{"id":14315,"date":"2020-04-28T12:01:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T12:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=14315"},"modified":"2025-07-31T13:03:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T17:03:13","slug":"video-stop-animals-digging-in-flower-pots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/video-stop-animals-digging-in-flower-pots\/","title":{"rendered":"Checkout This New Video: How to Stop Woodland Animals from Digging in Your Flower Pots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have issues with wildlife digging in your flower pots and disturbing or even killing your plants? Extension wildlife specialist Brian MacGowan has a few simple tips that you can try in order to deter these animals and save your plants.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Stop Woodland Animals from Digging in Your Flower Pots\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TA7d0KSmFIw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/fnr-404-w.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Preventing Wildlife Damage \u2013 Do You Need a Permit?<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/fnr-519-w.html\">Selecting a Nuisance Wildlife Control Professional<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gtSlT3x8Ih0?si=IphmusSSLzk7j-jo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Construct a Scent Station<\/a>, YouTube, Purdue Extension<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/question-how-do-i-properly-relocate-raccoons-in-my-attic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Question: How do I properly relocate raccoons from my attic?<\/a>, Got Nature? Blog, Purdue Extension FNR<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/fishwild\/2351.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nuisance Wildlife<\/a>, Indiana Department of Natural Resources<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/contact-us\/directory\/brian-j-macgowan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian MacGowan<\/a>, Wildlife Extension Specialist<br \/>\nPurdue Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have issues with wildlife digging in your flower pots and disturbing or even killing your plants? Extension wildlife specialist Brian MacGowan has a few simple tips that you can try in order to deter these animals and save your plants. Resources: Preventing Wildlife Damage \u2013 Do You Need a Permit?\u00a0\u2013 The Education Store, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,45,54],"tags":[1119,257,958],"class_list":["post-14315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening","category-howto","category-wildlife","tag-flower-pots","tag-purdue-extension","tag-wildlife-damage","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14315"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34022,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14315\/revisions\/34022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}