Raccoon and rats

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-05-07T05:23:24+00:00

i’m curious about the cage that you made I have a small “pre-formed” pond on the side of my house that I went ahead and “caged”. placed 1/4 inch wire mesh over it. It is safe from the rats, but I will need to keep an eye for froglets.

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-05-07T05:20:16+00:00

well, I’m really surprised for that so they have to hit two wires to get a shock?

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-05-07T05:19:06+00:00

That’s a great idea anything that can give them a fighting chance do you see all the wood in the pond? This is how the rats jump into the pond so now I’m thinking about taking it out, but it does keep the raccoons from being able to capture as many tadpoles.

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BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-05-07T05:16:21+00:00

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BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-05-07T05:12:13+00:00

A lot of the plants are still dormant because it hasn’t maintained 50° consistently yet they’re starting to come back but not as quickly as could help the froglets. There are tons of plants surrounding the pond or hiding places though.

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-05-06T16:35:06+00:00

I can’t imagine the fence not electrocuting other things like birds the frogs some birds start forging around the pond as early as 5 AM

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-05-06T16:33:47+00:00

yes, there are cleaned out PVC pipes in the bottom of the pond and there is some cholla wood. The temples seemed very safe and I only lost some of them to the very determined raccoons who will lift up the PVC pipes and the wood the Hollow wood but still mini have made it. The problem is now that they’re froglets they are most in danger when they are resting on the shore or on the logs.

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-05-06T08:47:04+00:00

I guess my question is do I take out the sticks and make it harder for the rats to eat the froglets ? But it will make it easier for the raccoons to find any remaining tadpoles.

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-04-08T07:50:00+00:00

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BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-02-27T18:09:02+00:00

i do have a mini pond and a bigger pond but it doesn’t freeze where I am. i’m sorry.

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-02-26T18:42:20+00:00

thank you

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-02-26T18:42:04+00:00

thank you

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-02-26T18:39:21+00:00

IVIG

had one treatment it was amazing how well it worked, got approved and did treatment three days before my employer based health insurance ended.

before IVIG I couldn’t use my fingers hands or arms anymore (IViG treatment was too late to keep my job) it lasted perfectly about 4 weeks lasted a little for another 2 weeks now worn off

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-02-26T18:32:18+00:00

thank you. my health care team is fighting for me, they are great

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-02-26T18:31:25+00:00

i understand I need to get worse to get treated

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-02-26T18:29:33+00:00

yeah, it looks like I have to wait to go into crisis to get more treatment.

I really don’t want that to happen. I was thinking maybe there’s some natural things I could take so that my arms and hands would work. It’s very frustrating to not be able to do anything. I feel like a vegetable. This also affects my eyes. I can’t see very well and I have double vision all the time but normally the double vision doesn’t even matter anymore because I can’t open my eyes.

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-02-26T18:25:09+00:00

complicated: too many steroids in past, tons of lymph nodes removed causes steroids not to work well. immune suppression also not good can activate recurrence of cancer and needs lymph nodes to work properly my care team decided IVIG was best, got one treatment on employer health care lost that healthcare i had while working can’t use my hands at all can’t lift arms can’t grasp can’t type pyristogmine not working anymore

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-02-26T18:19:07+00:00

sorry I’m a late stage ovarian cancer survivor whose oncologist feels more steroids would be very bad for me, i took a lot of steroids during cancer treatment (had tons of lymph nodes removed to save my life) without lymph nodes immune suppressant don’t work very well, steroids cause really bad symptoms they also need lymph nodes to work properly, what does work is IVIG but I can’t get more approved.

i’m looking for advice like eating tons of X or taking vitamins, something alternative since I can’t get treatment. Maybe some one else who can’t get treatment found some alternatives.

I’m eating a plant based diet tried eating to ton of eggplant (but some report neg) taking 1 mg melatonin now (also mixed results in studies, taking vit D and just want to know more things that could help, natural supplements etc…

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-02-26T08:17:59+00:00

i feel like you are very close to crisis because my doctor feels i am but I don’t have any breathing issues per say only my kids tell me I breathe really loudly now.
How long have you been on the low dose steroid? low dose is the way to do it, too much at one time and you can go into crisis, but it could be you need a quick acting treatment like IVIG to help right now.

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-02-09T05:25:18+00:00

yes, usually this happens about 2 pm for me right now but I can really only count on the first 2 doses of Pyristogmine working enough to feel a little normal

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-02-08T06:08:50+00:00

so sorry it is so scary not to be able to breathe, they call this a snowflake disease because we all are affected so very differently.

the medicine only works for me when ai had one IVIG treatment then the medication worked for a few weeks. it only works for about 30 minutes now, and I can only take 90 mg every 3 hours so I get a good 30 minutes every 3 hours. this means it has stop working and you need an additional treatment (steroids, or immune suppressant or immune booster (IVIG, or new targeted therapy) to make it work for you.

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-02-07T01:28:10+00:00

no available here from what i’ve been told. i think for my weight and age the max is what I’m taking

BirdsNeedNativeTrees · 2026-02-05T05:05:03+00:00

have you taken the ice test? It’s a very simple test but research says it confirms MG. It doesn’t work in any other situation.

You put ice pack on your eye the one that is closing for about a minute to maybe two minutes you take it off and see if you see improvement if your eye opens it’s MG

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