Alright you duck afficianados, I gots me a duck issue. For some reason a Muscovy has taken up residence at my home. We have a little slip and slide thingamajigger in the backyard so perhaps he thought it was a little duck pond?
No matter, I've grown tired of his company for a couple of reasons. First my beagle who is on a tie out barks incessantly at him but hasn't yet lured him into his reach.
Second and most importantly is, in a word, POOP! He poops about 43 times a day and this afternoon upon arrival at my house I discovered he decided to take a #2 in my Croc flip flops. That pretty much did it for me right there, and the fact that he poops all over the patio, picnic table, tree house and my wife's swing out back.
Reading from FWC's site it appears that so long as I don't violate an animal cruelty law I can "humanely euthanize" him. I have a friend who has one at his pond behind his house and said that this one is welcome to join it. Problem is, thus far I can't catch the dadgum thing.
How do you catch a Muscovy? I've got my cat trap, I mean varmint trap out there right now with a little bread inside but he ain't too keen on going in just yet.
I'm almost ready to whack him at this point, but like a little challenge. What say ye?
No matter, I've grown tired of his company for a couple of reasons. First my beagle who is on a tie out barks incessantly at him but hasn't yet lured him into his reach.
Second and most importantly is, in a word, POOP! He poops about 43 times a day and this afternoon upon arrival at my house I discovered he decided to take a #2 in my Croc flip flops. That pretty much did it for me right there, and the fact that he poops all over the patio, picnic table, tree house and my wife's swing out back.
Reading from FWC's site it appears that so long as I don't violate an animal cruelty law I can "humanely euthanize" him. I have a friend who has one at his pond behind his house and said that this one is welcome to join it. Problem is, thus far I can't catch the dadgum thing.
How do you catch a Muscovy? I've got my cat trap, I mean varmint trap out there right now with a little bread inside but he ain't too keen on going in just yet.
I'm almost ready to whack him at this point, but like a little challenge. What say ye?