Squirrel poop?

tarheelchick · July 16, 2015

Can anyone identify these droppings that I discovered across the top of my fence rail? I haven't discovered any damage in the garden, but this can't be good....right?

TexasTycoon · July 16, 2015

Looks like squirrel droppings to me, but I'm no expert. Cayenne will keep them at bay, they hate the stuff.

rags57078 · July 16, 2015

That does look like squirrel , no you don't want to eat it

luigiwu · July 16, 2015

where do you put the cayenne? around the plants or dust it on the plants?

tarheelchick · July 17, 2015

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Originally Posted by rags57078

That does look like squirrel , no you don't want to eat it

That might be the best advice given on TV. Thanks! LOL!

I sprinkled the pepper stuff all along the railing last night and didn't see any more "evidence" out there this morning. Hopefully that works until our next rain!

TexasTycoon · July 17, 2015

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Originally Posted by luigiwu

where do you put the cayenne? around the plants or dust it on the plants?

I've never had to use it on plants (this is my first year growing edibles and we're in an apartment, so no big squirrel issues), but I always put it in my birdfeeders. It is hilarious seeing an unsuspecting squirrel bite into cayenne-birdseed! They really do hate it. I'd sprinkle right on the plants, myself, and just rinse them well before eating, but I'm not sure if that's the best way necessarily.

Worth1 · July 17, 2015

Probably ole Foamy the rabid squirrel.

Worth

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tarheelchick Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: NC Posts: 97	Squirrel poop? Can anyone identify these droppings that I discovered across the top of my fence rail? I haven't discovered any damage in the garden, but this can't be good....right?

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TexasTycoon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Round Rock, TX, Zone 8b Posts: 1,157	Looks like squirrel droppings to me, but I'm no expert. Cayenne will keep them at bay, they hate the stuff. __________________ -Kelly "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn Bloom where you are planted.

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luigiwu Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: ny Posts: 1,219	where do you put the cayenne? around the plants or dust it on the plants? __________________ Subirrigated Container gardening (RGGS) in NY, Zone 7!

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rags57078 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: South Dakota Posts: 278	That does look like squirrel , no you don't want to eat it

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Probably ole Foamy the rabid squirrel. Worth