SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF DISAPPEARING POND FISH
EGRETS AND RATS IN MY POND If you keep an outdoor pond, you may have faced a puzzling and frustrating problem: your fish start disappearing without a trace . A reader recently shared this exact concern, and the advice given remains just as relevant today for any pond owner. The Reader's Problem: A Pond Culprit; "I have lost a few medium-sized goldfish recently: they just disappeared from my pond. My house guard tells me that an egret often sits on my house roof and that a rat occasionally takes a swim in the pond. I wonder who could be the culprit." The Usual Suspects: Egrets, Rats, or Herons? The investigation into the disappearing fish looked at two main suspects: 1. Egrets: While not commonly known as fish predators, an ornithologist confirmed that "the egret has been known to take fish," especially those near the water's surface. Source: andreattawaterscapes.com 2. Rats: The idea of a rat eating a live fish in the water was largely dismissed. It was n...
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