Question? How old are your kids? I can totally see my 4yr old DS doing this with his blunt scissors and thinking it was fun.
I have a 4 and 2 year old. DH thought maybe our 4 year old did it, but there's no way. She doesn't have access to scissors or garden sheers. Plus, she would have to clean up after herself since the branches aren't left behind and we know THAT would never happen. LOL!
Could be a smart rabbit. The rabbits in my yard are dumb. They are eating/cutting the branches from my hibiscus but the cuts aren't clean. The branches are just broken. Looks like there was a storm.
ETA: after seeing the pictures, it's not a rabbit. Could be a deer or a human. Rabbits eat the bottom leaves/branches first. The cuts on your tree are in the middle. Weird!
do you have ground hogs around there? we had one brave fucker that would come up on our deck and clean our all my pots in like 10 minutes. He even cleared part of my hibiscus tree. He would come up when we were out there too. His teeth were big enough to make it look like he used shears. It looked similar. They are serious eaters.
do you have ground hogs around there? we had one brave fucker that would come up on our deck and clean our all my pots in like 10 minutes. He even cleared part of my hibiscus tree. He would come up when we were out there too. His teeth were big enough to make it look like he used shears. It looked similar. They are serious eaters.
What's really weird is we also have a hibiscus tree on our patio and its full in tact. So who/whatever it is only like the gardenia.
I think I'm going to get a cheap trail cam tomorrow and set it up.
I called my neighbor to ask if she had any idea. They are seriously the best neighbors ever. She heard the girls on the deck dancing in the rain last night and brought us homemade frosted brownies. So either she's got a guilty conscious or....... (I'm kidding. They really are amazing) but she said she didn't know but would keep an eye out.
We have a trail cam up. So far we haven't seen anything but hopefully something comes up.
Please keep us updated. I'm definitely curious as to what's been going on.
I mean... I'm not gonna watch it all the time or anything, just check very occasionally, of course, but have you considered creating a live-feed so we could keep our eyes out for you similar to how we do for baby zoo animals, perhaps? Too far..?