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I saw a young newt in my fishpond this morning
I thought fish were supposed to gobble them up? Since reading this
newsgroup I had given up hope of seeing them in that pond again. Maybe my Shubunkins are too small to eat newts and are just eating a few pellets at the moment, which seem to be about as big as they can swallow. Maybe only bigger fish eat newts? Last year I had a newt which was almost as big as my fish. Unfortunately it tangled in my fountain impeller which had become accidentally exposed. It can't happen again. Also last year I had lots of baby newts. Also, a cat tangled with my electric fence last night and sped off out of my garden so fast you could hardly follow it on CCTV. Still no foxes though. Doug. |
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I saw a young newt in my fishpond this morning
"Doug" wrote in message ... I thought fish were supposed to gobble them up? Since reading this newsgroup I had given up hope of seeing them in that pond again. Maybe my Shubunkins are too small to eat newts and are just eating a few pellets at the moment, which seem to be about as big as they can swallow. Maybe only bigger fish eat newts? Last year I had a newt which was almost as big as my fish. Unfortunately it tangled in my fountain impeller which had become accidentally exposed. It can't happen again. Also last year I had lots of baby newts. I'd love to have a pond, but I have too many trees. Also, a cat tangled with my electric fence last night and sped off out of my garden so fast you could hardly follow it on CCTV. Still no foxes though. Why do you want foxes? |
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I saw a young newt in my fishpond this morning
On Mar 7, 11:01*pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote: "Doug" wrote in message ... I thought fish were supposed to gobble them up? Since reading this newsgroup I had given up hope of seeing them in that pond again. Maybe my Shubunkins are too small to eat newts and are just eating a few pellets at the moment, which seem to be about as big as they can swallow. Maybe only bigger fish eat newts? Last year I had a newt which was almost as big as my fish. Unfortunately it tangled in my fountain impeller which had become accidentally exposed. It can't happen again. Also last year I had lots of baby newts. I'd love to have a pond, but I have too many trees. You might be able to have a little pond. I also have a small pond, not much larger than a kitchen sink, and it has had newts and frogs in it during the Summer. Also, a cat tangled with my electric fence last night and sped off out of my garden so fast you could hardly follow it on CCTV. Still no foxes though. Why do you want foxes? No I don't. They attack my pond and pot plants, etc., hence the electric fence. My CCTV has shown two foxes getting a shock from it and since then their daily visits seem to have died away, hopefully. Doug. |
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I saw a young newt in my fishpond this morning
"Doug" wrote ...
I thought fish were supposed to gobble them up? Since reading this newsgroup I had given up hope of seeing them in that pond again. Maybe my Shubunkins are too small to eat newts and are just eating a few pellets at the moment, which seem to be about as big as they can swallow. Maybe only bigger fish eat newts? Last year I had a newt which was almost as big as my fish. Unfortunately it tangled in my fountain impeller which had become accidentally exposed. It can't happen again. Also last year I had lots of baby newts. Also, a cat tangled with my electric fence last night and sped off out of my garden so fast you could hardly follow it on CCTV. Still no foxes though. You are feeding your fish at this time? Is the water temperature where you live over 50°F? My pond is still well below that. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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I saw a young newt in my fishpond this morning
On Mar 8, 9:48*am, Sacha wrote:
On 2012-03-08 08:44:03 +0000, "Bob Hobden" said: "Doug" *wrote ... I thought fish were supposed to gobble them up? Since reading this newsgroup I had given up hope of seeing them in that pond again. Maybe my Shubunkins are too small to eat newts and are just eating a few pellets at the moment, which seem to be about as big as they can swallow. Maybe only bigger fish eat newts? Last year I had a newt which was almost as big as my fish. Unfortunately it tangled in my fountain impeller which had become accidentally exposed. It can't happen again. Also last year I had lots of baby newts. Also, a cat tangled with my electric fence last night and sped off out of my garden so fast you could hardly follow it on CCTV. Still no foxes though. You are feeding your fish at this time? Is the water temperature where you live over 50°F? My pond is still well below that. I haven't checked the water temp but our fish are hungry and rush across the pond to the food we chuck in. We put only a little in at this time of year but they obviously need it. *It helps keep them away from the frogspawn, too! Yes I am feeding my fish a little, which they are consuming, to avoid them eating my newts, etc. The fish are very shy and don't appear when I am around but I don't mind them keeping themselves safe. I check them out on my CCTV. The only time I don't feed them is when there is ice on the pond. I had frogspawn one year before I had fishes but no tadpoles resulted and I don't know what ate them and no tadpoles since. Doug. |
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