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How to Repair your Hummingbird Feeder

By Marge Snow

It happened to me just the other day. My favorite hummingbird feeder fell from where it was hanging and broke. I decided that instead of throwing it out and buying a new one, I would try to fix it. If you find yourself in the same situation, read on.

My first thought was to try and glue the glass bottle back together. But it broke into too many small pieces. And I didn’t want to take a chance on cutting myself. Just when I thought I would have to give up and through my prized hummingbird feeder away, I realized something. The opening on the bottle was just the same size as soda bottle. I checked it out, and sure enough a soda bottle attached to the base of my hummingbird feeder perfectly. I just had to figure out how to make it all work.

First thing you want to do, is get yourself a suitable bottle. Most of the normal sized should work. You DON’T want to use a one-liter bottle. The opening is too large. Get yourself a 16, 20, or 24 oz. bottle. Depending on the shape of the top of your feeder, you might want to use a water bottle instead. Most have of these have flat bottoms. You can have a look through your local store to find the one best suited for your feeder.

I said before that the bottom should fit on to your new bottle just the way it did to the broken bottle. So the only trick is to attach the top. Most of the hummingbird feeders I’ve seen have tops that either just lay on top of the bottle or screw on. They have a wire running through the top that’s glued to the underside of the top. Get yourself a little bit of wire. It doesn’t really matter what kind, but make sure it will fit through the hole in the top of the feeder. Now warm up your trusty glue gun. You’re going to glue the wire to the bottom of the bottle. But be careful. Don’t let the tip of the glue gun touch the bottle. If it melts a hole in the bottle, you end up with a feeder that leaks, and you don’t want that. After the glue cools, run the other end of the wire through the hole in the top of your hummingbird feeder. Check that the top stays in place and doesn’t look lopsided. If necessary, use some a little bit of hot glue to secure it to the bottle. No all you have to do it make a loop on the end of the wire, so you can hang your feeder.

There you have it, a quick and easy way to repair your broken hummingbird feeder. The best part is, if it falls again, it shouldn’t break the plastic bottle. If somehow it does, you already know what to do.