Am asking on behalf of my step mum - what can pull up carrots and no other veg nibble them a little then leave them lying there.

[BernieBear]

That's it really. I suggested rabbits but she says they have simply been pulled up out of the ground in a manner that is not rabbits.

Whatever it is hasn't touched any of the other veg (all winter i.e. leeks, swede etc)around them and this has happened three times now (she keeps re-planting the carrots not so successfully) The carrots are left lying around with an occasional nibble but nothing of much substance.

My dad and her live very rurally so people breaking into back garden is almost impossible.

Does this sound familiar to anyone? I said I would post this to the wise anyway!

BBx

deer - the most irritating pest known to woman. don't be fooled by their bambi eyes and gangly legs, they are Bl$%$£ vandals. Possibly badgers, but less likely.

mice can do it too - they can get more underground than you'd think!

My ds?

A 4 year old child

arf prufrock

Cats? Evil buggers, cats. I wouldn't put any thing past them.

(I have two cats. Love them dearly. But evil buggers.)

Right, could be any of the above. They have problems with deer, own a cat, have children of that age living close by and no doubt have mice too.

However thanks for your answer and I will pass your comments on.

Bx

A peckish young fox?

Badgers, maybe, as Eyesfront mentioned. They used to regularly devastate our carrot plot when I lived in the country with their uprootings and scufflings. Actually seen in the act several times! Is there any dung around? would be larger than rabbits' poo obviously.

I also had a horse in the garden once which did the same... but I guess she'd have noticed a horse cloppering round