In message , nick
gray writes


Hi Mike,

If you are going to do this with fruit netting, check it regularly.

A couple of years ago I did this to my pond to stop the heron eating the
fish. I had to rescue three frogs that had got caught up. I've now built a
cover using 2" galvanised steel mesh to keep out the cats, heron and
children. The frogs and toads can now get in and out easily, the cats don't
bother the fish, the heron sits on it just looking at the menu, but can't
dine and I've now trained my children not to try and walk over the pond!!


I've got some sturdy mesh from an old rat cage that I was just going to
bend to fit the edge of the pond and stand upright, should stop the cat
as it'd need to get wet to reach it. It's plastic coated so shouldn't
cause any problems.

The option of sitting quietly with the supa-squirter will be taken when
it warms up a bit.

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Mike Buckley
RD350LC2
http://www.toastyhamster.freeserve.co.uk
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