Several animals love to eat pumpkins, including:

• Squirrels: Squirrels are one of the most common animals that may be eating your pumpkins. They love eating the seeds and will start nibbling away at the leaves, scratch the rinds, and munch on the flesh of your pumpkins and plants without pause.

• Deer: Deer love eating pumpkins and will eat almost every part of your pumpkin plants, from the leaves to the seeds of your pumpkins. Pumpkins provide many nutrients to deer and serve as a healthy fall snack, so they’ll always come back for more. Since deer are large animals, they’ll ruin your pumpkin plant in the process of picking out their perfect one.

• Rabbits: Rabbits simply love the flesh of pumpkins and can’t stay away from attacking the pumpkin fruits. They get many benefits from pumpkins too.

• Groundhogs: Groundhogs are also known to eat pumpkins. They will eat the flesh and seeds of the pumpkin.

• Mice: Mice are attracted to the seeds of pumpkins and will eat them if they have access to them.

• Raccoons: Raccoons are known to eat pumpkins and will eat the flesh and seeds of the pumpkin.

• Porcupines: Porcupines are also known to eat pumpkins. They will eat the flesh and seeds of the pumpkin.

• Birds: Birds will eat the seeds of pumpkins and can also eat the flesh of the pumpkin if it is broken off.

To keep these animals away from your pumpkins, you can try some of the following methods:

• Build a wired garden fence around your pumpkins and enclose them.
• Spritz your pumpkins with hairspray to make them sticky and unpalatable to animals.
• Sprinkle cayenne pepper around the pumpkin or even on the pumpkin itself to deter some critters from snacking.
• Wipe your pumpkins down with a thin coating of white vinegar, or dilute it 50% with water and use it as a spray.
• Coat your pumpkins in a generous layer of petroleum jelly to create a tacky layer that most animals will avoid.
• Use a scarecrow to keep birds, rodents, and other animals away from your pumpkins.

Overall, there are several animals that love to eat pumpkins, but there are also sever...