All of my ducks were killed last night!

[BlackBart]

marshmallows ?........no joke

 

[crtrlovr]

I know raccoons LOVE marshmallows... I guess it stands to reason that some of the other predators would, too.

 

[bel]

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I would be tempted to set bug bombs now the garage is sealed and pets out. set like 4 of them and tuck a towel under the door. Worst case you just end up wiping out any spiders and any fleas carried in by the varmint.

That aside I read mink are smart, and avoid traps so you need to hide the trap, bury it or cover the floor with leaves and dirt, then bait with a smelly fish paste, trapping and pest sites sell salmon paste.

 

[dumb_cluck]

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I would be tempted to set bug bombs now the garage is sealed and pets out. set like 4 of them and tuck a towel under the door. Worst case you just end up wiping out any spiders and any fleas carried in by the varmint.

That aside I read mink are smart, and avoid traps so you need to hide the trap, bury it or cover the floor with leaves and dirt, then bait with a smelly fish paste, trapping and pest sites sell salmon paste.

Can't do the bug bomb. I still have two horses in the barn. And my classic car! Bug bombs are too messy to clean up because of the film left behind. Not to mention the air quality after use.

I was trying with a "haveaheart" trap. Those you can't conceal very well. The leg traps will be put outside by a professional trapper. They can be concealed .

In retrospect, I think a weasel got the ducks, then the mink showed up.

In the future, I will ALWAYS put hardware cloth around all pens regardless if they are indoors or not. A hard lesson learned.

 

[dumb_cluck]

Well, even though I saw no activity near the coop and pens, the critter is still in the garage. This morning I noticed that the hole I plugged and sprayed heavily with spray foam, has been chewed. So it's trapped inside looking to get out.

I would like to put and end to this critter, but how to trap and catch it? Anyone had success trapping a mink or weasel?
How did you do it? What was the bait? How long did it take?

 

[chicnchic]

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Get yourself a good cat! ;^)

 

[chicnchic]

Just found this on the web as well....how to build a weasel box! Good luck!

http://www.trapperman.com/trapperman/The_Weasel_Box_Set.html

 

[phaethona]

my mother-in-law had her whole flock of hens wiped out not once but twice, thanks to a weasel. they were kept in a detached barn, so I'm not sure how much she could secure it. She said she had a guinea who always alerted, but I don't know how much that helped. that was a couple of years ago and she hasn't raised chickens since, if it were me I wouldn't have given up so easily. sorry I couldn't offer any helpful advice, just wanted to say that I really hope you get back on that proverbial horse and I'm sorry you've had to go through this, but I hope there are some fuzzy lil babies in your near future.

 

[dumb_cluck]

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I was going to do that but in the garage on a concrete floor.......... Now that he has not eaten for a few days and is trying to get out, perhaps I just wait it out and hopefully he starves or gets desperate and eats the rat poison.

 

[dumb_cluck]

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This little sucker is NOT going to stop me from my ducks and chickens! He has, in a way, provided insight into future "problems". Yes, I will be getting more ducks in the spring and hopefully re-locating the chickens back where they belong (however, they are welcome in my house as long as it takes to make them SAFE)