How my brother deals with yard wildlife
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Anonymous
OP's brother doesn't live in the country. If he lived in the country, he would be allowed to have 4 chickens in the backyard. OP's brother lives in a town or a suburb. |
Anonymous
There's the problem right there. He should put the chicken feed in a container that rats etc. can't get into, for example a metal trash can with a lid. That would be a whole lot more effective than first laying out a buffet for the rats and then trapping and shooting them. He should also clean up the chicken yard so that there isn't leftover chicken feed lying around. That is basic chicken-keeping hygiene. |
Anonymous
| Are you a vegetarian or do you exclusively (including restaurants, parties) eat certified humanely raised (not bs "cage free") meat? Because if not, I promise you that the animals you eat and feed your children every day suffered much more than the skunk your (admittedly creepy) brother drowned. |
Anonymous
+1. Seriously. You all have no concept of the damage your "cute" vermin do. |
Anonymous
4? Lololololololol |
Anonymous
Exactly. Four chickens is a backyard-chicken number. It's not a "I live in the country and raise chickens" number. |
Anonymous
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Actually I am pretty sure the thread isn't going to be about how awful your brother is.
You are even thinking about reporting him? You are the awful one. MYOB and don't visit him. I am sure everyone will appreciate that |
Anonymous
And you obviously know nothing about guns (are you sure you're not a "city person" too?) because a BB gun is a terrible weapon for killing an animal, even at close range. You'll blow a bunch of holes in them and eventually they die, but it's not going to be one quick shot where's its immediately over. I imagine he must have to shoot them 10+ times and wait before they actually expire. Killing anything with a BB gun is really inhumane. |
Anonymous
Yup. OP's brother isn't a sociopath. OP's brother is a fool. Which vermin strategy is more effective? 1. Preventing the vermin from coming in the first place, by not leaving out the chicken feed. 2. Leaving out the chicken feed, attracting vermin, trying to trap the vermin, and shooting the trapped vermin with a BB gun. |
Anonymous
We do, and we live in the 'burbs. Groundhogs. Holy shit, those things are scary and cause so much damage. Yes, we trapped and got rid of it.. went to groundhog heaven. |
Anonymous
| Wow - you would die if you heard the stories of how my family deals with vermin. These are not endangered species. The problem with skunks if if you catch them alive in a trap, they'll spray you if you try to get them out. I bet the drowning was an attempt not to get sprayed. I agree with PPs that a BB gun is not the most humane way to kill them. If he plans to kill the vermin (fine by me) then he should fine a way that's quicker. He needs to talk to some country folks on better methods. He should reinforce his shed and store the feed better so vermin can't get in. Squirrels can be VERY destructive. |
Anonymous
This is the prevailing line of thought in the country. My dad does this as well (to crows and other animals that eat the nuts from his walnut tree). I got out and moved to the big city as soon as I could. They are barbarians. |
Anonymous
I don't get this. How do you drown them without removing them from the cage? Just take the whole cage and carry it inside and submerge it? I can't imagine the skunk isn't going to spray while you're carrying him and rattling him around in the cage. |
Anonymous
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I'm on team vermin.
I think if you reported him, he'd only get cited for the chickens. Nobody is losing sleep over rats, skunks, and squirrels. |
Anonymous
| You know rats carry disease. |