Cole’s Wild Bird Products FS08 Flaming Squirrel Seed Sauce, 8-Ounce
$15.98
Price: $15.98
(as of Apr 09, 2025 01:14:14 UTC – Details)
Flaming Squirrel Seed SauceTM is a nutritional birdseed supplement that contains all natural, 100% food grade ingredients with a super-hot and spicy flavor Birds love the taste of this liquid chili pepper formula exploding with tons of Cajun spice. Chock full of vitamins A and D as well as carotene, chili peppers are an excellent natural source of nutrition for birds. When mixed with your favorite birdseed, Flaming Squirrel Seed SauceTM is a 100% all natural and chemical free way to get more bird visits than ever before. Cole’s line of HOT products are guaranteed to make your feeders an exclusive Birds-Only cafe. Ingredients: Food-grade Liquid Habanero Chili Pepper, Soybean Oil
Get more bird visits than ever before!
100% All natural and chemical free ingredients
The hottest formula of food grade chili concentrate ready to mix with your favorite seed. Just remember to wear gloves and wash up after mixing.
No diluting necessary-ready to use instantly.
While most effective with shelled seeds and nuts, it works wonders on all types of wild bird feed, seed and suet.
Customers say
Customers find the seed sauce effective at deterring squirrels and appreciate its functionality, with one describing it as a game-changer for backyard wildlife. The taste and heat level receive mixed reactions – while some birds enjoy the spicy flavor, others find it too hot, and while some say it lasts a long time, others report it wears off quickly. The smell is particularly concerning, with customers noting that the fumes can choke them and make their eyes burn. Value for money is also mixed, with some finding it worth the savings while others say it’s not economical.
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Rod –
Great Product! Squirrels Avoid It!
Works exactly as advertised. When I first put up the bird feeder, the squirrels were devouring the seeds. Treated the seeds with this pepper oil and the squirrels wouldn’t touch it, but the birds are not bothered. Now that the birds have found the feeder, they bring their friends and are fighting over the seeds. I suggest you wear rubber gloves when treating the seeds or placing in the feeder so you don’t accidentally touch your lips or eyes with your fingers after you are done.
Jeff Haynes –
It works!
This product does exactly what it says it will do! I lived in the mountains and had many feeders and I never worried about bear, raccoons, deer, squirrels, mice or rats! I would make up a 20 lb. bag of bird feed at a time and could leave what was left, after filling my feeders, uncovered and know that the mammals wouldnât get into it.Yes, itâs VERY spicy and hot but thatâs what makes it work! Wear a mask or safety glasses to keep the fumes from bothering you and enjoy the birds!â¤ï¸
Karen Grishaber –
Didn’t work for me, but also too risky
Using rubber gloves, I applied this sauce (slightly diluted with water) to a bag of birdseed with a spray bottle. I must have somehow gotten it on my hands, but even after washing them, I still got some on my face. I also didn’t see any squirrels OR birds the first day. Saw 3 little birds 2nd day who quickly left after trying the seed. No squirrels. But third day, saw squirrel on a birdfeeder eating. Later that 3rd day, saw one bird at a time try the birdseed and immediately leave. So my experience is the opposite: deters birds, not squirrels. But while there is caution about getting this on your skin, I think this product needs to be reworked. Today, I decided to mix non-treated seed with the already treated seed using rubber gloves, goggles, and something over my nose. Washed the gloves before taking them off. Shortly later, I happened to rub my forehead without the gloves, but it quickly started stinging. Tried to use soap and water on my forehead, which made it worse. Tried icing. Didn’t help. No matter how much I tried to protect myself, this product caused a lot of discomfort.
Kenzie –
Mostly works.
This seems to deter most squirrels. But like others have said, thereâs always at least one that could care less. I dowse my seed beyond the recommendation until the seeds are red and sticky. I have one squirrel who will sit for 10 minutes each morning and munch away like itâs coated in sugar.I donât condone this, donât do it. After smelling this many times and being sent into coughing fits (itâs a heavy respiratory irritant), I couldnât believe there was a squirrel that enjoyed the stuff. So I had to try it myself. Itâs not ghost pepper hot, but itâs still pretty ridiculously hot. I would not electively eat this in abundance. So, if you have squirrels undeterred by this sauce, just know that theyâve honestly earned the seed at this point, because thereâs no way itâs an enjoyable experience.It does wear off over time and in rain, but the bottle lasts a while and it does make bird seed last longer. The birds still enjoy the spicy bird seed. Overall, worth it.
Carol AnCel –
This one REALLY works on squirrels and raccoons!
We have had a crazy population boom of both squirrels and raccoons this year! So many that the birds never have a chance to get any! They hogged the feeders and gobbled it all up! I started to feed the 4 footed group away from the feeders, and added this to all the bird feeders. After some time of doing this, the 4 footed ones only eat in their area now, and the birds have been left in peace! I have noticed the gray squirrels are very sensitive to it, but the red squirrels take longer to feel the burn. I did not have to add more, just let them eat more. Still works. Could not be MORE PLEASED! This is saving me tons of money!I just place the seed in a covered plastic container such as an old ice cream pail, apply, cover and shake it. Let is sit a minute before you open it, outside is best, don’t put your nose over the top and inhale!! I have had zero issues in using it.Thank you for saving my bird feeding fun!!
Max Vision –
repelled everything, hardly any birds for 3 days
Before I knew about pepper-based squirrel defense: I must have had some very delicious seed before because the whole forest came up and was all over the feeder – despite that I set out separate squirrel/bunny food on a plate on the ground (which squirrels etc love), they still mauled the bird feeder mercilessly and they swung it around so much they emptied it completely all over my porch. I bought a shop vac here on amazon just to clean up.After I learned of this interesting solution: I filled the bird feeder with another pre-coated seed but to my dismay I still had squirrels hanging upside down this time focusing on the seut blocks on the sides. So, I took this product (“Cole’s FS08 Flaming Squirrel Seed Sauce”) and followed the directions and carefully used gloves and applied this to the suet and a bit more on the seeds. I haven’t seen a squirrel flip the bird feeder upside down since then and the ground is very clean now! But, unfortunately, there have been hardly any birds for the past 3 days since. A once-popular destination with half a dozen birds at once is now virtually abandoned. In the first day I watched for quite awhile and did see a few visitors still come around, but they treated it differently, fluttering their wings more, some not landing. Over the next couple days I did see a few land and dig in like before. So it’s not a total wipe-out, but I definitely noticed a profound change and unless it’s a heck of a coincidence (coincidental warmer weather in the past few days?) then I’d say this sauce is a bird repellant as well as squirrel repellant.However, this might be user error. Maybe I overdid it and shouldn’t have combined pre-treated seed with this sauce? I read a scientific whitepaper where they studied this and supposedly the heat doesn’t bother the birds. I mean, and this is sad but it’s science, they even referenced experiments with injected capsicum into pidgeon eyes and veins and there was no effect or reaction. Anyway this convinced me nothing spice-based would repell the birds… but this did! Or at least, I think it did. It could be a really big coincidence. So, I will keep watching and adjust my review if I learn more.