I ordered some pink daffodil bulbs and planted two pots - still have the majority to go in the beds yet. Wouldn't you know it, squirrels dug up a few of them already and made off with them. Any ideas of how to keep them from getting to the rest of em?

Daffodils are supposed to be about the only bulb that critters won't bother, toxic. Are they taking off with them or leaving them lay?

You can put wire with small mesh over top of the bulbs when you plant them.

A BIG GUN that's what you need...just joking. I bought pink dafs and they came up sorta peach/yellow. Chicken wire on top would work and you could put some leaves on top of that to hide it. Good luck, those critters are hard to fool.
Mavis

I agree re: are you sure it's squirrels? Have you actually see them? I have tons of squirrels here & they never touch my daffodil, allium, grape hyacinth, or squilla bulbs, since all are very unpleasant to wildlife. Pretty much leave crocus alone too. But tulips? Forget about it. I've pretty much given up on tulips - they're "candy" for deer, rabbits, squirrels - everything & anything.

I've heard that about tulips... They don't bother the yellow daff varieties I have but they were digging deep around the new ones. It's definitely squirrels, but maybe they are digging for worms instead of the bulbs - I haven't dug em up and counted to make sure they are all still there. Could the pink varieties be non toxic?

No, all daffodils/narcissus are toxic regardless of color.

Twenty two subsonics work well!!

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No, all daffodils/narcissus are toxic regardless of color.

Good. I wonder if that explains the dead baby squirrel I found on my doormat – it didn't look like it had been mauled by a cat or anything. I buried it under a newly planted nandina for fertilizer.

Unless one knows that the person asking the question lives in a rural area where discharging a firearm is not severely restricted even suggesting that method is not helpful, even when said in jest. Many densely populated areas have severe restrictions on firing firearms within their jurisdiction and in some places doing so is a felony with some jail time.
It is not easy to foil squirrels since they will figure out how to over come about any barrier you place in their way. To protect bulbs from them that fence is about the best, however then you may have the voles tunnel in and clean out those Tulip bulbs anyway.

AW--get over yourself Kimm--(some people just can't take a joke!!)

Keep in mind also that shooting game animals out of season, or without a license, can subject you to very serious charges by your states game wardens.

I foil mine with my squirrel relocation program. I live trap them and haul them to some beautiful squirrel habitat like the golf course or park on the other side of town. It's an ongoing project because you'll never run out of squirrels, but I haven't had any damage and my bird food lasts A LOT longer since I started relocating them.

In most states, a farmer (or gardener) can protect his/her crops from marauding animals without fear from the authorities, as long as it is legal to discharge firearms in that area.
Anybody want to try a slingshot??

Wiley, I got a good laugh when I read your last post about the slingshot.
I once planted pinto beans in raised beds. Lots of beans...
The next morning I go outside and everyone had been dug up and was gone.
The squirrels stood around laughing at me.
I went to the sporting goods store and bought a real hefty slingshot.
Those squirrels would run when they saw me. I even hit one once.
My family got a huge laugh out of that.
And I have to say I really wanted to nail one good !!!! veggie gal...

BB guns are good clean fun too.