Al they did that to me, also - so I made the cage lid netting much larger to allow pellets but small enough to keep out critters [1" mesh] and zip tied it down. Kept the GBH, Coons, Mink and others from accessing from the top.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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