Half my feeders were eaten by the squirrel last year ... and yes I do mean
the feeders!
I know this is an old post but it's new to me and made me smile...We have several feeders in the garden and bird bath, there's mixed seed, peanuts and fat balls,
meal worm we put on the ground for the Robins. They don't seem too keen using the feeders although we occasionally see them on the fat balls. A few years
back I made a holder for suet logs, and it went down a treat with all the Tits, but the fluffy tufty tails soon took a liking to it. Amazing how much one squirrel
can put away. Our lass had a bird cage, more of an ornament than a real one, I bought it for her to put house plants is. Anyway, we decided to hang the suet logs
inside the cage, and for a few days it did the trick. Then one squirrel realised that if it hung on one side of the cage, the suet log holder would swing towards it.
The little sod used to grab it with one hand whilst holding on to the cage with the other, and it would hang there until it had had it's fill...Then the little bugger
worked out that it could unhook the holder, climb underneath the cage, and have an easy lunch. This is the third holder I made from Oak which was soaked in oil.
I'll hook it top and bottom next time