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lydia1959

Squirrel Problems

17 years ago

I have a suet feeder that hangs from my deck. I get a large assortment of birds, but the squirrels have become a big problem this year.. there are so many of them. I don't want a caged feeder because I get the Pileated woodpeckers and want to continue feeding them,

I tried adding red pepper flakes to my suet which I make myself. I added a 1/2 cup to a cake pan of suet. You can see the flakes in it... but it doesn't seem to be bothering the squirrels yet (it's been 4 days now).

Is there a better solution (short of shooting them.. which I won't do)? The squirrels are making a mess of my new deck.

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