[Rango]

Originally Posted by karostay

Has anyone ever noticed on ocation that some people are in a pool for hours don't use the rest room I wouldn't worry about a few ducks

They don't need to use the rest room---they are wearing their adult diapers.

[graciegirl]

Were the ducks male or female or ..........were they geese? As a kid we would swim in a lake. Heaven knows what the fish were doing in that water.

[gerryann]

It's a transgender bathroom for sure.....ducks or people. (With or without the adult diapers).

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by gerryann

It's a transgender bathroom for sure.....ducks or people. (With or without the adult diapers).

Wouldn't that be a transpecies bathroom, Gerryann?

[gerryann]

Or multispecies. Can't leave out the lizards, worms, snakes and quite possibly a gator. ......

If it's trans....then we're assuming they are turning into something else.

If you get in the pool with just trunks....you best stay male till you get out. Don't want any exposures in the villages pools.

[Greg Nelson]

Forget the Ducks watch out for the FROGS..they stay there til they croak

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by Greg Nelson

Forget the Ducks watch out for the FROGS..they stay there til they croak

[Topspinmo]

The ducks have figured out there nothing in the water? Majority of pools are closed at sunset and well lite up. Prefect for late duck roosting ( lite up like Orlando runway) with no one to bother them till after sun up they can party all night. As suggested how do you stop them? When we rented this was problem at pool there also.

[MnGirl]

Donna & Stan, typical post. You have a legitimate concern and all you get is humorous comments (or so they think). The chlorine in the pool should take care of any waste a couple of ducks could deposit. The waste on the deck is another problem. Call the Villages main line and they will put you in charge with the rec. department that is in charge of your pool. I had this problem back home with ducks and the only solution I found was rubber snakes, they are very afraid of snakes. We even put a floating cable in the pool and they thought it was a snake, and wouldn't land in the water. Just wonder... who is counting the hours people are in the pool?? Shame on you for thinking it could only be the people that stay in the water hours that may have an accident.

[DonH57]

Don't forget what numerous other animals or reptiles may be partying in the pool after hours.

[manaboutown]

Not to mention the incontinent during open hours...

[goodtimesintv]

Originally Posted by DonnaandStan

Wow....not at all trying to convey that. However when we arrived first thing to the pool this morning the lady that opened the gate saw the ducks in the pool. She did nothing because they flew out within 5 minutes while she was still there. She made no effort to look in the pool or check or see the feces right there at the edge. The poop may be harder to see in the pool but there were several spots and at least 3 floating feathers. We are new here and the lady left we have no idea if it's part of her job. That is why I posted here did not know how common this was if the chlorine or chemicals covered for that etc etc. We went to the phone and it looked more like a 911 phone. Plus it's Sunday are the office I would assume would be close. That is why I asked here so I could report it.

I'm with you. When there are employees present, looking right at an obvious problem, and they do nothing to indicate they even SEE a problem, they're either complicit, oblivious, lazy, apathetic, or all of the above.

Residents-pool users or villagers using any facility here should not have to tell people to do their job to correct something they're looking right at, and then reprimand/report them if they do not respond. Even if there is no problem, you can't have residents telling people to do their job and how.

Call the Rec Dept. and report this. We shouldn't have to tell anyone that manure needs to be cleaned up. It's so basic that it casts doubt on how much effort they'd exert on much bigger problems. Plus, the way things go here, some villagers will decide that since ducks swim and poop in the pool, their dog has the right to do the same. You don't think so? Just wait.......

[Barefoot]

Ducks have been a constant problem at some public pools.
I've seen them many times at pools since we purchased in 2007.
I've seen two solutions tried:
wire strung over the pool, and plastic owls (their locations are changed regularly to fool the ducks).
The ducks just laugh and swim.
Nothing seems to deter the ducks. If you chase them away, they will return.
Some problems don't have a solution.
Perhaps that is one reason a lot of people have private pools.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by DonnaandStan

Wow....not at all trying to convey that. However when we arrived first thing to the pool this morning the lady that opened the gate saw the ducks in the pool. She did nothing because they flew out within 5 minutes while she was still there. She made no effort to look in the pool or check or see the feces right there at the edge. The poop may be harder to see in the pool but there were several spots and at least 3 floating feathers. We are new here and the lady left we have no idea if it's part of her job. That is why I posted here did not know how common this was if the chlorine or chemicals covered for that etc etc. We went to the phone and it looked more like a 911 phone. Plus it's Sunday are the office I would assume would be close. That is why I asked here so I could report it.

Since you are new, you may not know this forum is not connected to The Villages in any official capacity. It is privately owned. Also, since you are new, you may not know that the person who opened the pool may have reported it. The person who opened the pool and the person who cleans the pool are two different people. The person who opened the pool is a villager, a neighbor, and those folks working at rec centers are usually very helpful and nice. I doubt very much if she would have ignored it, if she had seen it.

If you are wondering who to call, call the sales office number. Many times over the years I have called the person on duty and she/he always directed me to the right person who knows how to handle almost any situation. The people who answer the phones are very well trained. Unless you see a person who may be up to something, or looks suspiciously out of place, than do the "see something, say something" and call the sheriff's number.

[Greg Nelson]

After leaving TV last January we stayed at a condo in Islamorada. They used plastic fish line over the pool to keep out the birds. Did it work? ASK THE BIRDS!