what to do with dead animals in pond?

Lydia · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

My DH and I want to have a small pond in our backyard one day and this is
such an excellent group! I have no experience [yet] to ever help others
with their questions here, but may I ask... I see a lot of posts about
animals that commit suicide in ponds. What do you do with them when you
find them? How do you dispose of them?

We have wetlands directly behind our house and farm land in front of it with
the rest of a new housing community to the sides. I've seen many, many
wonderful birds fliting around out there and hopefully they'll begin using
the new birdbath we just got for them. We have lots of bunnies scampering
around. And the chorus of frogs at night is so nice. Just the other day we
had a weasel stroll through our backyard! I'm sure there's plenty of other
critters out there.

Thanks,
Lydia

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joe · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 48

Lydia wrote:

> What do you do with them when you
> find them? How do you dispose of them?

I tend to bury them.

Hmm. Now that I think about that, that's an odd thing for an atheist.

Joe

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zookeeper · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 30

joe wrote:
> Lydia wrote:
>>What do you do with them when you
>>find them? How do you dispose of them?

> I tend to bury them.
>
> Hmm. Now that I think about that, that's an odd thing for an atheist.

Not really Joe. Even wild animals, who are not atheist AFAIK, bury other
dead animals -- okay, so it's mostly to preserve their future meals, but
bury them they do. And it wouldn't really be odd, unless you were saying
some special words and erecting a grave site monument each time you
performed one of these burials. The type of burying you're doing is also
called "composting" or "fertilizing." Wink

--
Kathy B
3500gal pond, 13 pond piggies
Oregon, Zone 6

zookeeper · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 30

Sam Hopkins wrote:
> We eat them.
>
> "Lydia" wrote in message
> $pb6$1@nntp3.u.washington.edu...
>
>>animals that commit suicide in ponds. What do you do with them when you
>>find them? How do you dispose of them?

ROFL!! Especially after having just replied to Joe's atheist comment.

[Okay, someone has to invent an online acronym for spraying the computer
monitor with a beverage when reading a particular funny or irreverent
message. Where's our linguists?]
--
zookeeper

jammer · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 56

I dipped the drowned rat out yesterday and threw him in the outside
garbage can.

On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:55:45 -0700, "Lydia"
wrote:

>My DH and I want to have a small pond in our backyard one day and this is
>such an excellent group! I have no experience [yet] to ever help others
>with their questions here, but may I ask... I see a lot of posts about
>animals that commit suicide in ponds. What do you do with them when you
>find them? How do you dispose of them?
>
>We have wetlands directly behind our house and farm land in front of it with
>the rest of a new housing community to the sides. I've seen many, many
>wonderful birds fliting around out there and hopefully they'll begin using
>the new birdbath we just got for them. We have lots of bunnies scampering
>around. And the chorus of frogs at night is so nice. Just the other day we
>had a weasel stroll through our backyard! I'm sure there's plenty of other
>critters out there.
>
>
>Thanks,
>Lydia
>

joe · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 48

Tbumpy wrote:

> Barbeque

Wow. If I ever find a dead cow in my pond I'm gonna s**t.

Joe

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Sam Hopkins · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 38

We eat them.

"Lydia" wrote in message$pb6$1@nntp3.u.washington.edu...
> My DH and I want to have a small pond in our backyard one day and this is
> such an excellent group! I have no experience [yet] to ever help others
> with their questions here, but may I ask... I see a lot of posts about
> animals that commit suicide in ponds. What do you do with them when you
> find them? How do you dispose of them?
>
> We have wetlands directly behind our house and farm land in front of it
with
> the rest of a new housing community to the sides. I've seen many, many
> wonderful birds fliting around out there and hopefully they'll begin using
> the new birdbath we just got for them. We have lots of bunnies scampering
> around. And the chorus of frogs at night is so nice. Just the other day
we
> had a weasel stroll through our backyard! I'm sure there's plenty of
other
> critters out there.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Lydia
>
>

John Rutz · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 66

Lydia wrote:
> My DH and I want to have a small pond in our backyard one day and this is
> such an excellent group! I have no experience [yet] to ever help others
> with their questions here, but may I ask... I see a lot of posts about
> animals that commit suicide in ponds. What do you do with them when you
> find them? How do you dispose of them?
>
> We have wetlands directly behind our house and farm land in front of it with
> the rest of a new housing community to the sides. I've seen many, many
> wonderful birds fliting around out there and hopefully they'll begin using
> the new birdbath we just got for them. We have lots of bunnies scampering
> around. And the chorus of frogs at night is so nice. Just the other day we
> had a weasel stroll through our backyard! I'm sure there's plenty of other
> critters out there.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Lydia
>
>

-- welcome to the group and ask away we will try to help
as far as animals that die in pond i have very few Othe than fish
we just bury em somewhere on the acres

John Rutz
Z5 New Mexico

good judgement comes from bad experience, and that comes from bad
judgement

see my pond at:

http://www.fuerjefe.com

Lydia · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

Thanks for all the responses. I'm a picky eater Smile

so I guess if it happens
we'll just put them in the garbage. I just thought that it would get stinky
after sitting outside in a can for a week and it's illegal to bury animals
in this county (so I'm told - anyone in King County, WA, know different?).
Donating to science is an excellent idea, too, that I'll have to look into.

Thanks again,
Lydia

John Rutz · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 66

zookeeper wrote:
> Sam Hopkins wrote:
>
>> We eat them.
>>
>> "Lydia" wrote in message
>> $pb6$1@nntp3.u.washington.edu...
>>
>>> animals that commit suicide in ponds. What do you do with them when you
>>> find them? How do you dispose of them?
>>
>
> ROFL!! Especially after having just replied to Joe's atheist comment.
>
> [Okay, someone has to invent an online acronym for spraying the computer
> monitor with a beverage when reading a particular funny or irreverent
> message. Where's our linguists?]
> --
> zookeeper
>

-- BEOKAM beverage ejected on keyboard and monitor ??

John Rutz
Z5 New Mexico

good judgement comes from bad experience, and that comes from bad
judgement

see my pond at:

http://www.fuerjefe.com

Bob H · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 9

Spokane Co. too....wonder if it is a Wa. state thing...just put em in the
trash and pay the tax for doing so....no tax yet, have you seen the new
budget Smile

.

"Lydia" wrote in message$1888$1@nntp3.u.washington.edu...
> Thanks for all the responses. I'm a picky eater Smile

so I guess if it
happens
> we'll just put them in the garbage. I just thought that it would get
stinky
> after sitting outside in a can for a week and it's illegal to bury animals
> in this county (so I'm told - anyone in King County, WA, know different?).
> Donating to science is an excellent idea, too, that I'll have to look
into.
>
> Thanks again,
> Lydia
>
>

joe · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 48

Lydia wrote:

> and it's illegal to bury animals in this county

Every week I get closer and closer to voting libertarian.

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Hank Pagel · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 47

What's on the menu at the "Roadkill Cafe" tonight?
Bury them? Nope!
Send them on vacation to the county landfill? Yep! (garbage can)

"Sam Hopkins" wrote in message$cqj$1@newsfeed.pit.comms.marconi.com...
We eat them.

"Lydia" wrote in message$pb6$1@nntp3.u.washington.edu...
> My DH and I want to have a small pond in our backyard one day and
this is
> such an excellent group! I have no experience [yet] to ever help
others
> with their questions here, but may I ask... I see a lot of posts
about
> animals that commit suicide in ponds. What do you do with them when
you
> find them? How do you dispose of them?
>
> We have wetlands directly behind our house and farm land in front of
it
with
> the rest of a new housing community to the sides. I've seen many,
many
> wonderful birds fliting around out there and hopefully they'll begin
using
> the new birdbath we just got for them. We have lots of bunnies
scampering
> around. And the chorus of frogs at night is so nice. Just the
other day
we
> had a weasel stroll through our backyard! I'm sure there's plenty
of
other
> critters out there.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Lydia
>
>

~* Windsong *~ · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 4

In the last chapter: Lydia picked up the keyboard and pecked out:
:: My DH and I want to have a small pond in our backyard one day and
:: this is such an excellent group! I have no experience [yet] to
:: ever help others with their questions here, but may I ask... I
:: see a lot of posts about animals that commit suicide in ponds.
:: What do you do with them when you find them? How do you dispose
:: of them?

** Use your fish net to scoop them out. Toss carcass into the woods to
recycle or use a plastic bag to send them off to the local dump in. You can
also bury them.
--
Carol.......
"Beat the 5 o'clock rush - leave work at noon."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<~~<~~{@

zookeeper · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 30

John Rutz wrote:
>
>> [Okay, someone has to invent an online acronym for spraying the
>> computer monitor with a beverage when reading a particular funny or
>> irreverent message. Where's our linguists?]
>> --
>> zookeeper
>
> -- BEOKAM beverage ejected on keyboard and monitor ??

That might be a winner, John. It caused me to once again experience near
BEOKAM!!!!

Kathy