Turtle in outdoor pond?

[Stanzzzz7]

Thanks for everyone's feedback on the turtles.

I tried the plastic heron once,it didn't work for me.The real one still came.We did have a wire around the pond.That worked for a while.I think the herons must be quite intelligent, they always seem to find a way.

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Make it difficult for them to find a area to stand by planting hardy habiscus and red Japanese maples around the pond .

 

[Frank Castle]

Thanks for everyone's feedback on the turtles.

I tried the plastic heron once,it didn't work for me.The real one still came.We did have a wire around the pond.That worked for a while.I think the herons must be quite intelligent, they always seem to find a way.

You have to build a square wood-frame and make a "checkerboard" of wire w/ little squares a few inches wide so that when they try to land in the pond they stand on wire and fly away immediately. My aunt has a Koi pond in Florida and they have 10x more predatory birds than you and I combined and it works wonders......haven't lost a fish in decades from predation. They have a privacy fence on the yard but it will also work on other mammals that eat fish too

 

[Frank Castle]

A few 2x4's, a roll of wire, a saw, a screw-gun/drill, and a carpentry staple gun will save save you a lot of $$$ as opposed to buying one of the fancier ones. The regular mesh netting might be cheap Stanzzzz7

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Thanks for the tips.
I need to make some changes to the pond anyway.I have a one year old daughter and it won't be long before she is running round the garden.I need to baby proof it and heron proof it.
I may end up building around the pond to raise it
It's flush at ground level at the moment



I was thinking about raising it and building a pergola over it.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

A few 2x4's, a roll of wire, a saw, a screw-gun/drill, and a carpentry staple gun will save save you a lot of $$$ as opposed to buying one of the fancier ones. The regular mesh netting might be cheap Stanzzzz7

Yeah thanks Frank.
I'm a carpenter anyway,so knocking something up won't be to much trouble.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Another view

 

[Frank Castle]

Yeah thanks Frank.
I'm a carpenter anyway,so knocking something up won't be to much trouble.

that what you do for a living?

Another view

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outstanding. I wish I had a yard w/ a pond like that

 

[Stanzzzz7]

that what you do for a living?

Yes,I'm also an artist and sell paintings.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

that what you do for a living?
outstanding. I wish I had a yard w/ a pond like that

Thanks Frank,
I've put a lot of work into it.There was nothing in the yard before.Just a big lawn and no plants at all.