Wildlife in your Garden

[Joey66]

Do you live anywhere near a steam or river Joey ?

Otter and Mink will take. goldfish with glee and keep coming back.

Ulverston in Cumbria has a real problem with Otters raiding ponds at the mo.

Sounds mad, but it’s a possibility.

No an otter would eat the lot like a Heron would ..

 

[neil999]

No an otter would eat the lot like a Heron would ..

Can you get a camera on the pond?

THE GREAT JOEY FISH MYSTERY

 

[blulouie]

They may enter the pond & are good swimmers & can hold their breath underwater for 3 minutes at a time - the sewer rats are large in size as the plenty of food down there..they may just viciously attack my fish & sress kills fish - also Rat p@ss is lethal poisoning the water it is can affect humans seriously too- rats unlike mice love water -
My fish looked stressed out somethings not correct- no rat in my trap tonight & I will 3/4 empty my pond tomorrow & refill with fresh water it's completely netted off tonight !

Stress kills fish frogs rats etc will not directly kill the fish they will & can cause bad stress = in death !

Careful with the water Joey.
If you continually change it with tap water that can do a lot of damage to your fish.
Changing the ph and chlorine levels can stress them out and lead to deaths mate.

As for the netting , get some plastic coated wire mesh there's nothing that will get in your pond and doesn't look obtrusive.

The hot weather can cause oxygen levels to drop dramatically in your pond.
I've got 2 aerator working in mine in the summer months , not lost a fish for years.

 

[COYBL25]

No an otter would eat the lot like a Heron would ..

It wouldn’t Joey.

If it’s got young it’ll take a load, but if it’s solo, it’ll eat what it needs to at the time.

Rats aren’t taking them.

 

[neil999]

It wouldn’t Joey.

If it’s got young it’ll take a load, but if it’s solo, it’ll eat what it needs to at the time.

Rats aren’t taking them.

My theory is that its you

 

[JimmyJeffers]

They may enter the pond & are good swimmers & can hold their breath underwater for 3 minutes at a time - the sewer rats are large in size as the plenty of food down there..they may just viciously attack my fish & sress kills fish - also Rat p@ss is lethal poisoning the water it is can affect humans seriously too- rats unlike mice love water -
My fish looked stressed out somethings not correct- no rat in my trap tonight & I will 3/4 empty my pond tomorrow & refill with fresh water it's completely netted off tonight !

Stress kills fish frogs rats etc will not directly kill the fish they will & can cause bad stress = in death !

The frogs aren’t shagging them again are they?

 

[goldfinchmule]

Stoats or weasels will take fish from ponds.

 

[Joey66]

The frogs aren’t shagging them again are they?

No but they can

 

[JimmyJeffers]

No but they can

If they pay the right price?

 

[Rita_Poon]

They may enter the pond & are good swimmers & can hold their breath underwater for 3 minutes at a time - the sewer rats are large in size as the plenty of food down there..they may just viciously attack my fish & sress kills fish - also Rat p@ss is lethal poisoning the water it is can affect humans seriously too- rats unlike mice love water -
My fish looked stressed out somethings not correct- no rat in my trap tonight & I will 3/4 empty my pond tomorrow & refill with fresh water it's completely netted off tonight !

Stress kills fish frogs rats etc will not directly kill the fish they will & can cause bad stress = in death !

Weil's disease, Leptospirosis.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Took this on my iPhone yesterday, not even on some special setting - mad really, you can see his moustache ffs

 

[Rita_Poon]

Took this on my iPhone yesterday, not even on some special setting - mad really, you can see his moustache ffs

I got my hopes up with the top right corner hoping for a sneak look at Bergerac's secret stash...

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

I got my hopes up with the top right corner hoping for a sneak look at Bergerac's secret stash...

Haha

 

[Librarian]

Two dead fish in my pond - I suspects a rat has got in the corner where the net came undone sealed the net back up - my fish look stressed out ....or wood pigeons are about been filling my pond up in the hot weather - the distance from the net to the pond has got closer so put 6 canes' tilting my net upwards - its sealed up tight now - hope it works ....

Do you sleepwalk by any chance?

 

[Joey66]

Do you sleepwalk by any chance?

No rat in my trap one dead fish stressed out - going to do a half empty refill tomorrow - could be oxygen levels or a big bird etc .....