Last night a raccoon ate 5 of my 6 koi?

Question

All that was left was some scales and some gut tidbits on the ground..its so upsetting. Has anyone else had a similar experience?

Answer 1

No, but I have heard of it happening which is why people put (strong) wire netting over their ponds.

My biggest problem with raccoons was them going through my trash and dragging it all over the grass. I found that when I threw my kitchen scraps outside for them, they would eat them, be happy and move on and leave my trash alone. I am not sure this is recommended though.

Sorry about your koi!

Answer 2

i am sorry about your fish.....  my aunt had a HUGE pond with about 35 koi in it...   well, she noticed a couple of kois were missing every couple days...  she eventually found out that racoons were eating them, and hawks were eating them... she found koi on the roof of her house at one point...  not too pretty of a sight...

Answer 3

Well i've had a similar expierience but with magpies. What i've done is put strong netting over the tank or pond or whatever you put your koi in. Hopefully it will keep the raccoons out because it sure kept the magpies out.

Answer 4

Yes! I am so sorry. The same thing happened to me. A pelican, believe it or not, ate all 5 of my koi.

Answer 5

you should put a net or cover over it at night

or an electric fence LOL

Answer 6

yep I lost my gold koi that i had for years to a coon. Very sad that day.

Answer 7

raccoon is a pest for pond keepers,  suggestion reconstruct your pond  make it high rise and if you can afford to build a green house for koi the better.  Or to save the work and money just fence and net.http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/world...

Answer 8

Yes, this has happened to me too. a raccoon ate all of my goldfish( they where pretty big, 5 - 8 inches long) in my pond, except for one goldfish , which was still hiding hen l found it in an overturn bucket.

l put a bird netting over my pond now and l have not lost one goldfish since.