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    Quote Originally Posted by scarry View Post
    My guess is rats as well.
    Bandicoots eat insects,and at times plants,and fruit.When they dig they made a small inverted pyramid type hole,if that makes any sense.
    If you're going to deal with them use Rattoff ZP so you preserve the aerial day and night hunters of these things.

    Skies have been emptied of raptors here over 10 yrs from people using using wax blocks with type 2 ingredients for rats and mice............... result has been more rats and mice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saitch View Post
    OK. The culprits have been identified. Our resident Brush Turkeys have taken a liking to the 'taties. That explains the rather large excavation.
    Much better 5o look at than rats
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    Quote Originally Posted by 350RRC View Post
    If you're going to deal with them use Rattoff ZP so you preserve the aerial day and night hunters of these things.

    Skies have been emptied of raptors here over 10 yrs from people using using wax blocks with type 2 ingredients for rats and mice............... result has been more rats and mice.

    DL
    Correct,a mate of mine has recently been finding dead Kookaburras in his pool.He has since found out one of the neighbours has started using rat poison.

    I use Elliotte traps for them,which are live traps,even better.They often go into the trap even with no bait,particularly the younger ones.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Saitch View Post
    OK. The culprits have been identified. Our resident Brush Turkeys have taken a liking to the 'taties. That explains the rather large excavation.
    Now you're doomed! To get rid of Brush Turkeys, which are a protected species drastic steps have to be taken.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 350RRC View Post
    If you're going to deal with them use Rattoff ZP so you preserve the aerial day and night hunters of these things.

    Skies have been emptied of raptors here over 10 yrs from people using using wax blocks with type 2 ingredients for rats and mice............... result has been more rats and mice.

    DL
    No poisons on the property here. We try to be our own little, wildlife refuge, without the meddling from outside, Greenie type organisations.
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    Quote Originally Posted by B.S.F. View Post
    Now you're doomed! To get rid of Brush Turkeys, which are a protected species drastic steps have to be taken.
    .W.
    We don't want to get rid of them. Bruce, the boss turkey, has been here for years, as have a couple of female turkeys. Just recently we have had a younger male, Brutus, coming up to the house. The culprit.

    The neighbour and I have just cleared a two blade width, along about 1400 metres of old fence line, to whack up a new one. This meant pushing through some scrub, which I think has disturbed the birds.
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    Seeing that the birds live there they are really not stealing at all, They are just taking their share of the garden.
    A fair swap for all the gasshoppers these birds eat and the enjoyment they give you don't you think
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    Quote Originally Posted by B.S.F. View Post
    Now you're doomed! To get rid of Brush Turkeys, which are a protected species drastic steps have to be taken.
    .W.
    Hmm,one Springer Spaniel soon sorts them out.
    Easy as.They usually fly up into a tree,but are very reluctant to come down or come back,they just seem to bypass our yard
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    Quote Originally Posted by scarry View Post
    Hmm,one Springer Spaniel soon sorts them out.
    Easy as.They usually fly up into a tree,but are very reluctant to come down or come back,they just seem to bypass our yard
    They wander within a few metres of our Border Collie. He only gets annoyed if they get too near his food bowl, empty or not.
    I have confirmed that a turkey is the culprit as, this a.m. there was a definite Megapod print in the garden bed..............
    as well as another potato peel.
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    I have all sorts of different birds that hang arround the place on a pretty much permanent basis and Yes they do some damage to my veggie patches But I counteract that by planting way more than I need So this way everyone gets a feed from the garden.
    My olive tree fruits prolifically and I usually pick about 20l a year and the birds can have the rest, The 28's love feasting on the fallen fruit.
    Spud, onions melons, pumpkins and cucumbers seem to be immune to bird predation here it is mainly the tomato's, peas/beans, chiilies and capsicum that they like to have a bit of a chew on occasionally.
    I feed the magpies and butcher birds once or twice a week and this seems to stop them getting "grumpy" at nesting time.

    A garden without birds is a pretty dull and lifeless place in my opinion so I don't begrudge them a bit of a feed every now and then
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