In , on 07/23/03
at 05:53 PM, (paghat) said:

Are they cherry tomatoes? If so you may not be able to do a thing about
it, except build big cages around the tomato plants. It's not usually one
of their favorite foods, but once a squirrel takes a liking to something
a bit odd & easy to carry, it'll stick to its guns checking out the
source pretty regularly, & an adolescent squirrel could be responding to
the nut-sized appearance of tiny tomatos, green or ripe.

Cherries and regular sized.

But if they're wrecking large tomatos, it's probably because they're
thirsty rather than hungry. During hot days of summer, if there's no
stream or pond in the vicnity, squirrels will peal tree bark to get sap,

We have a nearby stream, so it isn't thirst that's got the squirrels in
the tomatoes.

Thanks for the reply.


Alan

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