……next thing you know it’s 8:00am and you have to be at work in an hour…….so you jump up, shower, throw on your clothes, slap on some make-up, feed the dog, lock the house, run across the street and feed your neighbor’s five dogs, three birds and a fish (the neighbor is away on vacation), jump in your car, get caught in a funeral procession on the interstate, and STILL get to work with 5 minutes to spare?
WHEW!
I think I need to lie down and rest my eyes for a few more minutes…. : P
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Tagged clothes, dog, dogs, Feed, few more minutes, fish, funeral procession, hour, house, neighbor, street, thing, three birds, vacation, work
I am running myself ragged here. My husband wants all these animals…ie: 2 dogs, 2 birds, a rabbbit and a horse. Although he takes care of the horse I am left with feeding, watering, cleaning up after all the other animals. I didn’t want pets to begin with…to me it’s an extra responsibilty I did not want to havre to take on. Another example my daughter wants a rabbit so after telling her she would have to water, feed and clean it’s cage….it always ends up me doing. She is only 5 so I understand if she forgets without being reminded but I end up doing it all. Im tired of it all and ready for some kind of change or I think the animals need to go. Another example I can tell him to clean up the dog mess and he says ok I will tomorrow or this afternoon and doesn’t do it, in the meantime if my 80+ yr. old neighbor says something to me and I mention it to my husband he usually gets it all cleaned up within a few hrs. or the next day. What gives?!?!?!?
I agree no 5 y/o is responsible enough to handle animal care of their own…I told my husband this….No-one listens…they live in the moment…not that these animals will be around for the next 15-20 yrs…I even went as far to telling my husband I spoke with a lady who raises bunnies and she told me the same thing, we should wait.
Someone please help me, a few days ago my sister and I noticed a mother sparrow has gotten killed due to our neighbor’s cat, ad we noticed that her nest had two eggs in it. We took them in, and we have placed them in a card board box. We have a heating lamp as well, and we have been turning the eggs every now and then. While turning the eggs last night, we noticed that there is some blood (or so we think) in the eggs. And the eggs aren’t cracked or anything, so I was just wondering if there’s any best way to check for signs of life for these precious babies, besides going in a dark room a taking a flash light how else can I be sure if there’s life? PLEASE someone help me, it would be much greatly appreciated thank you!!
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Tagged 2 eggs, Bird, few days, flash light, HELP, life, mother, mother bird, neighbor, nest, PLEASE, precious babies, signs of life, sister, someone, sparrow, two eggs
The other day I found a dead rat lying in my backyard on a concrete step. It was next to the basement door which is not underground. There have been a number of rodents digging around this area. There is a tunnel going under the house, and somthing dug under the door. one neighbor has horses and the other feeds the birds by throwing seed on the ground.
What may have killed the rat? It was intact and I didn’t see any wounds
What can I do about the rodents?
Yesterday, I found a bird’s egg by my neighbor’s yard. It was on the ground with no nest nearby. I set up a crude incubator to help keep it warm. I put the egg in a shoe box with some blankets and am heating it with one 60 watt and 40 watt bulb. They are at least 5 inches away from the egg. I contacted my local humane society and was told that I can bring it in tomorrow (which I plan on doing). Can you inform me on what else I should be (or shouldn’t be doing)? Thanks
I live in the UK, I’ve got 2 bird boxes in my garden, one in a tree and the other on a shed but it’s a big shed, theres 10ft distance between the two boxes i also got a bird table with bird seed feeders hanging off it and a bowl of seed on the table for the pigeons, and a bird bath about 4ft from the bird table. I do have pets but only 2 rabbits and a cavalier king charles spaniel but i don’t think it’s the dog that might be the problem cause they haven’t been nesting in them for about 5 years and i’ve only had my dog for 1 year, the shed belongs to my neigbor and it right next to the fence that parts the our gardens, my neibor has put up a nest box above the entrance of the shed’s door and they have had Bluetits nesting in it, could it be the direction the brid boxes are facing my neighbor’s bird box is facing south and my one on the same shed is facing north and my other bird box on the tree is facing west. I seem to have all the birds need to make nests and rear young so please help
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Tagged Bird, bird bath, bird boxes, bird seed, Bird-table, birds, bowl, box, cavalier king charles, cavalier king charles spaniel, distance, dog, fence, garden, neibor, neigbor, neighbor, nest, nest box, pets, pigeons, rabbits, seed, seed feeders, shed, spaniel, TABLE, tree, UK
I have a real problem with my neighbor shooting birds fromhis backyard. I have bird feed out to attract the birds and he shoots them. Is this legal?
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Tagged air, air rifle, backyard, Bird, California, Feed, neighbor, problem, rifle, shooting birds
