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Courtenay entrepreneur Cameron Ezzy has started his own pest control business, with some rather quacky employees: his pet ducks.

Slugs nB次元官网网址� Bugs For Lunch is a new pest control business in the Comox Valley, and the employees have quite an appetite for their work.

Ezzy said the transition from duck owner to business owner came about naturally, and nearly instantly.

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Ezzy brings the ducks to a residence, and from there, his fine-feathered employees do the rest.

He currently has four employees - Rosie, Aretha Franklin, Willow, and Jaco the lone drake (named after legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius), - and is hopeful some offspring will add to his empire in time.

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Ezzy said although he has had his ducks for nearly a year, heB次元官网网址檚 still learning the ins and outs of being a B次元官网网址渄uck master.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淚 am a first-time duck owner, so I am learning as I go. I am not an authority on the industry. But I do know one thing; this makes people smile, and that the most satisfying thing,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淭he environmental part of it - pest control without chemicals - is really good, but the best part of it is how you feel and how you smile by just watching the ducks. ItB次元官网网址檚 all about them.

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To find out more, EzzyB次元官网网址檚 Facebook page is Slugnsnbugs For Lunch and he can also be found on Instagram at @slugsnbugscanada

terry.farrell@blackpress.ca
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