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my breeding cockatiels just laid 3 eggs last week and there was poo all over the top of the nest box. the poo was sticking to the birds feet and they would go sit on the eggs. a friend of mine told me that wasnt healthy for the eggs. so, i cleaned the top of the nest box with water and now they wont go back into it. what should i do?

I like feeding small wild sparrows and blackbirds in the park….but the dog owners think they own the place and let their dogs run wild, poo and pee, and torment the birds while I am feeding them.

What is a good, strong, natural dog repellent that will keep the dogs away, while not bugging the birds that I can conceal??

Very creative ideas welcome!!!!
Im thinking nice hot pepper seeds in a colourful toy or biscuit carefully planted….natures protection?
I noticed the wild birds are very careful what they eat…
Oh, yes..anything harmless that would induce yelping, and that is concealable would be appreciated
last comment: Its not hypocritical to want to repel unleashed dogs away from a small greenspace. I would never harm *any* animal. Wild Birds have a hard life, they are small, exposed, and live a short life. They have a right to greenspace as well(probably even more so). Human domesticated animals ruin the planet everywhere. (I also think keeping parrots as pets is wrong, but thats a whole other issue. Why do Parrots go nuts? Their habitat was totally destroyed by humans and replaced by cattle in central/South America…they don’t belong in cages they belong in a wild rainforest)

I like feeding small wild sparrows and blackbirds in the park….but the dog owners think they own the place and let their dogs run wild, poo and pee, and torment the birds while I am feeding them.

What is a good, strong, natural dog repellent that will keep the dogs away, while not bugging the birds that I can conceal??

Very creative ideas welcome!!!!
Im thinking nice hot pepper seeds in a colourful toy or biscuit carefully planted….natures protection?
I noticed the wild birds are very careful what they eat…
Oh, yes..anything harmless that would induce yelping, and that is concealable would be appreciated
last comment: Its not hypocritical to want to repel unleashed dogs away from a small greenspace. I would never harm *any* animal. Wild Birds have a hard life, they are small, exposed, and live a short life. They have a right to greenspace as well(probably even more so). Human domesticated animals ruin the planet everywhere. (I also think keeping parrots as pets is wrong, but thats a whole other issue. Why do Parrots go nuts? Their habitat was totally destroyed by humans and replaced by cattle in central/South America…they don’t belong in cages they belong in a wild rainforest)

I have a few feeders in my yard. My neighbors yard backs up to mine. There is a fence inbetween. She has 2 dogs in an inclosed area in her yard. She is telling me that because I feed the birds, her dogs are getting sick. They are getting some sort of parasite from the bird droppings (she won’t tell me the name of the parasite). She wants me to stop feeding the birds. I love feeding the birds and don’t want to stop. She has 2 large, bushy trees in her yard. A lot of birds get in her trees and apparently the poo all over her yard. I guess what I want to know is: Is this my fault? Would it make a difference if I stopped feeding the birds? Can anyone tell me the name of the parasite? She just came over and accused me of throwing peanut shells in her yard because her dogs pooed out some shells. I told her the squirrels probably left the shells. Is she crazy or should I stop? I will add that I have taken down 4 feeders and changed seed to one that some birds won’t eat.
The feeders are up in my yard. None of them hang over into her yard. The birds do poo in my yard. Her problem is that the birds fly from my feeders into her trees and then poo in her yard. My thought was that even if I didn’t feed the birds, wouldn’t there still be birds in her yard and in her trees. She can’t expect no birds in her yard, regardless of what I do. I don’t think she is lying, I just don’t know if this is all my fault or not.
The feeders are up in my yard. None of them hang over into her yard. The birds do poo in my yard. Her problem is that the birds fly from my feeders into her trees and then poo in her yard. My thought was that even if I didn’t feed the birds, wouldn’t there still be birds in her yard and in her trees. She can’t expect no birds in her yard, regardless of what I do. I don’t think she is lying, I just don’t know if this is all my fault or not.