Thank you to all who responded with my request for infomation on using a pepper mixture to deter mammals from under my feeders. I got a few actual answers to my question and several suggestions for other methods to deter them, most of which were not practical for a variety of reasons. I have been using the pepper mixture for a couple of days now & it seems to be working, at least so far. Again, thanks to everyone for your help. Laura ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]