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What is tearing up my mulch?
Posted on 3/20/16 at 10:05 pm
Posted on 3/20/16 at 10:05 pm
For the past few years, I have had fits with an animal pawing up my mulch around the edges of my landscaping. I've always blamed armadillos since I've had a few burrow under my hawthornes. I've been using the granular varmint control stuff to no avail. Today, I put down fresh mulch and before sundown, I found my mulch thrown around twice. Now I suspect it's been birds all along.
Am I right? If so, how can I stop this? I'm thinking of keeping a cat out there to regulate shite, but that's a last resort.
Am I right? If so, how can I stop this? I'm thinking of keeping a cat out there to regulate shite, but that's a last resort.
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Posted on 3/20/16 at 10:18 pm to Vacherie Saint
Mine was a chipmunk. Have a game cam?
Posted on 3/20/16 at 10:21 pm to hophead
No. I'm about an hour SE of New Orleans, so I've already ruled out chipmunks. 
Posted on 3/20/16 at 10:28 pm to Vacherie Saint
Squirrels are all up in my mulch. Could be them.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 6:15 am to Vacherie Saint
chupacabras are bad this spring
Posted on 3/21/16 at 6:17 am to Vacherie Saint
It's frogs
Posted on 3/21/16 at 8:00 am to KingRanch
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It's frogs
Yeah could be toads. I have some at my house that climb up in my small potted plants and will dig a little hole and back into it. Then when I start watering them you can see the toads come out of the mulch. They like to eat worms so they could be digging up the mulch looing for them.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 8:14 am to Vacherie Saint
As the Robins migrate north this time of year they make a pit stop at my place and forage around in my pine straw beds. They can make a pretty bad mess out of them.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 8:32 am to JoePepitone
Spray eucalyptus oil (vicks vaporub emulsified in water) around the edges they will stay out.. It masks the smell of whatever they are after and is too strong and offensive since most animals smell a minimum of 100 times better than we do.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 8:42 am to Vacherie Saint
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No. I'm about an hour SE of New Orleans, so I've already ruled out chipmunks
where do you live ... Boothville , Buras ?
Posted on 3/21/16 at 8:53 am to Vacherie Saint
Probably an armadillo or opossum.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 9:07 am to tipup
squirrels
nothing on the trees for them to eat yet. They are foraging for acorns and stuff they stashed before winter
nothing on the trees for them to eat yet. They are foraging for acorns and stuff they stashed before winter
Posted on 3/21/16 at 9:24 am to Vacherie Saint
I bet it is a cat shitting in your flowerbed.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 9:42 am to Vacherie Saint
Might be a skunk too. They root around just like armadillos.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 9:44 am to JoePepitone
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As the Robins migrate north this time of year they make a pit stop at my place and forage around in my pine straw beds. They can make a pretty bad mess out of them.
This is what I'm thinking. Maybe doves too, since we seem to have tons of them around all the time. Will the eucalyptus work on birds?
Posted on 3/21/16 at 9:59 am to Vacherie Saint
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If so, how can I stop this?
Powered Cayenne pepper. You'll need to reapply after a gully-washing rain, but it works.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 10:37 am to fisherbm1112
Yeah, could be cats. My neighbor's cats are guilty of using my beds as their litter box.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 10:41 am to Vacherie Saint
I've never tried the eucalyptus or cayenne. I've tried granular insecticides to remove the food source. Seems to work OK for a while but doesn't last very long.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 10:41 am to fisherbm1112
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I bet it is a cat shitting in your flowerbed.
I've had this problem
ETA: Throw citrus peelings in there. They can't stand it. Worked for me.
This post was edited on 3/21/16 at 10:43 am
Posted on 3/21/16 at 11:29 am to PillageUrVillage
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ETA: Throw citrus peelings in there. They can't stand it. Worked for me.
I throw lead at mine.
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