On 20/01/15 08:40, Broadback wrote:
On 19/01/2015 21:45, Ophelia wrote:


"David Hill" wrote in message
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On 19/01/2015 18:10, Christina Websell wrote:
of a birdie thing that you hang a fat ball from a hook. so I did.
Squirrel
came, nibbled through the net it was hanging from and ate the lot.


I've modified it.

The hook or the Squirrel?

lol
I splashed out for squirrel proof feeders, they turned out to be an
excellent buy. then I bought fat balls, hung them in one of the wire
cages (sans netting). Up until then the squirrels had not even bothered
to visit the feeders but that brought them back. I have yet to find a
way to stop them pinching the balls, any ideas would be gratefully accepted.

Dust them with cayenne pepper, or push crushed dried cayenne pepper into
the fat balls. I understand that birds cannot taste capsaicin, but
squirrels can, and so avoid it.

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Jeff