How can I stop flying foxes from making a mess when they eat fruit from my palm trees?
The easiest way to stop this, is to remove the fruit from the palm trees. The fruit of the cocos palm can be toxic to flying foxes anyway. In South East Queensland, Cocos Palms are not considered a weed/pest. We have a lot of gum trees and I don’t like the noise they make at night when they are feeding in the trees? The blossom and nectar of gum and melaleucas trees makes up the natural diet of the flying fox. Gum trees only flower for a relatively short period of time so the noise shouldn’t last for too long. Remember that flying foxes are the chief pollinators of eucalypt and rainforests so it is important that they have access to their natural diet so that they can continue to pollinate our forests. How can I stop them eating the fruit off our fruit trees? Many people have learned to compromise with both birds and flying foxes. You can place paper bags over the low hanging fruit that you wish to keep for yourself; this will ensure that the flying foxes, birds and insects cannot gain
