I have fished two dead rats out of my small pond. But they do not
breed there, they live and breed in the honeysuckle on the neighbors
side of the back fence. The first time, i don't know why it was there
and the second i don't know if it was a coincidence or if the rat ate
the toadpoles, because they were gone. I don't care to kill anything
and refuse to kill small rats because they want to drink from the
pond, but if I ever catch them killing anything in it, i'll have to
think of something. (I wish the neighbors would take down the
honeysuckle....) If ponds breed rats then so are bird feeders, pet
bowls, grass seed, water hoses, etc.




On 25 Apr 2004 01:13:44 GMT, ospam (Moontanman)
wrote:

Our neighbors complained that my pond is breeding mosquitoes and
rats. Does
anyone have articles saying this is a myth?


Rats are not attracted to ponds for any reason. As for the mosquitos
the fish
eat the larvae beofre they ever get the chance to fly much less bite
anyone.
Your neigbors are wrong, call the city or county governement. They
should back
you up.

Moon
I breed dwarf crayfish for planted aquariums and grow trees in
aquariums.
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