WTF ate my fish?

[neutralizer]

No, I don't own a mouse or a rat as a pet, but I do have a pond in the backyard and its missing fish. The dirt around the pond is scattered and the water murky with dirt and this morning, I realized its lacking one fish and the only things I can think that can get into my backyard and eat it are deer mice or rats.

 

[Fausto]

Sounds more like a raccoon to me.

 

[Descartes]

Do you have cats in the neighborhood?

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Fausto1
Sounds more like a raccoon to me.

 

[MithShrike]

I doubt a rat or mouse could get hold of a fish...

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: werk

Originally posted by: Fausto1
Sounds more like a raccoon to me.

I live in San Diego BTW so the house where mine was built was a desert before it got terraformed. Basically, there is no place where a raccoon can live.

 

[UNCjigga]

"But, pond and pool is wet and cool, so nice for feet! We only wish to catch a fish, so juicy sweet!"

"What's he doing?! Stupid fat hobbit! He ruins it! Spoil nice fish! Give it to us raaww and wriggling! You keep nasty chips!"

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: neutralizer

Originally posted by: werk

Originally posted by: Fausto1
Sounds more like a raccoon to me.

I live in San Diego BTW so the house where mine was built was a desert before it got terraformed. Basically, there is no place where a raccoon can live.

You'd be surprised. They can show up just about anywhere there's something to eat.

 

[rpc64]

Originally posted by: uncJIGGA
"But, pond and pool is wet and cool, so nice for feet! We only wish to catch a fish, so juicy sweet!"

"What's he doing?! Stupid fat hobbit! He ruins it! Spoil nice fish! Give it to us raaww and wriggling! You keep nasty chips!"

Hahaha nice quote

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: Descartes
Do you have cats in the neighborhood?

I suppose some people have cats in the neighborhood, but the neighborhood is primarily a dog-friendly place.

 

[phantom309]

Heron.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Fausto1
Sounds more like a raccoon to me.

 

[Azraele]

Originally posted by: uncJIGGA
"But, pond and pool is wet and cool, so nice for feet! We only wish to catch a fish, so juicy sweet!"

"What's he doing?! Stupid fat hobbit! He ruins it! Spoil nice fish! Give it to us raaww and wriggling! You keep nasty chips!"

Nice.

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: phantom309
Heron.

I live like 10 miles from the ocean... I don't think herons get that inland nor have I seen one yet. I see sea gulls though, but only by the beach and on the roof on my school where they dive bomb people .

 

[IamElectro]

Originally posted by: Fausto1
Sounds more like a raccoon to me.

 

[Nitemare]

Think I found the answer

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: IamElectro

Originally posted by: Fausto1
Sounds more like a raccoon to me.

Seriously, I've never seen a raccoon in SD.

Then again I AM posting on ATOT.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: neutralizer

Originally posted by: phantom309
Heron.

I live like 10 miles from the ocean... I don't think herons get that inland nor have I seen one yet. I see sea gulls though, but only by the beach and on the roof on my school where they dive bomb people .

Herons live anywhere there is water. scroll down for map of where herons live

 

[IamElectro]

Originally posted by: neutralizer

Originally posted by: phantom309
Heron.

I live like 10 miles from the ocean... I don't think herons get that inland nor have I seen one yet. I see sea gulls though, but only by the beach and on the roof on my school where they dive bomb people .

I have seen seagulls in my town not to often though and, I live 5 hours from any beach or the great lakes. Always wondered how they ended up here.

 

[neutralizer]

"The Great Blue Heron feeds mainly on small fish less than half the length of its bill, or under 65 mm long."

Kois are HUGE way bigger than that. And not to mention they don't come down here until the winter according to the site and it's summer.

 

[40oz]

turtle?

 

[phantom309]

Originally posted by: neutralizer

Originally posted by: phantom309
Heron.

I live like 10 miles from the ocean... I don't think herons get that inland nor have I seen one yet. I see sea gulls though, but only by the beach and on the roof on my school where they dive bomb people .

My dad lives 200 miles inland and a heron ate almost everything in his goldfish pond. Once it knows your pond is a food source it'll be back all the time. He'd never seen one before then, either.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: neutralizer
"The Great Blue Heron feeds mainly on small fish less than half the length of its bill, or under 65 mm long."

Kois are HUGE way bigger than that. And not to mention they don't come down here until the winter according to the site and it's summer.

You never said "koi" before. It's probably a racoon or a cat. Or even a dog, if your fish are docile enough.

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: neutralizer
"The Great Blue Heron feeds mainly on small fish less than half the length of its bill, or under 65 mm long."

Kois are HUGE way bigger than that. And not to mention they don't come down here until the winter according to the site and it's summer.

You never said "koi" before. It's probably a racoon or a cat. Or even a dog, if your fish are docile enough.

Well, my backyard is surrounded by all my neighbor's backyard, I don't see how a raccoon can get past their yards without being attacked by their vicious dogs (same dogs that poop on my lawn).

 

[phantom309]

Yeah, that does sound like a raccoon - rats love fish but can't catch them, ditto cats...unless they're really slow fish.