Do Mice eat Tomatoes?
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:54 pm
I have found mouse like droppings on my tomato plants and some tomatoes look to have been eaten!
Do mice eat tomatoes?
Roland
Do mice eat tomatoes?
Roland
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:46 pm
Presumably they are after the seeds in the tomatoes. They certainly nibble rosehips to get at the seeds.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:14 pm
they will eat just about anything if the mood takes them 
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:17 am
Hi Roland,
They could well be mouse droppings, but as you say mouse like, they are more likely to be caterpillar droppings I would think. As the caterpillar gets bigger and fatter on your tomatoes, the droppings it leaves behind get ever bigger, and very mouse like. And yes, they do eat tomatoes as well as the leaves. Check under the leaves, you may find a few.
They could well be mouse droppings, but as you say mouse like, they are more likely to be caterpillar droppings I would think. As the caterpillar gets bigger and fatter on your tomatoes, the droppings it leaves behind get ever bigger, and very mouse like. And yes, they do eat tomatoes as well as the leaves. Check under the leaves, you may find a few.