Several years ago I was missing one canary chick each day for a week before we found the snake. After the snake was bumped, the mice, which had been present but not problematic, just exploded.
Currently, I have a low-grade mouse problem in two aviaries, manageable with maintenance baiting every few weeks.
I saw a brown snake by our back corner gate last week, and on reflection have decided to let it be.
They are shy and inconspicuous creatures, and probably (a bit like mice) for every one that you see there are a dozen that you don't.
....and any enemy of the meeces is a friend of mine....
Mouse bait stations - safe in aviay???
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mattymeischke
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Avid amateur aviculturalist; I keep mostly australian and foreign finches.
The art is long, the life so short; the critical moment is fleeting and experience can be misleading, crisis is difficult....... (Hippocrates)
The art is long, the life so short; the critical moment is fleeting and experience can be misleading, crisis is difficult....... (Hippocrates)
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SamDavis
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In principle I agree, but I do draw the line this side of brown snakes. Although given your line of work matty, perhaps you keep some anti-venom close at hand?mattymeischke wrote:...and any enemy of the meeces is a friend of mine....
I've often thought that keeping a snake (non-venomous and in a cage) within or around aviaries may deter mice such that baits aren't needed. Has anyone tried this?