It’s porcupines that strip trees. But the fluffy tailed little tree rats do love pumpkin seeds. Had one gnaw into a nice fat pumpkin in my garden to get to the seeds and meat. When I went out to gather in the pumpkins I picked up the one he’d got into and he was Still in there! I’m not sure which of us was more startled….
The tree squirrls this year hauled our mini (think 4-5 inches in dia) pumpkin up a tree once they ate enough of the insides out. .Still not as bad as the ground squirls from out west though, those buggers burrowed under the concrete , through the neighbor’s garden, and ate nearly every single tulip bulb (I had about 300 out there) BUT LEFT THE STEMS & LEAVES. They even waited til after they’d flowered, so I didn’t know there was an issue until I went to divide a few in spots where it was getting crowded and hit tunnels.
The Nihilist over 11 years ago
Ummm… is that squirrel stew I’m smelling…?
emjaycee over 11 years ago
Squirrels eat pumpkins? Never seen that.
Doctor11 over 11 years ago
Use the leaf blower on them, Jimbo!
LeoAutodidact over 11 years ago
Is this kind of thing how the legend of “The Great Pumpkin” started? A mysteriously missing Jack-O-Lantern needing to be ‘explained’?
rshive over 11 years ago
Busted!
dfowensby over 11 years ago
then your house is surrounded by dead trees, and all the squirrels are gone elsewhere.
rugratz2222 over 11 years ago
some blowers also suck, I mean, vacuum … aaack aaack … squirrel furballs!
kbyrdleroy over 11 years ago
What is the penalty for pumpkin theft?!?
Comic Minister Premium Member over 11 years ago
Yep! It’s over squirrels!
tbritt99 over 11 years ago
We put our pumpkins out after Halloween & the squirrels eat them, yes.
Puddleglum2 over 11 years ago
There might be a half-reward, at best.
Rista over 11 years ago
It’s porcupines that strip trees. But the fluffy tailed little tree rats do love pumpkin seeds. Had one gnaw into a nice fat pumpkin in my garden to get to the seeds and meat. When I went out to gather in the pumpkins I picked up the one he’d got into and he was Still in there! I’m not sure which of us was more startled….
water_moon over 11 years ago
The tree squirrls this year hauled our mini (think 4-5 inches in dia) pumpkin up a tree once they ate enough of the insides out. .Still not as bad as the ground squirls from out west though, those buggers burrowed under the concrete , through the neighbor’s garden, and ate nearly every single tulip bulb (I had about 300 out there) BUT LEFT THE STEMS & LEAVES. They even waited til after they’d flowered, so I didn’t know there was an issue until I went to divide a few in spots where it was getting crowded and hit tunnels.