I think I told you about the cherry tree being eaten and it looking like we have a plague of locusts, well obviously it isn\u2019t locusts but it is interesting. A close investigation has suggested it isn\u2019t any sort of insect and it\u2019s still happening. It looks as though there are mouth shaped chunks missing from some leaves and others are scattered at the base of the tree. I\u2019ve turned detective. One branch is broken too and there\u2019s no way that insects would do that. To be frank, if you do know any insects that big I have no wish to meet them. Anyway, we think it\u2019s either some sort of mammal or birds. We\u2019ve tried to find droppings but can only find pigeon droppings and the mouth shaped missing bits don\u2019t make sense for pigeons. Our Mistress thinks it might be some sort of mouse. I\u2019m hoping that\u2019s all it is! To cut a long story short, as it\u2019s happening at night our Mistress is going to be setting up an infrared camera today which will be activated by movement and which will then record what happens. I\u2019m feeling quite excited and can\u2019t wait to be able to watch any footage in the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even when we find out what is doing it, we have no idea how we can stop them. We\u2019re just hoping that they will stop before the poor tree is completely destroyed. I said we could leave a little sign up, but for reasons I have no idea our Mistress did not think that was a fool proof method of stopping them. Shadow says she is willing to sit at the base of the tree to catch them, but then she realised they were doing it at night and she\u2019d have to give up her nice warm bed, so she changed her mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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