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If the electric cord is where they can reach it armor it with either a old split hose or the smaller size of water pipe insulation. geese love to chew on plastic or rubber. even with the armor be sure to check it once per week, I swear their bills come equipped with wire cutters. They are much more likely to chew on things in the winter when they have time on their hands so to speak.
Goosedragon has mentioned something that needs to be considered. In fact I had geese chew pipe insulation so feel the rubber hose or a piece of pvc pipe is a better idea. They don't have teeth but come equipped with chain saws and will chew just for the heck of it. They also do not need open water 24/7, especially if it's getting dirty. In that case at least twice a day so that they can drink, clean their eyeballs and preen is good enough.
I should have been more exact with my advise about pipe insulation. I forgot that the soft foam insulation existed even though I have used it in places on my pipes. What I was refering to is the fairly stiff hard plastic shell type that they use around here to cover the plastic pipe that was used in many homes in this area (I hate that plastic pipe. you need special, expensive tools to do any repair!) some thing here finds that pipe chewable, we have occasional hard freezes, and crawspaces rather than basements, and the pipe insulation keeps the water at a reasonable temperature. All the straight runs are covered with the hard insuation, foam is used on curves etc. sorry if I caused any confusion.
If the electric cord is where they can reach it armor it with either a old split hose or the smaller size of water pipe insulation. geese love to chew on plastic or rubber. even with the armor be sure to check it once per week, I swear their bills come equipped with wire cutters. They are much more likely to chew on things in the winter when they have time on their hands so to speak.
Goosedragon has mentioned something that needs to be considered. In fact I had geese chew pipe insulation so feel the rubber hose or a piece of pvc pipe is a better idea. They don't have teeth but come equipped with chain saws and will chew just for the heck of it. They also do not need open water 24/7, especially if it's getting dirty. In that case at least twice a day so that they can drink, clean their eyeballs and preen is good enough.
I should have been more exact with my advise about pipe insulation. I forgot that the soft foam insulation existed even though I have used it in places on my pipes. What I was refering to is the fairly stiff hard plastic shell type that they use around here to cover the plastic pipe that was used in many homes in this area (I hate that plastic pipe. you need special, expensive tools to do any repair!) some thing here finds that pipe chewable, we have occasional hard freezes, and crawspaces rather than basements, and the pipe insulation keeps the water at a reasonable temperature. All the straight runs are covered with the hard insuation, foam is used on curves etc. sorry if I caused any confusion.
