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Originally Posted by nvnvgirl  I'm so sorry for you; I love fish and it's terrible to go out in the morning and find the carnage that raccoons can leave behind  .
I'm going to ask a friend of mine who has a huge koi pond and has had raccoon problems (they killed two of her flamingoes..talk about going out to something horrible  ) and I know that there are some of her neighbors who also feed the coons...I know she had some traps set up but think she took them down and they decided they'd use another approach....I'll try to find out what they're doing now to deter the coons from coming into the yard. I know they aren't using any toxic substances b/c of all the koi and the exotic birds she's got. If I find anything out, I"ll post it here. |
I would appreciate that. We don't usually have a problem with the raccoons because of the depth of the pond...but this was a mass attack. Usually it's the herons, but they normally just take one smaller fish and fly away. I prefer not to net my pond because I'm in and out of it all of the time to do maintenance not to mention it's not exactly natural looking. I love to watch the birds bath in it. The other day I was watching a hummingbird hover in the waterfall. We may have to resort to an electric fence we can turn on at bedtime.