Plumber builds Alexa-controlled water gun to shoot pesky squirrels
He has spent the past year trying to stop the crafty critters from stealing bird seeds in his garden.
By Sejal Mandal via SWNS
A plumber built an Alexa-controlled water gun to stop pesky squirrels from raiding his bird feeder - but now "they treat it like a shower".
Andy Turner, 47, has spent the past year trying to stop the crafty critters from stealing bird seeds in his Walton-on-Thames garden in Surrey.
Using his plumbing background, he devised a remote-controlled water gun system.
It features a garden pump bottle connected to an electric solenoid switch and is controlled by Amazon's Alexa.
With a simple voice command – "Alexa, there's a squirrel!" – the system unleashes a stream of water to shoo away the animals.
Andy said: "I work with water all the time so I figured spraying them would do the trick.
"But now, they treat it like a shower.
"It hasn’t quite worked as I planned."
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