Apr 14, 2015 7:30:09 GMT
lifeflower
Brand New Budgie
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Post by lifeflower on Apr 14, 2015 7:42:10 GMT
I have a fountain/stone birdbath in my backyard that has a bubbler that cascades water continuously. The local birds of all sizes love to bath in it. I've noticed what looks like very small leeches (1 inch in length, 1/16 inch in breadth) clinging to the wet stone sides of the fountain in great numbers. I imagine they came from the birds. Is this common? I let the bath dry out for a week and all the leeches (?) disappeared. After turning on the fountain again, they are back. I am wondering if these can be damaging to the birds, and if so, what steps I should take to rid the bath of them? Quả óc chóI don't want to use something that will be toxic to the birds. |
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Post by OP on Apr 14, 2015 8:32:47 GMT
Google says "Chào mừng bạn đến với diễn đàn", which I hope says welcome to the forum in Vietnamese.
Sorry but I cannot help with leeches, but there may be someone along shortly that can.
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Post by milliej on Apr 15, 2015 16:06:44 GMT
Is this in UK? I'd like to know because my daughter has a fountain in her garden and we have bird baths! Thanks.
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Post by starlingqueen on Apr 15, 2015 17:44:58 GMT
Is this in UK? I'd like to know because my daughter has a fountain in her garden and we have bird baths! Thanks. Don't worry this is in Portland Oregon. The same message is on another site on the web. |
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Mar 30, 2015 1:46:42 GMT
Susannah
Normal Violet
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Post by Susannah on Apr 21, 2015 12:44:07 GMT
They may be Tubifex worms, but have done a bit of research and there are many different species, that can reside in ponds and birdbaths...what colour are they?
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