What Animals Eat Pumpkins At Night

You may find rabbits in your pumpkin patch by day or at night.

What animals eat pumpkins at night. Put drops of distilled vinegar around the pumpkin. Mice and rabbits will sometimes chew on the woody stems of plants especially during colder months in the winter. Another animal that will dig holes in your garden is a skunk.

Chickens or turkeys will do that sort of damage too. Deer are large enough to leave tracks we can see and ID. In rural areas you may also find white barn owls.

The males make that distinctive hoo-hoo call. Skunks could eat your plants but theyd rather dig for grubs. He said this works great because animals think theres already an animal there.

Voles destroy plant roots. With this do not make the mistake of believing that if you have a fence woodchucks will no longer bother your pumpkin. Rabbits mice rats and possums can all the only nibble at the bottom of your plants.

Make sure the pumpkins arent rotting covered in candle wax or painted before feeding. Rabbits like the tender leaves and growing tips as well as new small fruits. So before you toss your old pumpkin to the curb this year lets talk about why these seeds are too good to give up to the squirrels.

These nocturnal pests can leave large holes in the leaves and flowers of a pansy. Yep squirrels are one of those animals that eat pumpkins whether they are still growing in your pumpkin patch or whether they are freshly carved at your back door. Ill need to place a cage over each of them to prevent the new growth being devoured again.