It’s that time of year, baby birds are leaving the nest, and some a little too soon! This little guy was safe, we have no feral cats.
How sweet! This spring I have had a bluebird family, and two Carolina Wren nests. I was able to see two of the Carolina Wren chicks fledge, but missed the others. Great shot!
Sirsnapalot wrote:
This little guy was safe, we have no feral cats.
It's not just the feral cats. The birds also have to worry about the domestic cats that people allow to roam free. They're killers, too.
Speaking of cats that roam free, there is a neighbor's cat that comes in my yard most every night to leave its load. I have a live animal trap that I threaten to set out. If I catch him I might take him to the animal shelter and let the owners retrieve it or take it out to the desert and let it find its way back.
EdJ0307 wrote:
It's not just the feral cats. The birds also have to worry about the domestic cats that people allow to roam free. They're killers, too.
Speaking of cats that roam free, there is a neighbor's cat that comes in my yard most every night to leave its load. I have a live animal trap that I threaten to set out. If I catch him I might take him to the animal shelter and let the owners retrieve it or take it out to the desert and let it find its way back.
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Don’t blame you, if they can’t be more responsible for their own
EdJ0307 wrote:
It's not just the feral cats. The birds also have to worry about the domestic cats that people allow to roam free. They're killers, too.
Speaking of cats that roam free, there is a neighbor's cat that comes in my yard most every night to leave its load. I have a live animal trap that I threaten to set out. If I catch him I might take him to the animal shelter and let the owners retrieve it or take it out to the desert and let it find its way back.
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So removing your inconvenience is worth the cat's life? The desert is no place for a domestic cat.
EdJ0307 wrote:
It's not just the feral cats. The birds also have to worry about the domestic cats that people allow to roam free. They're killers, too.
Speaking of cats that roam free, there is a neighbor's cat that comes in my yard most every night to leave its load. I have a live animal trap that I threaten to set out. If I catch him I might take him to the animal shelter and let the owners retrieve it or take it out to the desert and let it find its way back.
It's not just the feral cats. The birds also have ... (
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So removing your inconvenience is worth the cat's life? The desert is no place for a domestic cat.
How will that baby survive? Can it fly? Is there anything there to eat?
David in Dallas wrote:
How will that baby survive? Can it fly? Is there anything there to eat?
It’s parents weren’t far away, they were still caring for it. Saw him later fly into a low shrub bush.
The fact is, it won't survive. People used to drop off their unwanted pets in my neighborhood in Florida. The man down the road took in the dogs and I got the cats. People seem to like to live with the fantasy that they will live happily with all the other forest creatures but by the time I saw them (those who survived long enough to make it to my house), they were injured from fights, starving, covered in parasites and terrified. Have a talk with the owners and let them know you are offended. If that doesn't work, take it to the shelter. Not a really nice place to be but much, much better than putting it in a position where you know it will die a very unpleasant death.
hassighedgehog wrote:
So removing your inconvenience is worth the cat's life? The desert is no place for a domestic cat.
I thought by putting that
after the comment would indicate I was joking but it looks like some people weren't bright enough to get it. Sorry about that.
As it is my signature line at the bottom kicks in again.
hassighedgehog wrote:
So removing your inconvenience is worth the cat's life? The desert is no place for a domestic cat.
The street isn't either when people let their cats roam free where they can get hit and killed by a car or they become dinner for a coyote family. That's what my daughter thinks happened to her cat, coyote got it.
EdJ0307 wrote:
The street isn't either when people let their cats roam free where they can get hit and killed by a car or they become dinner for a coyote family. That's what my daughter thinks happened to her cat, coyote got it.
Coyotes got my daughter-in-law’s cat this past December
Sirsnapalot wrote:
Coyotes got my daughter-in-law’s cat this past December
My 6 "indoor" cats stay inside. The 2 "outdoor" cats I feed don't spend much time on the ground.
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