Suet basket life (1 Viewer)

TheAKBirding

Ernerculria

• Aug 24, 2020

• #1

Hey all I have put my first suet basket outside and am wondering how quickly they expire or when it needs to be changed? I've just placed my feeders out a few days ago so I'm sure it'll take some time for the birding to commence and I know the suet is made of beef fat so wasn't sure if this stuff had a basket life..

 

Kits

Picture Picker

Social Media Editor

• Aug 24, 2020

• #2

We put fat balls (made of suet) out in some of our feeders and they get eaten fairly quickly. I've never known any go rancid - they get eaten before they have the chance to go bad. Unless you are experiencing really high temperatures, then I think your suet baskets will last quite some time.

 

Euan Buchan

The Edinburgh Birdwatcher

Supporter

• Aug 25, 2020

• #3

Like what Kits says suet is very popular with birds and they eat it very quickly before anything expires.

 

TheAKBirding

Ernerculria

• Aug 25, 2020

• #4

Sounds good glad to know that's not really something to worry about, I was worried flies would go ham with it but I haven't seen on a one on there yet, not sure if that's a good or bad thing haha Thanks!