I grow other South African plants and Cacti, and I have a real problem every year or two with rats eating Lithops and the less spiny cacti. They can devestate a collection in a single night. There is nothing worse than coming out in the morning, and seeing a bite taken out of a show plant. I have had rats eat parts of some Ornithogalum. They never seem to finish!

Tom

Susan Hayek <susanann@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
**Those rats that are really rats drive us crazy, scurrying about at night.
We've had no problems, so far, with bulbs being eaten.
We have had a problem with the bird feeding areas being hit nightly,
and I wonder about the tomatoes.

Are there any bulbs particularly affected by rodents? and are there
any particularly untasty?

We have such a bad gopher problem (Leon traps and traps; the dogs
generally have more success) that a lot of our plants are planted in
wire baskets.