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By *educed OP Woman
over a year ago
Birmingham |
I am sleep deprived.
Every night for the past few weeks, a pair of ducks have been sitting on the window sill outside my bedroom and quacking.
They are driving me insane. I get up and shoo them away but they keep on coming back.
I've stuck a picture of a cat onto the window but this, if anything, has made them quack louder.
I put up a planter thinking that this would deter them but they are sitting on top of my pansies like they are fucking duck royalty and are still fucking quacking.
I can't help but think that perhaps someone I've done wrong by, has trained these fucking feathered things to drive me insane.
What gets rid of ducks? I'm deadly serious so no jokes about waking me up at the quack of dawn!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Earplugs would be the easy option. But I can’t sleep with them in. No idea how to repel ducks. Could always take the barbaric action of throwing stones at them which it sounds like you may be driven to do! Bit mean that though. Do you live by a lot of water? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I am sleep deprived.
Every night for the past few weeks, a pair of ducks have been sitting on the window sill outside my bedroom and quacking.
They are driving me insane. I get up and shoo them away but they keep on coming back.
I've stuck a picture of a cat onto the window but this, if anything, has made them quack louder.
I put up a planter thinking that this would deter them but they are sitting on top of my pansies like they are fucking duck royalty and are still fucking quacking.
I can't help but think that perhaps someone I've done wrong by, has trained these fucking feathered things to drive me insane.
What gets rid of ducks? I'm deadly serious so no jokes about waking me up at the quack of dawn!
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Can you not sleep in another bedroom
Failing that I'm a professional duck trapper have you ever trapped a man who can trap ducks x |
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By *educed OP Woman
over a year ago
Birmingham |
"Earplugs would be the easy option. But I can’t sleep with them in. No idea how to repel ducks. Could always take the barbaric action of throwing stones at them which it sounds like you may be driven to do! Bit mean that though. Do you live by a lot of water?"
Yes, there is a lake across the way. This pair of irritating fuckers prefer my window sill though. |
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By *educed OP Woman
over a year ago
Birmingham |
"I am sleep deprived.
Every night for the past few weeks, a pair of ducks have been sitting on the window sill outside my bedroom and quacking.
They are driving me insane. I get up and shoo them away but they keep on coming back.
I've stuck a picture of a cat onto the window but this, if anything, has made them quack louder.
I put up a planter thinking that this would deter them but they are sitting on top of my pansies like they are fucking duck royalty and are still fucking quacking.
I can't help but think that perhaps someone I've done wrong by, has trained these fucking feathered things to drive me insane.
What gets rid of ducks? I'm deadly serious so no jokes about waking me up at the quack of dawn!
Can you not sleep in another bedroom
Failing that I'm a professional duck trapper have you ever trapped a man who can trap ducks x"
I only have one bedroom! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Earplugs would be the easy option. But I can’t sleep with them in. No idea how to repel ducks. Could always take the barbaric action of throwing stones at them which it sounds like you may be driven to do! Bit mean that though. Do you live by a lot of water?
Yes, there is a lake across the way. This pair of irritating fuckers prefer my window sill though. "
I guess with repeated consequences the wouldn’t come back? Maybe try hosing them gently to make them bugger off. But to be honest who can be arsed with that in the middle of the night! |
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By *educed OP Woman
over a year ago
Birmingham |
"White noise machine?
I once saw sleep headband headphones, that with white noise/ nature sounds? (like consistent rain or something soothing, not animals) "
I had a fleeting vision of ducks wearing headphones...
Oh I'm so tired. |
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By *educed OP Woman
over a year ago
Birmingham |
"What about those spiky things you stick on the cill? Stops them sitting on it.
Try screwfix.
Hope they haven't laid an egg in your planter?
I used to have pet ducks, they are noisy buggers
Jo x"
No nest, no eggs they just want to torture me.
I've looked at the spiky things and think that will be my next step. |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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"What about those spiky things you stick on the cill? Stops them sitting on it.
Try screwfix.
Hope they haven't laid an egg in your planter?
I used to have pet ducks, they are noisy buggers
Jo x
No nest, no eggs they just want to torture me.
I've looked at the spiky things and think that will be my next step. "
I hear you can get those up the mall...'ard though that might seem 
Sorry did that sound a bit daffy?
Or maybe they're driving you quackers because you're such a titch (one for the oldies that one!!)  |
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By *educed OP Woman
over a year ago
Birmingham |
"What about those spiky things you stick on the cill? Stops them sitting on it.
Try screwfix.
Hope they haven't laid an egg in your planter?
I used to have pet ducks, they are noisy buggers
Jo x
No nest, no eggs they just want to torture me.
I've looked at the spiky things and think that will be my next step.
I hear you can get those up the mall...'ard though that might seem
Sorry did that sound a bit daffy?
Or maybe they're driving you quackers because you're such a titch (one for the oldies that one!!) "
Oh you're on a roll... |
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By *educed OP Woman
over a year ago
Birmingham |
"To deter the ducks you can sprinkle cayenne pepper where they sit, or put a statue heron in place. These definitely work with no harm to the ducks.
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I only have an inflatable flamingo. |
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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago
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"To deter the ducks you can sprinkle cayenne pepper where they sit, or put a statue heron in place. These definitely work with no harm to the ducks.
I only have an inflatable flamingo. "
Kitsch  |
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"A 12 gauge shotgun should do the trick as they are commonly used to hunt geese and large ducks. "
Hahaha literally wetting myself laughing sorry OP this must be sooo annoying for you, but this just tickled me |
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"Just wait until they produce some gorgeous fluffy ducklings to go awww cute about
I live on the third floor I can't have falling ducklings... "
Don't worry, they float to the ground, honest
Plenty of vids on youtube  |
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By *educed OP Woman
over a year ago
Birmingham |
"A 12 gauge shotgun should do the trick as they are commonly used to hunt geese and large ducks. "
Honestly! I can't be trusted with a firearm. I'd shoot myself in the foot or something. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Double sided sticky tape on the window sill.
OP wants then gone not stuck there forever...  "
It won't stick them down, but birds hate sticky stuff on their feet. Had this problem back home a few years back and that's what the pest control guy recommended. It worked. |
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By *educed OP Woman
over a year ago
Birmingham |
"Put the mirror in the window. They may not like "other ducks" looking at them.
Failing that put some bread on the neighbours window sill.
Mrs "
I like your style. I don't like my neighbours. |
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"Put the mirror in the window. They may not like "other ducks" looking at them.
Failing that put some bread on the neighbours window sill.
Mrs
I like your style. I don't like my neighbours. "
Great, kill 2 birds with 1 stone  |
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By *educed OP Woman
over a year ago
Birmingham |
"Put the mirror in the window. They may not like "other ducks" looking at them.
Failing that put some bread on the neighbours window sill.
Mrs
I like your style. I don't like my neighbours.
Great, kill 2 birds with 1 stone "
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