What's been munching my tulips?

Heartinthedirt

A few totally decimated, a few with holes in the leaves, happily the majority are thriving. Just curious if none knows? 

Woodgreen

They could be mine! 
I planted some in the ground last autumn and the leaves emerged already damaged, I presume by slugs underground.
I've kept the ones in pots free of slug and snail damage, so in future I won't plant in the ground where I really want to make a feature of tulips. Odd ones dotted about or at the back of borders don't seem as bad if they fail, but I was disappointed when mine looked like your photo.
Of ten planted one has a flower!
Better luck next time or in a pot.

Fairygirl

Slugs - unfortunately.

Heartinthedirt

Grrrrr, pesky blighters! Never even entered my head. Better start slug patrol tonight, want those for my table next weekend. Never had my own cut flowers before. But like you @Woodgreen, all my pots are doing fine 😁

fidgetbones

The roe deer has been munching mine.  Clean cut across the leaves, plus a few flowers.

mandyroberts99

Muntjak deer eat mine

chicky

Tulips are irresistible to deer in this garden.  But they do decapitate them very neatly 😀

Heartinthedirt

Two beauties completely de-capitated last night ☹️. Nothing else eaten bud the flower heads totally sawn off (definitely no deer round these parts) 

Fairygirl

Rabbits love them too. 

*Astrantia*

I didn’t think we had deer in my last garden & there were 6 ft fences all round till one day I saw movement at the end of the garden and a Muntjak deer was shimmying under the fence through a hole dug by a badger! I never saw the badger but each time I filled the hole and dip in, a couple of days later it was dug out again.