Eek! Rats....

[CarleeAnn]

And solutions/ideas/tips for feeding ducks? I've seen my third rat and it is too much, I do not want them bringing around disease and eating my ducks food! I don't want to hurt them, I would rather just not entice them. I don't want to cut off my ducks from food, they have it all day pretty much. They eat a lot in the morning so I considered perhaps just giving them breakfast then letting them forage, but I feel so bad because when I finally feel like trying it, if I touch the food container at all my girls come running to it to eat! It's like they forget they have food...

 

[gal5150]

Yeah, you're going to remove the feed at sundown. The girls will get used to the new drill. I head out to drain the pool about 30 min before it's dark and my girls have learned that's the cue to eat up because when I come back to refill the pool in 20 min, the feed is leaving the pen. They adjust pretty quickly and painlessly to it

 

[CarleeAnn]

I guess I have only seen the rats after about 4:30, so I will try to pick up the food by then, maybe go out at 4 to let them get their last bit. Thank you! I didn't even think about what time of day they start coming out.

 

[gal5150]

Sorry that came out as a directive, I was typing fast....should have said you're going to have to. I'm really not THAT bossy

 

[CarleeAnn]

Haha I didn't even think of it that way!!