Many years ago I had a raccoon problem with feeders. I got metal chain and 
hung the suet feeder (made of heavy wire) with the chain going to the 
ground and anchored to a large cinder block. Then the coons could not pull 
the feeder up to empty it. This worked well. We did this at at least 2 
locations.

Cheers,
Kathy

Kathy Klimkiewicz, Biologist
USGS Patuxent WRC BBL
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Laurel MD 20708-4037
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Aha! Sounds like racoons at work.

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June Tveekrem
Columbia, Maryland
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Lydia Schindler wrote:
>  Hi, All--
>
>  A couple of months ago our suet feeder disappeared one night (for the
>  first time in several years). My husband replaced it, but anchored
>  the new one with a heavy duty chain; in the morning, the top had been
>  forced open and part of the heavy wire cage bent--very difficult to
>  force back in shape--and the two suet cakes were missing. Next time
>  he drove a screwdriver through to pin the top; in the morning, the
>  screwdriver lay on the ground; the two suet cake containers were in
>  place but they were empty.
>
>  Lydia Schindler
>  Darnestown