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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIs the transformation of a vegetarian animal lover into a gardener who calls chipmunks and squirrels
"G*dam**d thieving little b**tards" in less than 10 seconds unusual?
Asking for a friend.
Phoenix61
(17,025 posts)Especially when they take one little bite out of every single thing they can get to.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,034 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)There's a mango tree in the yard < WHY MY TOMATOES AS WELL!? Mangoes not enough now?
matt819
(10,749 posts)Oh look at those cute deer, dear.
Cute? They're not cute. They're evil. They've eaten my (fill in the blank)!
eppur_se_muova
(36,317 posts)(I can see the problem if you were growing sunflowers, of course ...)
irisblue
(33,053 posts)Fla Dem
(23,875 posts)I'm not a vegetarian, but am a "live and let live" animal lover who releases spiders and snakes unharmed into the wild and generally leaves all wildlife alone, until...
RODENTS. I despise them all and will kill them on sight. Mice. Rats. Rabbits. Gophers. Rockchucks. They are the scourge of the earth, the scourge of rural living.
IcyPeas
(21,940 posts)they don't know they are "G*dam**d thieving little b**tards"
LOL
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I love our chipmunks. They race and chase around here like ground-jets. I cede them all my strawberries and blueberries and they tend to leave the vegetable garden alone. I discovered last year, that by planting mint between the cucumbers, they would leave them alone.
The squirrels only come for the acorns and birdseed.