The Quack Shack

[Luv Ducks]

I use dog food with a bit of pancake syrup drizzled inside dog proof traps. Live traps are nice for keeping them from tearing stuff up around them.. but easier to catch in dog proofs and less chance of a skunk or something else going in. I was afraid they'd tear the fence up, which it did. But we wanted the traps closer to where they would be going towards the ducks, and farther from the trees so they'd be easier to dispatch instead of having brush to get tangled up in. View attachment 4150642View attachment 4150643
Those black things are some cement weights I had blocking a low spot under the fence that needed filled with dirt. This is where I found them. That thing was determined to get in even after being caught.

I have never heard of dog proof traps. That is interesting. Thanks for the information.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I have never heard of dog proof traps. That is interesting. Thanks for the information.

This. They reach in to grab the bait and it catches them by the paw and holds them. You just have to anchor it to something securely so it can't be pulled up and the coon take off with it. We fix a cable on ours and put it around posts or trees.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I use dog food with a bit of pancake syrup drizzled inside dog proof traps. Live traps are nice for keeping them from tearing stuff up around them.. but easier to catch in dog proofs and less chance of a skunk or something else going in. I was afraid they'd tear the fence up, which it did. But we wanted the traps closer to where they would be going towards the ducks, and farther from the trees so they'd be easier to dispatch instead of having brush to get tangled up in. View attachment 4150642View attachment 4150643
Those black things are some cement weights I had blocking a low spot under the fence that needed filled with dirt. This is where I found them. That thing was determined to get in even after being caught.

I tried to buy these duck-safe bandit hand-grabbing traps but those are hard to find in stores. You can find those "cut the limb off" type and the metal cage traps but all of them have become pretty expensive.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

This. They reach in to grab the bait and it catches them by the paw and holds them. You just have to anchor it to something securely so it can't be pulled up and the coon take off with it. We fix a cable on ours and put it around posts or trees. View attachment 4150820View attachment 4150821View attachment 4150822

Well thank you very much for the website! I will visit the local ACE store after work, haven't thought about them and asked at the big-box stores in vain.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I tried to buy these duck-safe bandit hand-grabbing traps but those are hard to find in stores. You can find those "cut the limb off" type and the metal cage traps but all of them have become pretty expensive.

https://fntpost.com/category/dog-proof-coon-traps

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Well thank you very much for the website! I will visit the local ACE store after work, haven't thought about them and asked at the big-box stores in vain.

Most our farm supply stores around here have them. But look at this site I posted. They have some that are easier to set, only 1.00 more than the duke brand I have.

 

[Supercow]

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

I think Australia wins for the cutest chicken killer. I learnt this week that these things exist along the coast, and are capable of taking down entire flocks. Despite being pocket sized.

 

[Luv Ducks]

https://fntpost.com/category/dog-proof-coon-traps

Thanks so much for this information. I ordered one and hopefully I can get it set. I appreciated knowing this.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Yesterday: Another coon incident…
Came back home around 5pm, turned out the local ACE store carries only panda friendly traps and found Fuffy Duck sitting in the duck-yard with an injured left leg.
From the amount of fly-eggs she had already collected it had happened 4-5 hours ago, shortly after noon. This time i used a different treatment:

1. Applied a generous dose of anti-burn spray against the pain, it contains lidocaine and alcohol.
2. Washed as many of the fly-eggs out of her plumage as possible, using a mixture of dish-soap and permethrin. I found that fly-strike is a killer for injured ducks.
3. Colored my duck, my hands and clothes purple using wound-kote.
4. Kept her in a laundry basket, sitting on a towel, sprayed with permethrin, covered with another towel, sprayed with permethrin.

No fly larva on her this morning at 6:30 and the wound was dry and had formed a crust and no visible maggots.