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Pond - fish - cats
"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "Bob Hobden" contains these words: A hot humid thundery night might kill the lot if it's a pond full of (de)oxygenating plants! Interesting. How does that work? Unless you are very unlucky a cat is not going to be your problem. I think mink will take fish too. Janet. All our cats take fish but are very considerate and only take large ones!, as the gold fish breed at an alarming rate its quite a useful population control measure. down here its otters that are the main problem (never thought I would live long enough to here people complain there are too many otters :~)) -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote after... "Janet Baraclough" answered"Bob Hobden": A hot humid thundery night might kill the lot if it's a pond full of (de)oxygenating plants! Interesting. How does that work? Unless you are very unlucky a cat is not going to be your problem. I think mink will take fish too. All our cats take fish but are very considerate and only take large ones!, as the gold fish breed at an alarming rate its quite a useful population control measure. down here its otters that are the main problem (never thought I would live long enough to here people complain there are too many otters :~)) Charlie, that's interesting, do they kill and eat them or just bring them to you alive just to prove how clever they are? The only cat I know that was a good fish catcher used to do the latter. -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "Charlie Pridham" wrote after... "Janet Baraclough" answered"Bob Hobden": A hot humid thundery night might kill the lot if it's a pond full of (de)oxygenating plants! Interesting. How does that work? Unless you are very unlucky a cat is not going to be your problem. I think mink will take fish too. All our cats take fish but are very considerate and only take large ones!, as the gold fish breed at an alarming rate its quite a useful population control measure. down here its otters that are the main problem (never thought I would live long enough to here people complain there are too many otters :~)) Charlie, that's interesting, do they kill and eat them or just bring them to you alive just to prove how clever they are? The only cat I know that was a good fish catcher used to do the latter. -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK Our cats just kill and leave them by the pond the only thing they have been proud enough to bring us was a very cross grass snake :~) why we get so many of those in the middle of a village only they know, but they are the chief predators of the poor frogs often see them in summer disappearing with a frog in their mouths (everything seems to eat frogs, even the buzzards) My suggestion to the original poster is don't put expensive fish in your pond, then you can relax and let nature take its course :~) indeed if you beg some pond weed from someone with fish during summer you will probably get the baby fish for free. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
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Our cats just kill and leave them by the pond the only thing they have been proud enough to bring us was a very cross grass snake :~) why we get so many of those in the middle of a village only they know, but they are the chief predators of the poor frogs often see them in summer disappearing with a frog in their mouths (everything seems to eat frogs, even the buzzards) My suggestion to the original poster is don't put expensive fish in your pond, then you can relax and let nature take its course :~) indeed if you beg some pond weed from someone with fish during summer you will probably get the baby fish for free. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. and don't bother to scrounge/buy/obtain pond snails. They appear! Mike -- ------------------------------------------------ Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk International Festival of the Sea 28th June - 1st July 2007 |
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