What Farm Animals Eat Pumpkins

A donkey named Bella eats a pumpkin at One Body in Christ Ministries off Leesville Road in Campbell County on.

What farm animals eat pumpkins. Unlike other farm animals that eat pumpkins cows know how to break the plants into pieces for easy and quick consumption. Squirrels foxes badgers and birds all enjoy them so people could leave chopped up pumpkin outside in dishes for wild animals to eat if they choose. Pumpkins are a safe treat for many animals - from pets to livestock.

And they might just bring their fiends too. Squirrels for example are lively intelligent and tenacious. Not only will farm animals play with it but they will also eat them.

Animals love the pumpkins over at moo nay farms near shubenacadie ns the owner has collected old pumpkins for their animals every november for the past few years. They are excellent feed and a wonderful treat to the animals on the farms and sanctuaries. Last year Burns estimated the farm collected more than 50 tonnes of pumpkins.

Canned pumpkin can be a healthy treat on occasion if it does not include additives. Mice and rats love to eat pumpkins especially if theyve been cut open to reveal the soft and tasty flesh. Woodchucks will surely enjoy pumpkin as well.

For us that means attending the Pumpkin Patch at Schnepf Farms. With this do not make the mistake of believing that if you have a fence woodchucks will no longer bother your pumpkin. On weekends guests can get a bite to eat from a menu of different sandwiches may vary hot dogs walking tacos nachos and chicken tenders.

They also make great compost. If youve never been to a one you should check it out to see what all the fuss is about. Leftover pumpkins become a feast for the animals at Campbell County farm.