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[david.maxwell@dal.ca]

 I put a band about 8 inches
> wide all the way around the tree about 30 inches up off the ground -
> just about where they'd land if they jumped.It may not be exactly
> nice, but it is a great pleasure - and funny - to watch the first
> squirrels hit the wax and get it on their little feet. The dance they
> do is hilarious. Better than when a cat steps in the water pan, which
> is funny, too.Seems that one hit is all the squirrels need. They don't
> come back for the rest of the season. 

My squirrels simply learned to climb up to the bottom edge of the band of 
Tangle-Foot, at 
which point they leap up at an angle to catch a low-lying branch.