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I keep my Embden Goose in my backyard, as I built a pond and have an enclosed little area for her that I enclose with that 1' high metal garden decorative fences that can be poked into the ground to stay upright. There is a little gate to the pond and also a gate for her to leave the enclosure at night when I take her into her shed (enclosed on any openings with chicken wire). Today she did something I have not seen before~ usually she is happy all day in her little outside play area, and as she is old she sleeps a lot between eating and drinking, etc. She today tried to fly over the fence to the pond area, and when I went out to check her she then very assertively "busted down" one of the 2 ft. pieces of the decorative fence, and headed back to her shed.... I never saw this type of behavior with her and wondered what you all think about this. (She has rehabbed at my house and I am now keeping her-- after she suffered a huge chest wound and osteomyelitis, was on antibiotics for a month, etc. She was being tormented at our local park where she was lame, and falling when she tried to walk. She is doing great now and no falling, wound healed, etc.
1) Does anyone know how high this decorative/moveable "fence" should be to prevent her from trying to go over (or through) it?
2) I live in a small city and yet I did see a large raccoon in my front yard the other day...... (there is a 7' fence and gate between the front and back yards, where I keep her during the day. But there are trees, etc. that a raccoon could use to get to the other side of the fence in the backyard and possibly down into the yard.....) Should I NOT leave her during the day in her little open pen in the backyard? (After reading about raccoons attacking during the day).
Thanks for the help with this!
K
1) Does anyone know how high this decorative/moveable "fence" should be to prevent her from trying to go over (or through) it?
2) I live in a small city and yet I did see a large raccoon in my front yard the other day...... (there is a 7' fence and gate between the front and back yards, where I keep her during the day. But there are trees, etc. that a raccoon could use to get to the other side of the fence in the backyard and possibly down into the yard.....) Should I NOT leave her during the day in her little open pen in the backyard? (After reading about raccoons attacking during the day).
Thanks for the help with this!
K