I was hoping it was a viable solution. I think all I've done is spice things up for them.

They look like the covers for feeders, but they go on the pole below the trays. So unless your squirrels can jump to the feeder, they work wonderfully.

Thank you so much for sharing. 🐿️

Not in the least. In fact, I coulda sworn I heard them raving about the spicy seed

Don't know about seed. but the squirrels will not go near the hot pepper suet blocks I put out. Before I started using them, it was a race to see who would eat the suet first, the birds or squirrels. First time I put one out, here came the squirrel, after several bites, he jumped off the feeder, ran around in circles for a while, then jumped into the bird bath and stuck his head in the water. Never went near the suet feeder again.