Pest Control II

The possum bait stations have been emptied out by the local marsupial menace. Unfortunately, there was collateral damage too with one poor rabbit expired on the drive.

We've been keeping an eye on the tunnels as well, which I baited with sardines. The expert opinion from Forest & Bird is that there are no mustelids - stoats, weasels or ferrets - but plenty of mice and a greedy hedgehog.



The tiny little dots are the mice prints and the big pawprints are our spiky little friend. Fortunately, Spiky poses only a small threat to native birds and insects and so there's no need for us to finish him off.

You can find a full range of footprints for comparison purposes here.