Do I have a pond monster ?

[wrflt]

Okay, I don't know how to do the quote I guess. The top paragraph is a quote from brin.

 

[rjmack]

Okay, I don't know how to do the quote I guess. The top paragraph is a quote from brin.

you just copy and paste the text into the quote brackets.

 

[rekees4300]

I know I have a muskrat family in my pond,

They are cute but will destroy a pond in a few years. Prudent to get rid of them ASAP.

 

[deereman75]

Okay, I don't know how to do the quote I guess. The top paragraph is a quote from brin.

In the bottom right corner of the post you want to quote, click the quote button.

 

[Bdavis]

I would put my money on it being a muskrat. They will eat dead fish, they will reach up to 2 feet long, and live in homes-lodges similar to beavers. Check the sides of your pond for holes that are burrowed in the bank.

I am going to do a good check for holes in the bank. I know that during the summer I did not have any because I regularly weed eat the area. I did have a duck that I did not see and did not move until I almost hit it with the weedeater.
My pond is not very deep in particular on the end that I throw the fish.
Maybe 4 feet. Also it is not uniform in depth . So it is possible I guess for
a bird but I have never seen one walk in the water that far. The muskrat is probably the most likely but I am bringing my 12 guage next time I go just in case it is a pond monster !
Thanks

 

[MossflowerWoods]

They are cute but will destroy a pond in a few years. Prudent to get rid of them ASAP.

Seriously? I did not know that... My wife & girls think they are cute...

How do they destroy a pond?

My pond was originally made by Beavers, and they still live in it. But the prior owner built a big earthen dam and expanded the pond quite a bit.

It seems darned healthy.

Thanks,
David

 

[JeremyL]

I've got a crane that hangs out at our pond and he is too fast for me to ever get a shot at him...It is illegal to shoot them..but I have a law that it is illegal to steal my fish and that is what he is doing so if I ever get a clean shot at the sucker I am going to enforce my Law..

Don't shoot the crane. It is illegal, and wrong. Wild animals need all the help we can give them, and it is doing what it has to to eat. Thanks.

 

[CTPhil]

How do they destroy a pond?

They can riddle the bank with holes.

 

[Fixemall]

My guess is it is an IRS agent, they are well known to pick the bones clean.

 

[rekees4300]

How do they destroy a pond?

By digging holes in the dam causing shoreline erosion and eventually leakage.