Where is my .22 rifle?

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Where is my .22 rifle?; The squirrels ate my kale
Topic Started: May 5 2014, 10:51 PM (432 Views)
heatseeker	May 5 2014, 10:51 PM Post #1
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	I arrived back from Budapest, looking forward to seeing all my kale plants flourishing. Instead -- nothing. Not a single leaf. The god damn squirrels had eaten it all. They did leave the chives, rosemary and thyme. Our cat is a hunter, but evidently it does not hunt squirrels. ohmy 03



FuzzyO	May 5 2014, 11:56 PM Post #2
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	Are you sure you do not have bunnies or a groundhog?



haili	May 5 2014, 11:59 PM Post #3
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,084 Group: Member Member #387 Joined: September 15, 2006	Something ate some of my tulip leaves and squirrels are the main suspects!



heatseeker	May 5 2014, 11:59 PM Post #4
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	Nope. Squirrels.



FuzzyO	May 6 2014, 12:13 AM Post #5
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	Time to get a dog.



margaret	May 6 2014, 12:42 AM Post #6
Red Star Member Posts: 2,276 Group: Member Member #1,032 Joined: October 3, 2013	Our cat will chase most anything and does catch the chipmunks. However she draws the line at peacocks, skunks, racoons, moose, bear and deer all of which visit our property.



Trotsky	May 6 2014, 12:44 AM Post #7
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	HS, My first thought is deer. Why are you certain it's squirrels? Edited by Trotsky, May 6 2014, 12:44 AM.



heatseeker	May 6 2014, 12:45 AM Post #8
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	Time to get a dog. There was a time when we were serial bull mastiff owners. But now, Mrs. Heat worries that a dog would upset our cat. I say let them sort it out. Cats are more than able to hold their own.



heatseeker	May 6 2014, 12:49 AM Post #9
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	My first thought is deer. Why are you certain it's squirrels? We live in the middle of Toronto. Our backyard wildlife includes the occasional possum, lots of raccoons and tons of squirrels. The raccoons are fat and happy raiding garbage recycling bins in the neighbourhood. And so, I believe, are the possums. The squirrels ravaged our tomatoes last year, eating each as it ripened. The evidence is circumstancial but persuasive.



Trotsky	May 6 2014, 01:24 AM Post #10
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Friends had a house on a mountaintop in the Catskills on 10 acres. The deer ate everything stopping only at the clapboards but even they showed the occasion chew mark. Edited by Trotsky, May 6 2014, 01:24 AM.



FuzzyO	May 6 2014, 01:53 AM Post #11
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	I think the cat would adjust, particularly if you get a pup. A mastiff would be wonderful. So handsome! I've had squirrels take bites out of tomatoes, but the worst offender as far as the tomatoes were concerned was my cocker spaniel. One late evening I wondered why she was taking so long to come back in and walked up to the top of the yard to find her. She had picked all the green tomatoes and had them lined up, eating them one by one. After that I only grew cherry tomatoes keeping them up out of reach.



heatseeker	May 6 2014, 03:32 AM Post #12
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	We are debating, as an extended family, getting a dog for our grand daughter, who loves dogs. It would likely fall to us to care or the beast much of the time. Probably a lab or labradoodle as both are smart and good with kids.



margaret	May 6 2014, 03:58 AM Post #13
Red Star Member Posts: 2,276 Group: Member Member #1,032 Joined: October 3, 2013	We have a real problem with racoons and spreading blood meal around seemed to send them away. I don't know about the little critters though.



FuzzyO	May 6 2014, 05:09 AM Post #14
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	Goldens and cocker spaniels are also very sociable and child-oriented. Labs and labradoodles will shed much less though I think, and that's a real plus!



goldengal	May 6 2014, 11:06 AM Post #15
Mistress, House of Dogs Posts: 11,674 Group: Member Member #715 Joined: March 31, 2010	I agree with Fuzzy's choices. However, while we have always had long haired dogs, I understand from friends who have short haired dogs such as Labs that they shed just as much, and their short hair tends to stick into everything. With a Labradoodle, you could either end up with the Lab hair or the Poodle coat. Take care, Pat



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