opossums, like squirrels, are masters of practical physics. i had to move a pole holding a windmill that one smarty pants was using as a launcher to fly to the feeder that's protected by a no go cone.
i'm telling you.
there's also an engineer who keeps finding ways to dismantle the clamp holding the cone. i finally put one of those metal wire suet holders around it, tightly hooked.
we're gonna see how he deals with that 🤣
here's some photos of the cone and what i've had to come up with to try to keep the engineer unit from dismantling it.
it's been through numerous incarnations and so far he's found ways to bring it down.
the closeup shows the vulnerable plastic holders, hard plastic
but not hard enough 😱
so, we'll see if this suet holder keeps the teeth at bay🤣
i just watched the engineer take a look at the new challenge. after fighting it for awhile
he tried going under the cone by reaching upside down while hanging onto the suet holder with his hind feet
i assume
because i saw the underside of his chin emerge beyond the cone
just before he fell off when trying to reach the feeder with his front paws.
i may have to lower the cone a couple inches to make that move impossible to accomplish.
they should make these cones transparent 🤣🤣🤣