Raccoons will tip over pots to forage snails (and probably slugs) hiding underneath. Regarding outdoor cats: if plant collectors, who presumably understand environmental conservation, tolerate the wildlife depredations of outdoor cats, then there really is no hope. Who will speak for the wild creatures? On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 8:50 AM, Lee Poulsen <wpoulsen@pacbell.net> wrote: > We’ve had cats since before I started growing all kinds of bulbs. Given my > climate, all my bulbs are grown outside, most of them in pots. I’ve never > had a cat nibble on any of them. They seem to only want to nibble on grass > or grass-like weeds which they nibble on while I’m pulling them out. > > Occasionally I’ve found a cat print in a pot, but they;re not very heavy > so it’s never damaged any of my plants. What has damaged some of my plants > occasionally are raccoons roaming the backyard in the middle of the night. > Sometimes, for no reason I can see, they tip over pots or turn them upside > down. So I always have to check for these before going to work during the > warmer part of the year so that a knocked over plant doesn’t die in the > heat of the day. Rarely, they’ve also chewed on labels, which thankfully > they tend to leave lying in the pot or nearby. > > --Lee Poulsen > Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a > Latitude 34°N, Altitude 1150 ft/350 m > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/