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Mysterious hole - help please!

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Casdon Thu 18-Apr-24 15:53:37

Or a badger looking for food? They are omnivorous, and eat plants and bulbs, worms etc.

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Esmay Thu 18-Apr-24 15:53:33

When I find massive holes in the garden - I put kebab sticks around it plus some old citrus peel and black pepper , remembering to renew after rain .
It works .

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Ziplok Thu 18-Apr-24 15:48:12

It could be a rat - they dig holes in pots to reach bulbs (tulips, crocus, for example, don’t seem bothered about daffodil bulbs).

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Alison333 Thu 18-Apr-24 12:47:26

Esmay

Maybe foxes .
They've made some nice craters in my lawn in the back garden .
And I saw one of my neighbour's cats making another crater in the front lawn .
I give up !

You are probably right, it must be a particularly brainless fox! What do they expect to find?

There are cats around but the hole is so deep, they'd have to stand on their head to reach in in there!

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Esmay Thu 18-Apr-24 11:28:11

Maybe foxes .
They've made some nice craters in my lawn in the back garden .
And I saw one of my neighbour's cats making another crater in the front lawn .
I give up !

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Alison333 Thu 18-Apr-24 11:27:21

Sorry, I thought I had posted a photo with this message but it won't upload...

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Alison333 Thu 18-Apr-24 11:22:01

Woke up yesterday to find a deep hole in this garden pot with nothing at the bottom. It can't be a cat, we haven't got a dog and squirrels normally bury their nuts nearer the surface. A nearby sealed bag of compost was also ripped into.

Wondering about foxes but they've never done anything like this before and I can't see why they would want to.

I am flummoxed! Can anybody help?

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