My critter that is chomping my lilies is not a turtle. It is worse than that and will be much harder to eliminate. I went out this morning to clear the entire area around the pond of excess plants and have a good look. While I was out there, I heard a noise, and looked up from my work just in time to see something get in the pond. I could see where it had walked across the patio, sat on a rock by the pond and then got in. I poked the bottom with the fish net, lifted pads and looked everywhere. I went to the garage to tell my DH that it was IN the pond right now and he was headed off for a bike ride and could not be bothered. I went back around and continued to look. I heard something move in the sedge on the far end next to the house and walked over there with the pole. Into the pond went something again so I stuck the fish net pole in and must have touched it or scared it and out the other end of the pond came a.......MUSKRAT! OMG! Scared me half to death. There I was screaming and waving my arms in the air, chasing after it across the back yard, smacking the ground behind it with the fish net and screaming all the way until it jumped back into the lake. NOW WHAT???
I called the homes association and of course, they don't care. I told them to get out here with traps and get these things out. They don't care. I think I will take my homes association dues and pay a "critter gitter" to come with his cages and trap the thing and take it away. I'll tell the homes association I paid my dues for lake mainenance.
I bet he will be back. What can I do? Suggestions?