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Rosedude · May 7, 2016

I sympathize with everybody who has a pest problem. It's kind of a tragedy, because the animals just want to make a living the easiest way they know, same as everyone else. I've kept dogs, cats, rabbits, chickens, geese and I know almost everyone one of them would eat me if I lay still and stopped feeding them and they couldn't find anything else more convenient. I only really trusted my pet canary (RIP) but I kept him in a steel cage.

I think something like a canary cage would stop the squirrels from getting in, especially if he floor of the cage is under your tomatoes. 2" mesh is too big. That stuff called "hardware cloth" with mesh around 1/2 inch or less will keep rats out, I know for sure.

May 7, 2016	#73
Rosedude Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: California Posts: 124	I sympathize with everybody who has a pest problem. It's kind of a tragedy, because the animals just want to make a living the easiest way they know, same as everyone else. I've kept dogs, cats, rabbits, chickens, geese and I know almost everyone one of them would eat me if I lay still and stopped feeding them and they couldn't find anything else more convenient. I only really trusted my pet canary (RIP) but I kept him in a steel cage. I think something like a canary cage would stop the squirrels from getting in, especially if he floor of the cage is under your tomatoes. 2" mesh is too big. That stuff called "hardware cloth" with mesh around 1/2 inch or less will keep rats out, I know for sure.