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RosieNW:
Good morning! This is my first post asking for advice.

Question:

What is the best way to approach a neighbor whose pet is coming into your fenced backyard and causing damage?

Details:

Yesterday evening I looked out to my backyard and saw a peacock sitting in the middle of a raised vegetable bed, chewing on my lettuces.  I shooed it out of my yard (it hopped over the fence to the next door yard).

They are either free roaming,  or escape artists, as I have seen them often in the last year. It didnt bother me until now,  as this is my first garden since I bought my house 2 years ago.  Although they are lucky my Kitty is indoor only, as she very vocally wants to go out and defend her home from the intruders :)

I have a vague idea where their home is, a street over. I would need to knock on a few doors to get the right people.

What I want is for the neighbor to keep them contained and out of my yard.  I've spent a lot of time and money on this project and whatver it eats/destroys is less food I will have to eat/more money I'll have to spend on groceries.

NotTheNarcissist:
My first peacock-related post! Cool!

Have you met this neighbor before? Do you know if they are friendly at all?

WillyNilly:
I think you can approach your neighbors and ask, but honestly you are talking about free roaming birds - there might not be much they can do.  Heck the birds not be official pets even, they might just be free roaming birds your neighbor took to feeding and welcoming but the neighbors might officially consider them wild animals and not owned pets (like so many people who feed birds and other critters in their yards).

bopper:
Even if it wasn't peacocks, other critters could eat your lettuce. Hve you considered putting a net fencing over it?

I would ask other neighbors who owns the peacock and then say to them "Your peacock is so pretty...however I noticed it in my backyard eating my lettuce. I am growing my own food and I was wondering if he is escaping wanted to let you know so maybe you can fix his pen.

wheeitsme:
Oh, I hate peacocks.  I'd use my scarecrow motion detecting sprinklers.  And laugh maniacally.  >:D

Can you call animal control?  Then they could figure out whose peacocks were decimating the neighborhood gardens.

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