Either fencing or Wallaby Feratox cyanide will kill them
terachaos,
Feb 6, 7:51am
Good for dog food!
kryptonite21,
Feb 6, 7:23pm
You could try this http://www.plantskydd.com/ it's rated for deer and other grazing animals. There are other repellants on the market, but they/re not really suitable for the home garden where you want the aesthetic look retained. I've used it to prevent rabbit damage . aren't wallabies really just big rabbits! Ok, they're not really, but if you squint at them and use your imagination!
tui93,
Feb 6, 10:27pm
Plantskydd would be quite expensive for a large garden though - about $99 / box that does 5-600 plants ( roughly). I wouldn't mind trying plantskydd pellets but can't source them in NZ. Tried the Ch-Ch supplier but they didn't have them, nor the regional council.
ro42,
Feb 6, 10:45pm
skunkshot! Works for possums, cats & dogs so I would have thought it would for wallabies. I smear it on pebbles and put them smeared side down around the area I want to protect. That helps it to resist being washed off by rain too quickly. A bit whiffy for a couple of hours but it soon wears off, and it seems to work for ages.
lillol,
Feb 6, 10:51pm
Maybe a dog. Would bark and scare them away perhaps!
reggienz,
Feb 7, 7:30pm
Where else in NZ is there wallabies! I always thought Waimate was the only wallaby infested area. Yes lythande1, I agree, wallaby is yum.
sanders4,
Feb 8, 5:50am
Hunters always move pigs, goats, etc to selected areas so they can have their fun, then moan like hell when DOC have to use 1080 to remove the pests.Been going on a long time- also with fish pests, koi carp established in many waterways by stupid fishermen.
kenw1,
Feb 8, 7:37am
A decent slingshot and dollop of small pellets, that might give them the idea.
ira78,
Feb 8, 6:23pm
Yup, 40grain pellet at about 3700FPS should give them the idea.
kryptonite21,
Feb 8, 8:26pm
It depends on what value you put on your garden! I think a kilo is supposed to cover about 400 odd plants, but plant size will vary in an established garden so it could go either way I suppose. And not all plants will be under threat. I wouldn't be too worried about laying out 99 bucks, I have a job coming up in Autumn that requires me to treat 33,500 plants prior to planting, I've got the supplier down to 76 bucks a kilo but it's still going to cost me a bit. :(On the other hand, the mortality/establishment rate shouldbe lower so the cost of blanking next season should be reduced.
I haven't come across the pellets before, possibly for the reason you mention, they might be useful for subsequent treatments once the plants are in the ground. I'll make some enquiries as well, it might be possible to get them shipped in from overseas, you can get pretty much everything else these days!
antoniab,
Feb 9, 12:45am
Okatina, round Lake Rotoiti has wallabies
wheelz,
Feb 9, 1:25am
I wasn't even aware we had wallabies in nz! How did they get here! Escape from Fairy Springs or such!
lemming2,
Feb 10, 5:47am
Early fur trade; released for hunting; people who were happy to release rabbits wouldn't think twice about releasing more of the same . almost all in the 19th century, anyway. Incidentally, I believe that the breed of Wallaby on Kawau Island is just about extinct in Oz now .
jashad,
Feb 10, 10:53pm
Yeah ,Rotorua Kawau Is. and Waimate, I was involved in the fur trade in the 60s,poisoned and trappedpossums and Wallabies on Kawau, they even had an animal called a Wallarooon Kawau, a cross between a Kangaroo and Wallaby. Sir George Grey was the culprit, he released all of these marsupials onto the Island in the 1800salong with Zebras from Africa, I think he is to blame for our possum problem
We are trying to get a garden established in the Rotorua lakes area.Apart from flaxes and grasses the little b.'s eat them almost to the ground.We want to grow ground-cover over a bank, any suggestions!Also we would love to grow veges but I think they will treat it as their private McDonalds. :o)
fleur59,
Sep 28, 7:30am
taken from an Australian site I go to
THE WALLABY POO WALTZ By Margaret Goodman 7th September 2000
If you should see me dancing In the garden any time, Please don??
mojo48,
Sep 28, 7:46am
Wow!That did put a smile on my face, but unfortunately I still have the problem.Cheers fleur59
maynard9,
Sep 28, 8:17am
Chuckle - thought you were talking about Quade Cooper when I saw the heading - wondered why it was in "gardening".- .
pandaeye,
Sep 28, 8:31am
cause he's a piece of manure.
4abargin,
Sep 28, 8:31am
bugger would love come hunt them, bit far away
taipan4,
Sep 28, 8:44am
.223 with soft nose ammo should do it
mojo48,
Sep 28, 9:55am
haha! Seriously folks, we don't mind them visiting, they are rather cute but I wish they ate before coming into the garden.What plant don't they like!
mottly,
Sep 28, 8:54pm
Can you cover the plants!My cousin used cardboard drums (commercial ones) for all his plants, as he had a massive rabbit problem.Worked a treat. You could 'test' out splashing a bit of vinegar around - most animals can't stand the smell.but trial it first, just in case they like it !
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