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Which animal will eat stinging nettles? (I have a small ...
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Which animal will eat stinging nettles? (I have a small field in which our pet sheep graze, but the sheep don't eat stinging nettles and the nettles keep muliplying!) Is there an animal which could be kept outside (in England), be easy to source and keep, will cohabit with sheep, and eat up the nettles?

 

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Age: 6; Male; Breed: Sheep

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no where else (we have more than one sheep, but your boxes only aloow for one)

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October 9 3:48 PM (24 minutes and 52 seconds later)
         
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Good day and thank you for asking your question on Just Answer. Unfortunately, there is no animal that will eat LIVE stinging nettles. If they are mowed down and dried out, then most animals will eat them...horses, cows and yes, even sheep, but nobody will eat them while they are living, growing and reproducing. People even eat them once they are cooked :) The only thing you can do to get rid of these is to have someone come in with an implement and dig them up, including the root. This will slow the reproduction. Sorry I could not be the barer of better news for you :)

http://www.ruralvermont.com/vermontweathervane/issues/spring/98005/nettle.shtml



Edited by crownmastiffs on October 9 2006 at 3:48 PM

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