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Geese filling their pool with rocks?!

post #1 of 57
10/1/12 at 9:29am
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So I was wondering if anyone is having the same problem I am. We have 3 african geese and they have full access to a kiddie pool all day and at night when I go to dump it, I actually have to scoop out rocks, and I mean a ton of rocks,  just to dump it......anyone know why they do this? Or have a group that do the same thing! Thanks!

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post #2 of 57
10/1/12 at 9:30am

Move away from and or off of the rocks and they will put far less into the water. We find objects in the pools all of the time too.


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post #3 of 57
10/1/12 at 9:37am
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The rocks are in our soil we have a really rocky area. We live on top of a mountain. So they dig them out and put them in. I have never seen them do it, but find it all the time. I just thought it was really odd!

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post #4 of 57
10/1/12 at 9:41am

You can move them from the rocks but they will still put them in there but a lot less of them. Mine because we have a lot of nut trees put nuts in there all the time. I find both rocks and nuts in their water. Plus they make mud pies with the water all the time as well....

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post #5 of 57
10/1/12 at 9:43am

If you cant move away from the rocks, there isnt much to stop it then since they are readily available.


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post #6 of 57
10/1/12 at 9:50am
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Do you know why they do it? Thats what I was wondering lol

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post #7 of 57
10/1/12 at 10:08am

boredom, because they can, because they are curious, because they like to play with things, because its fun to them lol


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post #8 of 57
10/1/12 at 10:09am
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You missed one, because their mother doesnt want them too.....

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post #9 of 57
10/1/12 at 10:10am

because they like to laugh at you lifting the pool hide.gif


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post #10 of 57
10/1/12 at 10:40am

Mine put rocks in their big pool. They never put them in their cat pan where I soften alfalfa and timothy cubes for them since we don't have much grass, although I have caught them preening in the cat pan.  

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