Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding keeping bears away from my feeder

Some of you may remember that over a year ago I had trouble with a bear who made off with my native outdoors feeder. Hand feeding seemed like the only alternative but I felt the fish were getting shortchanged. A friend recommended a device called Critter Gitter made by Amtek and it worked extremely well. We still see bears but they give a wide berth to the end of the pond with the feeder protected by this little device. The gitter senses motion (me when I go to the feeder) and gives off a shrill series of beeps and a flashing red light. If the animal comes closer the frequency and flash pattern changes so the wild animals will not get conditioned and ignore the sound. It is also supposed to work on skunks, raccoons, and deer as well. I can attest to bears, deer, and turkeys. The great blue heron stays away from that end as well so it may serve for bird problems also. Two months feeding and no problems yet. More info. can be had at www.amtekpet.com/products.html#crittergitter