Fruit Bats
 

Can anyone suggest how I can stop these creatures from stealing my oranges? I have tried netting the trees but they are still getting to them. any ideas?

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Get the Police Commossioner to call Batman???:D:D

WW

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Plant Mango trees and they'll steal them instead. I miss the bat's (except their orange poo), they're so cute.

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What if you like mangos too?

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Then you're stuffed.

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Gee thanks fior being so helpful;)

Seriously - does anyone know of how to protect my oranges???

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Mango trees in Canberra ?!?!?!:rofl::rofl:

I remember well the taste of freshly picked frozen strawberries straight off the plant. Ah the joys of a Canberra winter.:D:D

WW

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Sorry, I didn't read Canberra - I always associate fruit bats with more tropical climates - the poor little buggers must freeze down there.

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Actually it is quite warm today - just got out of the hot tub and not a shiver in sight.....:D

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Great way to stop them sh!tt!ng on your car. On street parking where I live and a large fig tree. I came back from holiday one year and my car was brown.

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Wasnt yesterday, OH was complaining how bitterly cold Canberra was at 10ºC :D:D

WW

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:thumbdown::thumbdown:

Most people in the world appreciate seasons. I know I do. Apart from anything else, most people look better in more clothes!! And the Canberra summer is hotter than Sydney or Melbourne or many other places.

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:) :):)

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Fire. And lots if it.

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Great - thanks all you have been a .............great help:)

Will ask my neighbour - maybe he knows?

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Sorry Sas! All I know is they used to roost outside my flat in Bondi and would excrete purple shit all over my washing if I left it out overnight.

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No worries - just so bloody frsutrating - my mum is over here for the first time in under 3 weeks and I wanted her to see my orange tree (with oranges)......bloody flying T***s

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http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/CA256F310024B628/0/C3D28E618B51BAB6CA2570DE008250D6/$File/fruit+damage+fact+sheet.pdf

;)

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Hey Stev'O I owe you one - thanks.

I will get hubby to make a make-shift frame tonight and then re - net!:)

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i`m looking into it myself as the cockatoos stripped our manderin tree last yr 200 plus manderins gone in 2 days and they only ate the pips the rest was left to rot so this year i`ll be making tents too ;)

ps you can get an assortment of interlocking poles from most camping shops -- they are used to make tarp / canopy covers and come in all sizes for about 5 to 8 bucks a section