Heather,
Now you've got me worried about our hotwire - can you please share what
problems they can have? We've yet to have even one problem with ours other
than an occasional dead sparrow.
SUSAN OLSON
Alpaca Loco
Riverside, CA
In a message dated 2/27/2009 4:55:27 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, alpacata
lk@westwindalpacas.com writes:
We haven't considered it, I've just read too many horror stories
about freak accidents that it's just not something I want to deal
with. Well, honestly, the first horror story was one too many. :)
As far as "our" coyotes' actual proximity, I'm not sure they come
closer than the wooded area across the street and way across a huge
pasture. Sometimes their howls sound very close, but I can't tell how
close they actually are. I'm actually more worried about the
neighbor's dogs that we sometimes see roaming down the road.
Heather
On Feb 26, 2009, at 11:12 PM, _LunarStruck@LunarSt_
(mailto:LunarStruck@aol.com) wrote:
> Have you thought of using hot wire? We installed hot wire ourselves
> very
> inexpensively. We put one strand 4"-5" inches from the bottom of
> the fence and
> one strand angled out 4" from the top of the fence. Our coyotes
> have not
> only not bothered the alpacas, they have left the area after being
> shocked and
> don't even come on our property anymore.
>
> SUSAN OLSON
> Alpaca Loco
> Riverside, CA
>
> In a message dated 2/26/2009 8:05:40 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> _alpacatalk@westwindalpacatalk@_ (mailto:alpacatalk@westwindalpacas.com)
writes:
>
> I have never had personal experience with a bear. I understand we
> have them quite close. In fact, on our very hillside is supposed to
> be home to some bears. Our specific area is fairly close in with many
> neighbors even though we have a 20 acre zoning here. We have much
> more trouble with raccoons than anything else. They ate our goldfish
> in the pond, and many many of our poor hens! Ooooooo if they weren't
> so adorable!
>
> I don't know of any "normal" livestock fencing that would keep out a
> determined bear. We use 5' no-climb horse fence. 6' would be better,
> in a more wild area. Livestock guard dogs will keep predators at bay.
> And bears are omnivores, so they're likely to look for easier food
> than going through multiple LGDs.
>
> We do have coyotes very close. Even with some of our maybe less than
> perfect gates, we haven't had any incidents of coyote attack, either.
>
> Many people put barbed wire on the top and bottom of the exterior of
> their fencelines. Not a bad idea. I think barbed wire and LGDs would
> probably keep any bears and coyotes away. And raccoons. Just be sure
> to have tall enough fences and good gates that go down to the ground.
>
> Heather
>
> On Feb 26, 2009, at 7:45 PM, Carla Martin wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone.... Hello everyone.
> > We have a large farm about an hour away...but no one is living
> > there..so we decided that we live on two acres ..on a mountain over
> > looking the city....only saying this so you know we live about 5-6
> > miles down to a large city...well occassionally we have heard...
> > (heard never seen) that some of our neighbors have had bears..med
> > size that raid their trash cans at night..some have said that we
> dont
> > have deer up here because of them...who knows..we have lots of
> > racoons and rabbits...with the beautiful trees it would be
> > perfect...dry lot...
> > We had started to build a chain link fence around the acre, than
> > stopped because of this...i'm not sure a dog would chase away bear
> > would it?
> > I have thought of boarding a few..but would love to have them close
> > to enjoy!
> > What would you do? I love these animals so much..but would never
> ever
> > put them in danger..
> > Thanks
> > Carla Martin
> > Bedrock Acres
> > South Carolina
> > 864 232 4599
> >
> >
> >
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