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Keeping furry animals out of container ponds
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Guest_Joshaeus_*
Posted 22 May 2014 - 10:06 AM
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Guest_Skipjack_*
Posted 22 May 2014 - 11:07 AM
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Guest_swampfish_*
Posted 22 May 2014 - 12:13 PM
They are kept out of in-ground ponds by avoiding shallow water. Supposedly, they will not enter ponds if they can't touch the bottom. My in-ground ponds all drop to a foot deep shelf at the edge, and I've never had a problem with them. They will stand at the edge and splash the surface. If fish come to investigate, they will catch them My wife lost a dozen goldfish this way. House cats will do this also.
I primarily use polyethylene stock tanks for fish during the summer.They are good at drowning squirrels unless they have a way out. We hang ladders made of hardware cloth (wire mesh screening) over the edge so the toads can get out which also works for squirrels. Last spring, three squirrels drowned before I got them installed.
Phil Nixon
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Guest_Subrosa_*
Posted 22 May 2014 - 12:48 PM
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Guest_centrarchid_*
Posted 22 May 2014 - 01:13 PM
Live-traps place along probable access routes also help.
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Guest_Subrosa_*
Posted 22 May 2014 - 02:29 PM
You just need a bigger and/or multiple dogs. My security system is an Anatolian Shepherd Dog, which are now very common in South Africa to protect stock from Lions. Bears are stupid and easily frightened, it's feline and most particularly canine predators that are the tough ones to deal with. Thankfully the biggest thing I need to deal with are Coyotes.I do it. Electrified fencing. Poultry netting easiest to setup but most expensive material wise. If you really want to get aggressive, then back fencing up with dog that kills coons which I do. I have a broader range of significant predators so actually employ multiple perimeters.
Live-traps place along probable access routes also help.
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Guest_centrarchid_*
Posted 22 May 2014 - 02:44 PM
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Guest_Subrosa_*
Posted 22 May 2014 - 03:52 PM
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Guest_centrarchid_*
Posted 22 May 2014 - 04:02 PM
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Guest_dsuperman_*
Posted 22 May 2014 - 04:09 PM
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Guest_Skipjack_*
Posted 22 May 2014 - 05:46 PM
Poultry netting, electrified is very good, as long as you have a good energizer, and make sure weeds do not grow up too tall, and ground it out.
Rifle. Many states are pretty lax about shooting coons. If yours is one, kill them. I promise you won't hurt their numbers. Cars do more damage.
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Guest_centrarchid_*
Posted 22 May 2014 - 09:29 PM
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Guest_Skipjack_*
Posted 22 May 2014 - 09:42 PM
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Guest_centrarchid_*
Posted 22 May 2014 - 10:42 PM
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