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Old May 17th 04, 01:59 AM
Fred
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Recently I lost two fish from my above ground pond. About the same time,
several ducks were seen around neighborhood swimming pools. Can't say for
sure that the ducks had breakfast on my fish, but what would be the best way
to keep them away from my pond?

Thanks for your help.


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Old May 17th 04, 04:19 AM
Ka30P
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Fred wrote what would be the best way
to keep them (ducks) away from my pond?

Short of buying or borrowing a friendly labrador I think harassment would work.
Just opening the sliding glass door at my house was enough to send my duck
visitors out of the yard and not coming back.
or
- netting over the pond
- an electric fido shock fence
- a motion activated sprinkler





kathy :-)
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Old May 17th 04, 06:06 AM
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ducks dont eat fish.

"Fred" wrote:

Recently I lost two fish from my above ground pond. About the same time,
several ducks were seen around neighborhood swimming pools. Can't say for
sure that the ducks had breakfast on my fish, but what would be the best way
to keep them away from my pond?

Thanks for your help.




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Old May 17th 04, 06:47 AM
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Default Duck problem


They LOVE shrimp.



On Mon, 17 May 2004 05:06:55 GMT, wrote:

ducks dont eat fish.

"Fred" wrote:

Recently I lost two fish from my above ground pond. About the same

time,
several ducks were seen around neighborhood swimming pools. Can't

say for
sure that the ducks had breakfast on my fish, but what would be the

best way
to keep them away from my pond?

Thanks for your help.




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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
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Old May 18th 04, 01:09 AM
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Depends on the type of duck. Some eat water grasses and other veggies,
while some are diving ducks that do eat fish. You can tell the difference
on the dinner table.
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ducks dont eat fish.

"Fred" wrote:

Recently I lost two fish from my above ground pond. About the same time,
several ducks were seen around neighborhood swimming pools. Can't say for
sure that the ducks had breakfast on my fish, but what would be the best

way
to keep them away from my pond?

Thanks for your help.




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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.



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Old May 18th 04, 03:11 PM
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correcto! .... http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/natbltn/300-399/nb307.htm
NET THE POND!!!! those damn dinosaurs will eat anything.

"RichToyBox" wrote:
Depends on the type of duck. Some eat water grasses and other veggies,
while some are diving ducks that do eat fish. You can tell the difference
on the dinner table.




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