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something eating my lilly bulbs
For quite a few weeks something has been getting into my back garden and digging out the lilly bulbs and eating them although I have loads of other bulbs its only the expensive lilly bulbs its going for.
My garden is totally enclosed by a 6ft fence apart from a small gap in corner of garden and backs onto other gardens. Last week I put down rat poisening which was eaten but fri night it must have gone mad as my hydranga plant was torn apart. I put more rat poisen down last night but only the few larger pellets where gone.
There are paws prints all over one side of the garden in the soil but it is difficult to say whether it is something bigger or just a rat.
We do have quite a numbers of foxes around the estate but would one be able to jump my fences and thats apart from getting into other gardens to get to mine,
Had a rat in the house last year after the dog food but i got rid of it.
Anyone got any ideas on what it could be and why only the lilly bulbs?
My garden is totally enclosed by a 6ft fence apart from a small gap in corner of garden and backs onto other gardens. Last week I put down rat poisening which was eaten but fri night it must have gone mad as my hydranga plant was torn apart. I put more rat poisen down last night but only the few larger pellets where gone.
There are paws prints all over one side of the garden in the soil but it is difficult to say whether it is something bigger or just a rat.
We do have quite a numbers of foxes around the estate but would one be able to jump my fences and thats apart from getting into other gardens to get to mine,
Had a rat in the house last year after the dog food but i got rid of it.
Anyone got any ideas on what it could be and why only the lilly bulbs?
Look after the pennys and the pounds will look after themselves:money:
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Bit of overkill, surely.
A piece of chicken wire would do the job.0 -
Could it be squirrels? They've been eating a lot of my bulbs - I'm not impressed at all!0
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havent seen any squirrels around but you never know. As for chicken wire - tried that and it was moved out of the way to get to the bulbs also put pots on top of them and they were also moved!!Look after the pennys and the pounds will look after themselves:money:0
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well its 10.30pm and i popped outside and saw 3 rats running to the opening in the fence into opposite garden so now i know what it is. other garden has decking which they love to live under so its a call to the council tomorrow I have had a word with the neighbours son but seems hes not interested.Look after the pennys and the pounds will look after themselves:money:0
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