I had a barn cat. Now I have a lap cat. Manipulative little jerk. Right now she's begging for premium canned food while rats are plotting about how to get into the duck house.
Excuse me while I go feed her.
Rat birth control?! This is brilliant. I think I'll get some, thank you so much for the link. I actually don't mind a few rats. It's swarms of rats coming from every direction at the sound of me filling the bowl. At some point it seems dangerous for my ducks...
How are things going?
My ducks seem fine without free feeding. I only have two ducks at this point, and I can easily make sure they both get enough food. They both want to eat each time I go out, and when they both walk away, start grooming, or whatever I pick the food up.
My bowls are...
So.... I had a serious rat problem. Basically I stopped feeding them and they left.
We stopped composting kitchen scraps. And I held my ducks bowl while they ate about 4-5 times a day. I picked up any pellets my ducks dropped. For the first 2 days the rats came to eat and I shooed them...