I was having a terrible time keeping squirrels off my suet feeder. At first I had it strapped to the trunk of a tree. That was an ad that said to squirrels "come and get it!" Then I tried hanging it. I had to get it high enough that they couldn't jump to it, but then I made the mistake of using binders twine, which has plenty of gripping surface for a squirrel to wrap claws around and just shimmy up and down. I switched to fish line, which I figured squirrels could not get on a grip on and would slide. They saw as the ultimate zip line: they landed hard on the feeder, but I guess the suet was worth the ride and the bump.
But finally I came upon Red Pepper Suet. As mentioned above they just don't like the taste, but birds don't mind it at all.
I haven't had a squirrel on the suet feeder since.
I was having a terrible time keeping squirrels off my suet feeder. At first I had it strapped to the trunk of a tree. That was an ad that said to squirrels "come and get it!" Then I tried hanging it. I had to get it high enough that they couldn't jump to it, but then I made the mistake of using binders twine, which has plenty of gripping surface for a squirrel to wrap claws around and just shimmy up and down. I switched to fish line, which I figured squirrels could not get on a grip on and would slide. They saw as the ultimate zip line: they landed hard on the feeder, but I guess the suet was worth the ride and the bump.
But finally I came upon Red Pepper Suet. As mentioned above they just don't like the taste, but birds don't mind it at all.
I haven't had a squirrel on the suet feeder since.