muskrats

Does anyone have any good solutions for keeping muskrats out of the ponds?
Thanks, Paulette

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 19:52:58 -0700, "Don and Paulette Detar"
wrote:

Does anyone have any good solutions for keeping muskrats out of the ponds?
Thanks, Paulette



Avoid islands. Muskrats love them.

Hi Paulette,

Usually trapping is the best way to keep muskrats out of the pond. Their
nuisance factor is digging into the sides of the pond. (Muskrat den either in
little mounds of plant material in the pond or, more damaging, they dig dens
into the banks of the pond.) In an earthen pond they can cause damage
downstream if it is in the dam area or they will undermine the banks. In a
lined pond they will damage the liner and cause leaks.
Covering the banks of the pond with heavy rocks is one method to keep them from
digging but it is expensive and not practical for ornamental garden ponds.
Depending on where you live and your circumstances you can hire a professional
trapper. Since state laws defer it is important to know what your state allows
and what is illegal, this applies to different kinds of traps.



kathy :-)
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"Don and Paulette Detar" wrote in message
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Does anyone have any good solutions for keeping muskrats out of the ponds?
Thanks, Paulette

Musk-cats.

BV.

One way to handle muskrats is to live-trap them - one year we got 6
animals during a ten-day stretch. Took them a few miles away to another
stream system & let them loose. Carrots are a good bait for 'rats. The other
approach is get in a mink - their favorite food is muskrat.
Alain

Therein explains the mink down in the gully there K30! ~ jan


On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:04:30 -0400, "Elizabeth Shaw" wrote:

One way to handle muskrats is to live-trap them - one year we got 6
animals during a ten-day stretch. Took them a few miles away to another
stream system & let them loose. Carrots are a good bait for 'rats. The other
approach is get in a mink - their favorite food is muskrat.
Alain

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

jan wrote Therein explains the mink down in the gully there K30!

I have it on good authority that mink don't actually eat muskrat. They
collectively got trapped in an elevator once and the musak system played
Captain and Tenielle's MUSKRAT LOVE over and over and over.... they went insane
and have been murdering muskrats in revenge ever since.


kathy :-)
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