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cleo88 · August 7, 2011

I just have a problem with killing mammals. I could shoot a coyote that was about to take my infant baby, but not for stealing tomatoes.

Also, if I got any sort of gun, one of my kids would immediately shoot the other. They both want to be only children at this point!

Carolyn, I haven't actually verified that this is squirrel damage but we don't have a lot of the other possibilities, it is happening during the day (and maybe the night too, but definitely the day), and we have zillions of squirrels and chipmunks, so I think it's one of those. The breeding suggestions would probably backfire on me, creating a superbreed that would break into my home and steal the ripening ones on my countertop.

August 7, 2011	#24
cleo88 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sharon, MA Zone 6 Posts: 225	I just have a problem with killing mammals. I could shoot a coyote that was about to take my infant baby, but not for stealing tomatoes. Also, if I got any sort of gun, one of my kids would immediately shoot the other. They both want to be only children at this point! Carolyn, I haven't actually verified that this is squirrel damage but we don't have a lot of the other possibilities, it is happening during the day (and maybe the night too, but definitely the day), and we have zillions of squirrels and chipmunks, so I think it's one of those. The breeding suggestions would probably backfire on me, creating a superbreed that would break into my home and steal the ripening ones on my countertop.