USA.

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Warranty and Returns

We want you to be satisfied with your purchase which is why we offer a 45 day return policy.

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Each manufacturer specifies their warranty period. We are always happy to help make sure any vendor warranties are resolved to your satisfaction.

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  • 4 stars: 3 (14%)
  • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
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Patty Poe
All my birds love this mix of seeds and

All my birds love this mix of seeds and worms

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Chris
Very good

The product was as described and arrived on time. I was very pleased with its appearance because I have received similar product from another retailer and it arrived dry, crumbling and fell apart when removed from the plastic sleeve. I’m not sure how the birds will like this item g(or the squirrels not like it) as I just put out the first cylinder yesterday. That is why I’ve only given this product 4 stars.

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Deborah Caudill
Good for Birds, Bad for Squirrels

So glad to be able to feed these cylinders to all the birds without the squirrels stealing them.

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Anonymous
Love it

Love it. Now my chipmunk doesn't try to feed on it. Will be purchasing it again,

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Laura Kochajda
Birds don't notice spicy so they love it just as

Birds don't notice spicy so they love it just as much as the others!

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Gordon Laing
Love the spicy cylinders.

The birds love them and the squirrels stay away.

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D.M.

The birds love it and keeps squirrels away

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Jerry Swanson

It works as well as the more expensive one.

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Dom Yarnal
Anti squirrel food.

I've been frustrated trying to keep the squirrels at bay from wiping out my feeders.
I've seen squirrels come and take one look and go in the other directions. We have quite the snowpack right and the birds are destroying the Mammal mayhem hot pepper seed cylinder. They all seem to enjoy it. Cardinals, chickadee, titmouse. wrens' flickers and the blue jays. i like the fact that it has a lot of black sunflower seeds the bird's favorite.

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Maria S
My birds are happy and the squirrels aren’t!

Bought one for myself and one for my mother. Her birds stopped coming to her feeder when she was using seed from country max, so I suggested she change the food and bought her this to try. It worked! Her birds have returned!

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Mary Cretan
Happy Birds!

Birds happy, squirrels not so much. I appreciate your wide range of of bird products!

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Cynthia Rustad
Spicy Hot Cylinder

Ordered and received this cylinder in record time! Set out for my bird friends who were enjoying within a day. Love the cylinders available and will be ordering more!

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Joann Lawton
No squirrels

We have wanted a bird feeder for years but the squirrels said that’s not going to happen. A neighbor turned us onto spicy bird food and WALA we now have a bird feeder. Thank you creating and carrying such a wonderful product.

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Sandra Brinkman

Mammal Mayhem Spicy Hot Pepper - Seed Cylinder 1.7 lbs

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sonia Minors

Less expensive and fits the hanging feeder better than Birds Unlimited. Shipped and arrived promptly.

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Leonard Dalton
Works

As usual, squirrels are the bane. This. Cylinder stops them!

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jocelyn darling
Woodpeckers love it!

Fits my cylinder feeder perfectly. Was very convenient to order on line and came in good condition. Different brand than I usually purchase but my Flickers love it! Customer services helped me make the appropriate choice as one of the cylinders has rasins. I have two small dogs, one of whom is not a discretionary eater. A few stray raisins could mean disaster!

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Amy Kingsley
Hot birdseed

Squirrels hate it, birds love it. I'm a happy camper

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Joye Cauthen
Bird seed cylinder

My birds love them, the squirrels hate them…enough said!

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Patricia Longoria
Prompt Response

I was really impressed with how quickly my order was shipped to me. I have noticed my squirrels still nibbling at these, but definitely not as much as the plain seed. The birds are loving this, I've already hung my third one!

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Elaine Kamsickas

Until now great. Squirrels attacking now.

Thank you for your feedback. Yes, unfortunately, some folks (~5% or less) will have a rogue squirrel that either adapts, seems uneffected by, or is just so desperate that it will eat through the burn. If the hot pepper products are no longer effective, you might consider placing your feeders on a baffled pole system, underneath a hanging baffle, or switching to weight-triggered feeders that close when the squirrel puts its full body weight on the feeder. Here are some resources to help:
To feed or not to feed your squirrels YouTube post: https://youtu.be/IJJo9A4ZyVo?si=j6DUPxZT0L-o7Ywl
https://nature-niche.com/pages/seed-cylinder-information --> see FAQ #4 at bottom of page
https://nature-niche.com/collections/squirrel-baffles-guards
https://nature-niche.com/collections/pole-kits --> see kits with baffles bundled in
https://nature-niche.com/collections/squirrel-proof-feeders

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Susan Erhardt
Great stuff!

So far, the squirrels have avoided it. Don’t worry there’s plenty of other stuff for them to eat. It’s nice to have something that just the birds enjoy.

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