I have heard of a parasite which makes the fish appear very fat to attract a
bird to take it - I think one of my gold fish has this parasite. Please tell
me (a) Is this true? (b) Is there a cure? (c) What is the best thing to do?
I live in the UK. A Heron has cleared my pond out and I am left with just 5
gold fish, including the fat one, I have placed 2 decoy heron around the
pond. Should I cut my loses and clear the pond to start afresh. Help and/or
advice would be most appreciated.
Cheers
Mack

"mack" wrote in message
...
I have heard of a parasite which makes the fish appear very fat to attract
a
bird to take it - I think one of my gold fish has this parasite. Please
tell
me (a) Is this true? (b) Is there a cure? (c) What is the best thing to
do?
I live in the UK. A Heron has cleared my pond out and I am left with just
5
gold fish, including the fat one, I have placed 2 decoy heron around the
pond. Should I cut my loses and clear the pond to start afresh. Help
and/or
advice would be most appreciated.
Cheers
Mack
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Does the fish look like a pinecone from above? This could be dropsy and
isn't caused by parasites. As for herons - some people have success with
various types of concoctions which they will soon mention. The only thing
that kept them out of our ponds in the end was fine black bird netting. I
still have the decoy fish that they were smart enough to ignore. They also
ignored the fake snakes, the fake owls.......
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Can't be - theists are usually the ones full of hot air.

General Predator Deterrents:

Electric FiShock Fido fence - made to keep dogs
and cats out of flower beds, fence off the pond,
fairly close to the edge.

Pond Guardian Electric Fence - made to attach to
rocks and lay out over the water of the pond

Scarecrow Motion Activated Sprinkler - sometimes two
are needed. Can be dialed to different settings and put on a timer.
Shock of water coming on startles predators.
Attach to something solid if raccoons push it over.

Netting - sold as bird netting for fruit trees

String Fishing Line - works with some herons

Fish Decoy - works with kingfishers, will give resident fish time to
hide (build a rock cave, or sink a chimney flue or black pipe)

Heron decoy, alligator decoy - must be moved often, works for some
ponders.

Humane traps - for raccoons, for rent or to borrow from many animal
control facilities

* Note - do not attempt to harm herons or any birds of prey. They are
protected by federal law. Fines and jail time will ensue, cutting into
pond dollars and pond time.

kathy :-)
www.blogfromthebog.com

"Sasha" wrote in message
oups.com...
Can't be - theists are usually the ones full of hot air.

Tee hee!

:-)

I was sad to hear about all the lost fish, though. But then, that's what you
get when a world comes into existence through blind, uncaring and amoral
Evolution as opposed to being magicked up out of nothing by some 'morally
perfect being'. Frankly, if I'd been asked to devise a world, it'd have
taken me less than 40 minutes to come up with a scheme whereby several sets
of peaceful beings lived various kinds of purely contemplative life. But as
usual, I wasn't bloody consulted.

For the rest, it seems to me that things are improving on alt.atheism when
an irrelevant posting turns out to be *about* a piece of pond-life rather
than *by* one...

Katt.

Well, according to our Christian friends, God created all animals to
live peacefully together. The fall turned some into predatory
carnivores. I mean, the proof is all around us. Why, look at lions,
with...with their...sharp, pointy canines...that...that must be
perfect...for grinding up plants...and...and not tearing flesh off of
bones...

If I were consulted during the magical creation of the world, I'd make
every animal possess chocolate feet. Hey, I like chocolate, and bears
would be far less menacing if they were swinging big paws of rich,
creamy nougat.

"Sasha" wrote in message
oups.com...
Well, according to our Christian friends, God created all animals to
live peacefully together. The fall turned some into predatory
carnivores.

That's right. Man's fault. Entirely. 'God' couldn't do anything about it,
prospectively or retrospectively. Just sorta 'happened'. Ooops. Some fool
bites an apple, and the next thing you know you're up to your knees in
blood. Isn't that always the way...?

I mean, the proof is all around us.
Why, look at lions,
with...with their...sharp, pointy canines...that...that must be
perfect...for grinding up plants...and...and not tearing flesh off of
bones...

I think plants deserve a bit more consideration, you know: somehow no-one
ever stops to think that they might not actually enjoy being ripped up and
digested...!

If I were consulted during the magical creation of the world, I'd make
every animal possess chocolate feet. Hey, I like chocolate, and bears
would be far less menacing if they were swinging big paws of rich,
creamy nougat.

Hmmmm. I see a whole new religion potentially developing from this...

The Gospel According to Sara Lee:
"And Goddess said, Let there be doughnut; and there was doughnut.
"And Goddess saw the light textured pastry, that it was good: and Goddess
divided the creamy bit from the jammy bit...

Dunno about you, but I think religions are getting better. Or, at any rate,
they can be stored for longer in the freezer.

Katt.

Everyon is Jabriol, run for them hills

Reel McKoi wrote:
"Sasha" wrote in message
oups.com...

Can't be - theists are usually the ones full of hot air.

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And are dishonest liars and sociopaths like Jabbers who is forging headers
and using other people's identity... what a good Jehovah's Witness
"Christian" he is. What a great "witness" he gives! ;-)

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The Gospel According to Sara Lee:
"And Goddess said, Let there be doughnut; and there was doughnut.
"And Goddess saw the light textured pastry, that it was good: and Goddess
divided the creamy bit from the jammy bit...

If there were EVER a religion that would bring me back to the world of
faith, this is it. Oh wise Katt...bearer of the divine doughnut...show
me who to smite, and they shalt be smoten!

Seriously, I can't believe I was ever a theist. It's like a dirt that
won't wash off, no matter how much I scrub and soak.