2007-07-19 18:32:08 · 13 answers · asked by Nancy g 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
drape fine mesh plastic screening over the plant. you can buy it at most garden centers.
if you've only one plant, you could make a wire mesh type cage around it.
live traps work well at catching them, but there's always another...and another...and...you know.
2007-07-23 15:54:47 · answer #1 · answered by wanabbetter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you're probably not hallucinating, if that's the concern. I once saw a squirrel running across a college campus with an entire bagel in its front paws.
If you want to stop the chipmunk from stealing more goodies, here is an odd suggestion that actually works: eat a hamburger, drink a glass of water. An hour or two later go and pee around your garden. After a day it will fade so that you can't smell it any more, but chipmunks and deer and rabbits will still avoid the predator scent.
2007-07-20 01:37:08 · answer #2 · answered by dscougar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aaww, that would have been cute!
But cute as they are, those little critters can do a lot of damage. Mousetraps work just as well for chipmunks as they do for mice. Bait it with a sunflower seed or some peanut butter.
Or live-trap the little rodent and relocate it out in the country.
2007-07-20 13:53:48 · answer #3 · answered by BobKat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a new rodent trap on the market called The Better Trap. It's gray plastic and highly effective. Load it with sunflower seeds and leave it beside your tomatoes, and your problem will take care of itself.
2007-07-20 08:23:20 · answer #4 · answered by Erika M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could go for a pellet or bb gun or I'm pretty sure I've heard that planting marigolds in your garden will keep things like birds, rabbits, and other small rodents out of a garden.
2007-07-20 01:35:36 · answer #5 · answered by Josh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look online for chipmunk repellers (like little things that you can do to keep them away). Unless you want them to keep snatching your tomatos.. he he.
2007-07-20 01:35:01 · answer #6 · answered by C.A.S. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get some moth balls and put them around the plants; that will discourage the sneaky little guys!
2007-07-20 01:39:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have had good luck planting Marigolds around the garden. I think they give off a smell that will keep varmits away. It works for us. good luck.
2007-07-20 01:35:16 · answer #8 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Video tape it next time and send it to Americans Funniest Home Videos!! There might be $10,000 in it!!
2007-07-20 01:35:11 · answer #9 · answered by tha_g_child_2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alvin, Simon or Theredore?
2007-07-20 01:34:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋