The other morning I found the compost bin all chewed up and..."dirty." We may have to find an alternative place to put it if it happens again...
I'm not 100% positive, especially because of the color, but that "mess" was not on the bin before. I'm assuming its from whatever rodent was trying to get in.
One of the areas it was chewing at to get to the rotting food inside.
The handle.
As I was looking at the pictures to post them, I noticed some little foot prints on the side. Ugh
To say the least, I scoured the lid of the bin. I haven't seen any more foot prints or nibbling in the last few days, but I wonder how it will be with the weather not getting over 30 degrees. If anyone knows how I can deter rodents, please let me know! Otherwise we might have to put it in the garage (where I'm pretty sure there is a mouse!!! Double EWWWWWW!!!). I'm not a fan of military housing right now. :-(
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Those are rodent foot prints? How big are they? Maybe a opposum? A raccoon? Okay the raccoon is a little cute but all others would totally freak me out! Godo luck with that you may have just convinced me not to have a compost at all. What the hell will I encounter in Vegas?!
Yes, one downfall of a compost bin is the rodents that they attract. One way to deter them is to spray the bin with a water, white vinegar solution that has a liquid hot pepper flavering added. I found this to deter dogs from peeing on my bushes in WW. :) The only downfall is that it will wash off when it rains.
Hugs!
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