Who has been eating fruit from my garden?

[Jazz12]

Our garden is fully fenced. I left a small piece of apple in a little bowl the other day (leftovers from a baby niece) for the birds. No birds touched it all day. Next morning it was all gone! I put some fruit out last night, it’s again gone by morning! I haven’t seen any hedgehogs in my garden ever, only little mice that too in summer. Didn’t see the mice for months now. What/who is eating the fruit? I’d love to continue feeding if they won’t cause nuisance to my neighbours.

@MooseBeTimeForSnow ooh, fabulous. Guessing from your name you are in Canada.

Probably rats.they can get in anywhere.and you won’t see poop-maybe tunnelling somewhere to get in or they just climb the fence.leaving food out at dusk/ nighty time unfortunately encourages rats

The most likely is rats. I don’t know why you’re so insistent it isn’t foxes though. I doubt there’s a garden in the country that hasn’t had a fox visit.

I am late to the party, but I wanted to vote fox. I have one that visits my garden, zone 2 London, that sleeps in a tree. They can climb. I saw one on the roof of bungalow once.

Did you find out what it was op?

Fox OP. We leave bits and bobs on the shed roof for our fox. He scrabbles along the (well over) 6 ft fences and snoozes up there. Keeps the cats away which gives the birds a chance too. We're in the middle of London.

Probably a MNer, I’m always seeing how it’s fine to pick fruit from other people’s gardens

99% chance of rats. Don’t leave food on the ground in open containers unless you actually want a colony of rats in your garden. If you want to feed the birds, get a proper bird feeder and hang it up.