Happy'Cam'per wrote:
"Tom L. La Bron" wrote in message
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Sorry Elaine,
You have to make a decision. If it is feral it is probably better off at
the pound and the subsequent result.
Now thats a bunch of horse crap. If you live in an area where Feral cats
(Like I do) are a problem you will NEVER get rid of all of them. Generally
cats have a territory roughly the size of a football field which they
'patrol'. You can kill off the one that visits your pond but I guarantee
that within 2 weeks there will be another to take its place. The only way to
control this would be to literally wipe out all the feral cats in the
vicinity. Good luck in getting that right. FWIW I have 2 cats and my place
has a massive 'nature sanctuary' next door that is LOADED with Ferals and in
the last 6 months (since the pond was built) I have not lost one fish. If
you have a Feral tom cat that frequents your pond for water and does not
bother the fish then you should try and make friends with it, offer some
milk and food or something to make sure it keeps coming back. This will
ensure that he stays around protecting 'his territory' thus keeping other
potential fish eating ferals away. Kapeesh? 
YMMV. Good luck
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Kind Regards
Cameron
I doubt I'd lose a fish. There's a clay pot cave at the bottom of the
barrel and the cat would literally have to go swimming to get to the
fish if they're hidden down there. I have yet to see a cat hungry
enough to swim. I haven't seen the cat for over a week now, so I may
have scared him off.
I'm still not seeing fish except for on fleeting runs for the surface at
feeding time. Wish I could get them more confident again - they used to
play in the spillway splash all the time.
I picked up some bird netting, and I think I'm going to net the edges of
the barrel where the fish live so just in case the cat comes back, he
will have to drink from the one with the gambusia. That way, goldfish
and cat should be able to coexist.
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