poppy
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Was it just about to ring the doorbell?
Noticed some movement at front door, looked out and saw a deer. This is over the top, wouldn't you say? Knew they were in the yard, because of chomping on plants and have seen as many as four together. But on the porch!!! Hope no ticks were left there.
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I caught one trying to eat my hanging basket plant once! But that was in Texas. We had deer grazing in our yard all the time. (oh joy)
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Keebler
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- I hear from friends all over that this is becoming much more common in many states now. Friends in Illinois no longer keep any kind of garden as the deer just ate it all, right off their back porch.
Others in Oregon have just installed a motion-senstive water sprinkler to shoo them away. The sudden little "whoosh" when the sprinkler kicks on startles them to move away.
I think they are generally curious and just out for a stroll. Maybe looking for tasty treats in a garden. It's THEIR earth, really, we are just sort of camping out (as THEY see it!).
Still, be careful about REFLECTIONS from large windows. Sometimes, especially certain times of year (maybe more during mating season?) . . . deer can be startled by their own reflection, thinking it's another deer and - charge right on through a full length patio window.
Some kinds of decorations on the windows can help prevent such reflections. I suppose some kind of expert might best advise how that would work - and not be something that would further alarm or irritate a scared animal. -
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map1131
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I opened my blinds in my living room last night at 11pm to check out a noise.....there stood a doe helping herself to my bird feeder.
My bird feeder is the type that's squirrel proof, where the weight of the squirrel shuts the feed holes.
But the deer laps their tongues into the feeding hole not putting the needed weight to shut it off.
I've fought this since back in late winter. I even went out and bought a taller 7ft sheppards hook. They just stretch out the neck and still get it.
We had scarred them off for a couple months. They just went to my neighbors feeder. I can't afford to feed the deer and I certainly can't stand the thought of them leaving their dare ticks behind.
Back to war with deer in suburbia.
Pam
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Keebler
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- Drought, severe heat right now, fires, floods, new building, may be threatening their food supply and they have to extend their grazing range.
Per square inch, deer may not carry more ticks than do birds, squirrels or other critters. It's just they are so much bigger.
Bird feeders are best placed a bit of a distance from the house so that ticks that fall off birds don't land on the roof (where they may queue up, along with more squirrels) or a porch, or onto garden furniture or kids' play zones. -
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lpkayak
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bears are close now too..not sure what is going on. there should be plenty of food for them now right...it is early spring and late fall when i expect them
the hospital in the mts has those doors that open automatically and they opened for bears once!!!
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Keebler
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- We go walking in the woods; they go walking in the neighborhood. They just need to get away, too. Curiosity & boredom may also be pushing them to explore. We are not the only creatures to experience that urge to roam & explore. -
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Catgirl
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I love the deer. They are welcome to chomp on all my flowers. I don't care. They are such beautiful creatures. The mice carry more ticks than deer do anyway.
It's a shame hunters have killed off all the mountain lions. Everything on this planet has a purpose. When man creates the imbalance, this is what you get. It's better that deer feed another animal than have a hunter put more lead on the planet.
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We have lots of deer in our yard! Right now the fawns are starting to show up - they are so cute. We spend many hours just watching the graceful beautiful animals.
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Bubonic Plague (Black Death) came from rats. Lyme comes from the white footed mouse. When a tic attaches to the mouse it becomes infected with Lyme and then spreads it when it feeds on critters or us.
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lpkayak
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i would not encourage deer in the yard no matter how cute they are. look at them from a distance. if you hang dial soap on a string around the perimeter they will stay away.
and it is not just mice that move ticks around . all rodents do. i loved chip and dale as a child but i am infested with chipmunks here...and it makes me very nervous. i did find some predator urine based critter repellent that is encouraging them to leave.
guys-dont fool around with this. protect yourself. remember the nymphs are the size of a pencil point. many places on a body they can be and there is no way you know they are there.
lyme is nothing to fool around with. watch them from a distance or on tv...
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sutherngrl
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Seriously, a deer did ring my mother's front doorbell. It was a lighted one, and I guess it was curious. It was 2 oclock in the morning. She got up and looked out and there was a deer eating her plants.
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map1131
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I know birds are carriers big time of ticks. But bird feeding and watching from indoors is my only nature love left. Sorry but deer make me feel like R2D2 waving my arms and screaming....warning, warning, warning.
Which reminds me, it's time for my husband to spread the Sevin around the yard and landscaping. We do it monthly all year long.
lp, I did hang up Irish Spring soap on the hook and the darn doe just pigged out again. What I read said "mint smelling soap" would keep them away????
What predator urine repellent? Did you buy on-line or a store?
Pam
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quote:Originally posted by sutherngrl: Seriously, a deer did ring my mother's front doorbell. It was a lighted one, and I guess it was curious. It was 2 oclock in the morning. She got up and looked out and there was a deer eating her plants.
- Hey, at least the deer was "owning up" to the raid on the plants!
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