Wildlife guard assemblies and methods for using the same

A method for installing a wildlife guard assembly on an electrical insulator body, the method comprising:

• providing a wildlife guard assembly including:
• first and second guard members defining a seat to receive the insulator body and connected to one another to permit relative movement between an open position, wherein the first and second guard members define a sideward opening to laterally receive the insulator body into the seat, and a closed position, wherein the first and second guard members at least partially encircle the insulator body to capture the insulator body in the seat;
• and
• an actuator member;
• with the first and second guard members in the open position, placing the first and second guard members on the insulator body such that the insulator body is received laterally through the sideward opening into the seat;
• and thereafter
• with the first and second guard members guard members mounted on the insulator body in the open position and the actuator member inserted between the first and second guard members, forcing the actuator member radially to an installed position and thereby forcing the first and second guard members to move from the open position to the closed position.