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What is eating my oranges?? : r/gardening - Reddit

It's probably rats. Squirrels don't care as much for the oranges/citrus in my experience (they love my fig trees though). The orioles eat our ...

Rats Love Oranges - Thrasher Termite & Pest Control

When you see an orange that is hollowed out, the culprit is usually a rat. When you see multiple oranges within two feet of the sidewalk, this is cause for ...

Part I: When citrus-loving roof rats are your nemesis

Roof rats are especially fond of avocados (Photo 1) and other sweet citrus fruits such as Mandarin and Oro Blanco grapefruit, and they ...

How do you keep rats from eating the fruit off of your trees? - Quora

I make sure to keep my trees clean and free of debris, I also pick the fruit as soon as it is ripe so that the rats don't have a chance to get ...

5 Ways for Keeping Rats Away from Fruit Trees - Tree Care Tips

The best way to prevent rats in your fruit trees is to keep them from entering the home where they can jump to the trees.

Rats eating my oranges (Phoenix, Scottsdale: floor, gardening, oil)

According to first link, it says to try peanut butter with a snap trap, so yes, they might eat it ! but I found it ineffective.

Rats! - Golden Gate Gardener - TypePad

Seems like many gardeners are contending with rats these days. They eat vegetables and have been damaging citrus trees.

Protecting Fruit Trees From Rats | Fruit Rat Prevention In South Florida

Determining if your fruit is being eaten by a rat is fairly easy. Much of the fruit that rats will eat can be found on the ground and will appear to hollowed- ...

Dispelling the "Rats can't eat Citrus" myth - Rachie's Ratirement Home

As for oranges, unless your rat is eating large amounts of straight orange peel (in which case I would be taking them to the vet for a ...

How to keep rodents from eating your avocados and oranges

To prevent nocturnal rodents from eating your maturing avocados and oranges before you can enjoy them, keep the trees trimmed away from powerlines.

Control of Roof Rats in Fruit Trees - University of Florida

A low-hanging skirt of drooping branches give the rats additional access routes and provides them with protective cover while feeding. Prune trees so that the ...

Feeding rats Oranges. ?? | Rat Forum

So I have done my own little 'tests' and I would give them a tiny amount once in a blue moon and it didn't show any effect on them or their ...

Rats eating my oranges (Sun City - Phoenix area - City-Data.com

His concern seems to be about losing some of his oranges to the rats, I don't think the rats are causing him problems other than eating his oranges.

How to save my citrus trees from rats? - Bunnings Workshop

The best way to deter them is with a physical barrier. For singular trunk plants, it's quite easy to wrap a sheet of thin steel around them.

Keep it clean to spare citrus from rats - San Diego Union-Tribune

Sanitation is fundamental to rat control. Keep the area around your fruit trees free of debris. Harvest fruit when it is ripe and remove any ...

Rats and Insects Feeding on Your Citrus Trees - ABC Pest Control

These rats like to eat fish, meat or grains but will happily feed on any garbage they find as long as they have a fresh water source nearby.

Trapping roof rats with a sweet tooth | Pest Management Professional

As a result, possums are messy eaters when they try to eat citrus fruits. This time around, the oranges were picked clean. I also knew it wasn't ...

Fruits that rodents (rats / squirrels) won't eat?

Squirrels eat just about everything except my citrus (grapefruits, lemons, oranges, mandarins are ignored).

keep mice and rats off fruits (forum) - Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery

Bait may seem expensive sometimes, but if you don't feed them something, they will keep eating your fruit. Then you will need to buy the fruit ...