Question:
I had 7 Koi in my pond until yesterday. Now they are all gone without a trace. I don’t know if an animal ate them or if someone could have stolen them. Nothing else was touched or stolen around the pond, and there are no signs of pieces of fish around the area. Can someone please give me some insight on what might have happened and how to prevent this in the future.
Response:
How awful! How big were your koi? I have had a kingfisher visit my pond and the only sign he left was a slight oil slick and one feather floating on the pond. Also when a heron visited the pond he left no physical sign. ~k30~ and the watergardening labradors see the girls at http://www.daydreamergardens.com/2_level/articles/dog_how_to.htm http://www.daydreamergardens.com/2_level/articles/dog_tips.htm
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This sounds like a heron to me. If my DH hadn’t been looking at the pond when one visited us – we never would have known. They leave no trace of their visit – just a shortage of fish. K30 has a list that give suggestions on what to do to prevent another visit. — Bonnie NJ http://www.users.fast.net/~maebe/index.htm – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I had 7 Koi in my pond until yesterday. Now they are all gone without a trace. > I don’t know if an animal ate them or if someone could have stolen them. > Nothing else was touched or stolen around the pond, and there are no signs of > pieces of fish around the area. Can someone please give me some insight on > what might have happened and how to prevent this in the future.
Response:
heron remedies! So far the most effective heron foilers for rec.ponders are a) an electric fence, try the Fido Fence sold at large pet superstores. b) fishing wire strung around the pond a few inches off the ground to causing the heron frustration on where to put his feet. c) a plastic fish anchored on the bottom and floating below the surface, the heron grabs for it and is scared when the fish fights back. http://www.aqua-mart.com carries them. d) dogs who spend their daylight hours outside – only problem is herons will feed in the middle of the night. e) Call your local fish and wildlife office and sob over the phone. You can get permission sometimes to sentence the bird to the great nest in the sky. f) netting the pond really, really, really well. Herons can wiggle under most nets. Rec.ponders do not recommend a) driving your SUV through the rock garden after arriving home to find the heron in the pond in order to scare him off. b) hiding in the bushes, grabbing the heron by the neck and ending up getting stitches in the ER. c) leaping out of the shower and running into the backyard naked screaming at the heron after spotting it through the bathroom window. d) dropping on all fours and barking like a dog at a particularly aggressive heron. [The above suggestions have actually happened and were responsible in removing the heron for a period of time. Rec.ponders find them lacking in dignity and therefore do not recommend them. We must remain dignified, if only to keep our spouses from having us committed.] ~k30~ and the watergardening labradors see the girls at http://www.daydreamergardens.com/2_level/articles/dog_how_to.htm http://www.daydreamergardens.com/2_level/articles/dog_tips.htm
Response:
> Please help!
Keep an eye to the sky for heron
Response:
Did your neigbor have a fish fry lately, also check for cats that have large bellys Have a nice day, from Daddy Due and Baby Pue.
Response:
>We all need motion detectors that trigger an alarm >indoors as well as turn flashing lights on outside. It will work for 2 and >4 footed thiefs. Ingrid
Ingrid, time to turn up the juice on my electric fence. Got a skunk last week. Ed in Chicago
Response:
>>We all need motion detectors that trigger an alarm >indoors as well as turn flashing lights on outside. It will work for 2 and >4 footed thiefs. Ingrid >Ingrid, time to turn up the juice on my electric fence. Got a skunk last
week. Two- or Four-footed?
Response:
I had 7 Koi in my pond until yesterday. Now they are all gone without a trace. I don’t know if an animal ate them or if someone could have stolen them. Nothing else was touched or stolen around the pond, and there are no signs of pieces of fish around the area. Can someone please give me some insight on what might have happened and how to prevent this in the future.
Response:
How awful! How big were your koi? I have had a kingfisher visit my pond and the only sign he left was a slight oil slick and one feather floating on the pond. Also when a heron visited the pond he left no physical sign. ~k30~ and the watergardening labradors see the girls at http://www.daydreamergardens.com/2_level/articles/dog_how_to.htm http://www.daydreamergardens.com/2_level/articles/dog_tips.htm
Response:
This sounds like a heron to me. If my DH hadn’t been looking at the pond when one visited us – we never would have known. They leave no trace of their visit – just a shortage of fish. K30 has a list that give suggestions on what to do to prevent another visit. — Bonnie NJ http://www.users.fast.net/~maebe/index.htm – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I had 7 Koi in my pond until yesterday. Now they are all gone without a trace. > I don’t know if an animal ate them or if someone could have stolen them. > Nothing else was touched or stolen around the pond, and there are no signs of > pieces of fish around the area. Can someone please give me some insight on > what might have happened and how to prevent this in the future.
Response:
heron remedies! So far the most effective heron foilers for rec.ponders are a) an electric fence, try the Fido Fence sold at large pet superstores. b) fishing wire strung around the pond a few inches off the ground to causing the heron frustration on where to put his feet. c) a plastic fish anchored on the bottom and floating below the surface, the heron grabs for it and is scared when the fish fights back. http://www.aqua-mart.com carries them. d) dogs who spend their daylight hours outside – only problem is herons will feed in the middle of the night. e) Call your local fish and wildlife office and sob over the phone. You can get permission sometimes to sentence the bird to the great nest in the sky. f) netting the pond really, really, really well. Herons can wiggle under most nets. Rec.ponders do not recommend a) driving your SUV through the rock garden after arriving home to find the heron in the pond in order to scare him off. b) hiding in the bushes, grabbing the heron by the neck and ending up getting stitches in the ER. c) leaping out of the shower and running into the backyard naked screaming at the heron after spotting it through the bathroom window. d) dropping on all fours and barking like a dog at a particularly aggressive heron. [The above suggestions have actually happened and were responsible in removing the heron for a period of time. Rec.ponders find them lacking in dignity and therefore do not recommend them. We must remain dignified, if only to keep our spouses from having us committed.] ~k30~ and the watergardening labradors see the girls at http://www.daydreamergardens.com/2_level/articles/dog_how_to.htm http://www.daydreamergardens.com/2_level/articles/dog_tips.htm
Response:
> Please help!
Keep an eye to the sky for heron
Response:
Did your neigbor have a fish fry lately, also check for cats that have large bellys Have a nice day, from Daddy Due and Baby Pue.
Response:
>We all need motion detectors that trigger an alarm >indoors as well as turn flashing lights on outside. It will work for 2 and >4 footed thiefs. Ingrid
Ingrid, time to turn up the juice on my electric fence. Got a skunk last week. Ed in Chicago
Response:
>>We all need motion detectors that trigger an alarm >indoors as well as turn flashing lights on outside. It will work for 2 and >4 footed thiefs. Ingrid >Ingrid, time to turn up the juice on my electric fence. Got a skunk last
week. Two- or Four-footed?
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