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flower faerie wrote:
Essjay001 wrote:
I spend many a quiet hour watching the furze pigs in my garden, a great
source of enjoyment. Recently two have "committed" suicide in a small pond
that I use for growing duckweed for the lager pond. Short of putting up a
fence, which would spoil the look of the patio, any ideas for stopping a
repeat performance. The pond is only about 3 feet long by 2 feet wide,
triangular and shallow at one end, maybe two inches.

you could use some netting or have some means for them escape once they
fall in. I don't know if hodgepigs can swim but they may have drowned
once they had exhausted themselves trying to get out.

They can swim, yes. All they need is a piece of wood to climb up,
though it had better not be too steep, as it gets slippery.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.