how to catch an emu

[meme]

Hi, I was wondering how to catch an emu, because I found an emu....... I was just driving down the road close to my home, and there was an emu just sitting there!!!!! It has been 4 days know, and it is still sitting there. The only problem is that I don`t know how to catch an emu, or transport it home. I only live about a half a mile away from it. I also have lots of land though, 5 acres, and also many animals.



Thanks

 

[jason_mazzy]

a lasso. you can wrangle them, but then they may kick and bite. you are gonna want a small team. Try bribery.

 

[ksalvagno]

Do you have a trailer? Maybe lure it somehow into a trailer?

 

[Roll farms]

Fence panels and a few folks to help. We 'cornered' ours w/ the panels and then used them to herd them into where we want them to go. They can't kick you through the panels. We have a lot of spare chain link gates and used those.

I wonder, if it's just sitting in the same spot all the time, if it's incubating eggs?

I wouldn't lasso them....those skinny necks can break easily if the rope's placed wrong.

A very STRONG, tall confident person can sort of 'bear hug / squish' them (I've done it w/ young ones)...you have to wrap your arms around them and push down so they can't get their legs up to kick. Have someone securely but safely tie the legs and then they can be carried.

Can't tell I've had to wrangle a few emu at all, can ya?

 

[meme]

Thanks guys, I don`t have an horse trailer, but I have a thing that my dad puts his huge boat on. I am pretty sure it will fit on that, and I could just tie his legs, and my dad ,and I can hold him on the thing that holds the boat, and my mom can drive us home. I am not planning to keep him just help him, I could also have some help on what to do with him.




Thanks, I`ll tell you what happens.

 

[alliebaba]

If you are sure it's a male emu just dress up like a lady emu, strutt around seductively in front of him and he'll come to you......seriously though what's an emu doing over there? Isn't he a long way from home?

 

[Electric]

If you are sure it's a male emu just dress up like a lady emu, strutt around seductively in front of him and he'll come to you......seriously though what's an emu doing over there? Isn't he a long way from home?

Some people breed emu's on emu farms. -.- And if they can't keep them anymore, they let them go.

 

[Roll farms]

Or...occasionally they'll freak out over...say...a leaf blowing by...and hop the fence and go out visiting the neighbors.

Not that that ever happened w/ours.

 

[meldelfc]

I could just tie his legs, and my dad ,and I can hold him

How's dad going to feel about being tied up? Sorry, I know what you are saying. I just had a mental image of a elderly gentleman and an emu tied up on the back of a trialer!

 

[meme]

I saw a bucket of food out there for it, so I guess it won`t have to be tied up on my dads boat thing. By the way my dads only 40.