Hector Hound wrote:
Hi. My first post is a puzzle. My apples have disappeared! I have two
trees, about four years old. One day last week, there were all my
apples - gone. Well, all except for a few at the top of each tree,
from about five feet upwards. The grass underneath the trees was
trampled and there were no apples on the ground.

I know the obvious answer is kids and if I can't find another I'll
have to settle for that. The problem is that, for various reasons, I
think it's unlikely in this case. Based on the height of the apples
that were left, they would have been very small kids - too young for
the usual profile of apple-takers. And I just know the neighbourhood
and the kids and my garden would be very hard to get into, especially
for small kids, has never been "visited" before and there were no
signs of entry.

So - is there an animal that takes apples? Foxes? There are foxes in
the neighbourhood. I believe foxes are omnivorous and the height of
the apples left would fit the fox theory.

Any other ideas? Has anybody else had this experience? Thanks for any
information/suggestions.

Hector.

It isn't possums, fruit bats, cockatoos or koalas. And it isn't .... hang
on, without knowing where you are the list of candidates is a bit too long.

David