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I know of several good repellents .410, 16gauge, 20gauge, 12gauge. they all work quite well. I guarantee any duck you use this repellent on will not walk in your yard again.
sorry I had to say it.
bill
Don't be sorry...I was going to post that ducks can be mighty fine eating!
I have duck for christmas and thanksgiving instead of turkey.
...Familiarize yourself with them so you know how they are before your first encounter.
They are not poisonous but are very defensive. If threatened by animal or human, they will bite, repeatedly.
I was paid to exterminate water moccasins from a lake one summer. We encountered lots of water snakes and they only bit us when we captured them - and the bite was superficial, certainly nothing to be concerned about. We always returned the water snakes to the lake as they are beneficial to the ecosystem. The water moccasins are also beneficial but too many and the locals get agitated.
Very few Snakes actually survive up here. They are extremely rare and very hard to find. Most reptilians don't thrive in locations where single digit Temperatures happen every winter. I would be kind of excited to see a wild snake in NJ .
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Coming from a tropical rain forest environment in India, I am used to dealing with snakes in my yard
Ok then I'd be happy to send you some from here in good ole NC!
There is a spray that they have used up here (in Alaska) for geese. You spray it on your lawn and I think it has a little grape juice or something in it. Have also used sticks with tinsel on it.
^^^ Oooo, that is so nice! Can you believe that my wife won't let me have any ducks? It's just not fair!
Edit: Hey...wait a minute - did you have those duckies in your tub?
Yes I raised them from when they were a couple of days old and were separated from their mother. They were too young to be outside. They lived in the garden when they were big enough until they flew away in the fall. I saw one of them sitting on my roof the next summer looking at my fish pond. Just a quick hello and she was gone again. I missed having them in my yard when they were gone. It confused all the neighborhood cats that came for a visit
Yes I raised them from when they were a couple of days old and were separated from their mother. They were too young to be outside. They lived in the garden when they were big enough until they flew away in the fall. I saw one of them sitting on my roof the next summer looking at my fish pond. Just a quick hello and she was gone again. I missed having them in my yard when they were gone. It confused all the neighborhood cats that came for a visit
THAT'S how you keep them out of your yard. Put them in your bathtub.
we use a repellant (sprayed on grass) that will give the geese a stomach ache when the eat it, the application contains a coloring that only the geese can see and they will then associate the color with their tummie ache. Subsequent applications consist of just the coloring and the geese will avoid that area all summer long. Works great.
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It's just not fair!
