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There are almost no stray dogs and cats in the US to catch the squirrels. In Bulgaria, there strays are common, squirrels are almost out. As a result, family in
by dzink 5y ago
There are almost no stray dogs and cats in the US to catch the squirrels. In Bulgaria, there strays are common, squirrels are almost out. As a result, family in Bulgaria can grow tomatoes, strawberries and fruit trees in their yard and eat the fruit. In the East Bay Area, anything not fenced in gets eaten by squirrels. They would pick your fruit, eat one bite and drop it on top of your fence. If you have a fruit tree, you’ll see a line of one-bite fruit along the length of the fence neighbouring it.
- BikiniPrince 5y agoThey ate all of my cherries this year. Last year I had a good collection, but they seem to have multiplied.
- egeozcan 5y agoI guess then İstanbul, the city of cats, could have been a great place to farm if there have been any free patches of land left. By the way, the squirrels eating just one bite is annoying for you but perhaps better for the sustainability of the tree? (just thinking loud)
- Talanes 5y ago>By the way, the squirrels eating just one bite is annoying for you but perhaps better for the sustainability of the tree? Probably no difference for the individual tree, but I can imagine that partly eaten fruit being knocked to the ground is part of the seed-dispersal system.
- kamaal 5y agoHere in Bangalore where stray cats are fairly common, you don't see squirrels all that often. Because they mostly get converted to cat food. A while back I used to feed pigeons at our home roof top. One day I saw while the pigeons were eating the wheat a cat hunted a pigeon. I realised my wheat feed was acting like a bait for cats to hunt pigeons. Stopped feeding them thereafter because I didn't want to be responsible for helping the cat kill the pigeons. Rat population is less too. But rats are good at hiding below the earth, but I do witness a cat hunting a rat every other week.