So, how can I tell what the "active time" is for the little monster? I've seen him at 7 in the morning and 3 in the afternoon, both times dragging a dead mouse with him (or her, I haven't gotten that up close and personal.) Will it help if I have nesting boxes and perches kept up away from the...
Thank you. I googled "weasel box trap" and realized fairly quickly that the only way to deal with these animals is to kill them. I have the components of the trap. Just have to assemble and set it. Anyone have any idea about how likely it is that I have more than 1 or 2 weasels to be worried...
I found the weasels in Google yesterday. As I said in my first post, it has been seen caerying mice, so I know it is hunting. I have had customers come in devastated because a weasel had gotten in and killed their whole flock. Not planning on risking my babies.
Trapping it was my first thought, but it is so small ( I think, after some reading, it may be a young "least weasel") I figure there are more where that one came from, and where could I drop them that they wouldn't just return to the farm?
Oh, to add to my post - Would something like a snake repellent, heavily laced with clove, be an appropriate deterrent? Since they are so close to the ground I was wondering if this would be a sufficient irritant if spread around the perimeter of the pen. We also have goats and a donkey and I...
Sorry if this has been covered, but after sifting through a lot of posts and not finding what I needed I decided it was just easier to ask. My Ameraucana girlies are fledged and I was looking to introduce them to the stall that will serve as their pen when i got word from my landlady that she...