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BigBrownDogHouse · September 13, 2011

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Originally Posted by recruiterg

Do you have a dog? My dog has a developed a habit of waiting until the tomatoes are just perfectly ripe, then she picks them herself and devours them in the yard. I always get mad at my wife for leaving the dog in the backyard unattended this time of year.

My Beagle loves fresh tomatoes from the garden. My Labs will leave them alone but my little guy just can't resist.

sheysd1 · September 13, 2011

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Originally Posted by JaneMartin

Ahh, Thank You for your discovery!!!

My only one big tomato was gone (not the fancy type like yours but still MY first big Better Boy tomato). I saw some droppings but could not figure out "mystery creature(s)" that can climb on the earthbox, up to the branch to get that. Couple days later my 2nd tomato had many bite marks around it.

With your discovery and the size of droppings around the container it indeed fit the "rat" profile!!!!

I'm not that brave like you so I have to find the stuff that deter it (like the deer repellent). I wonder if I can find "rat repellent" or not...

I live in Thousand Oaks, not far away from you. Hi neighbor

Hi Jane!..........Yes we are very close. About 15 minutes apart. I'm sorry about your tomatoes too. We should be just happy that here in Southern California, we can grow 365 days a year. I'm still planting more tomatoes! At least we don't have the deer problems and the bunny problems that our fellow farmers back east have. If I have this much remorse having trapped a rat, I couldn't even imagine having to trap a big brown eyed deer or a cute little bunny.

lakelady · September 14, 2011

the two critters I have to worry about eating my veggies are groundhogs and muskrats. Anything down by the lake (like all of the tops of my coneflowers) will be eaten by the muskrat. When I had a veggie garden down there, I used a chickenwire fence to keep him out. Up near the house, I have a nice tunnel under some boulders that the groundhogs like to use. I had to call a trapper this year and now they are gone (ha! till next year!). My neighbor has snakes as he is on the point, with water on 3 sides and he has seen them come up to his deck and eat his tomatoes!

We just got another kitty so hopefully she has more killer instincts than the male who sits around and gets fat!

JaneMartin · September 14, 2011

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Originally Posted by lakelady

We just got another kitty so hopefully she has more killer instincts than the male who sits around and gets fat!

Hehe...that's funny

September 14, 2011	#18
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	the two critters I have to worry about eating my veggies are groundhogs and muskrats. Anything down by the lake (like all of the tops of my coneflowers) will be eaten by the muskrat. When I had a veggie garden down there, I used a chickenwire fence to keep him out. Up near the house, I have a nice tunnel under some boulders that the groundhogs like to use. I had to call a trapper this year and now they are gone (ha! till next year!). My neighbor has snakes as he is on the point, with water on 3 sides and he has seen them come up to his deck and eat his tomatoes! We just got another kitty so hopefully she has more killer instincts than the male who sits around and gets fat!