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#1343019 - 05/07/12 07:44 AM
Re: Can you help?
[Re: Forest Girl]
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wooden nickel
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Registered: 10/30/10
Posts: 93
Loc: seneca county
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Whether you are a cat or a bird person, there is an interesting article in this months "Conservationist", pg. 31.
I do know that if I was half a good predator as my cat, I wouldn`t be shopping at Wegmans for my fur or feathers nearly as much as I do.
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#1343038 - 05/07/12 08:59 AM
Re: Can you help?
[Re: VM Smith]
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Forest Girl
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Registered: 01/29/07
Posts: 731
Loc: The Heights
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The thing is that I'm a birder So am I...duck, pheasant, geese, turkey, chicken, guinea fowl, 4 and 20 blackbirds, baked into a pie; it's all good. 
Agreed. I've never tried blackbird, but anything that has an open season...I can find a recipe!
wooden nickel, that's one of the reasons that I made the painful decision to make all of my cats strictly indoor kitties. When my little female was an indoor/outdoor cat I once had to take three things away from her within fifteen minutes! It wasn't that she was hungry--it was purely sport for her. I couldn't have bird feeders out at all. That, combined with all of the dangers to her and the fact that she'd go missing for several days at a time only to turn up safe and sound just when I'd given up hope of ever seeing her again...now she just kills squeaky toys!
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I'm reminded way too often these days about how short life truly is.
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#1343072 - 05/07/12 12:11 PM
Re: Can you help?
[Re: Forest Girl]
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Qwill Pen
Senior Member
Registered: 05/17/08
Posts: 821
Loc: New York
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Spay and neuter. That is the answer to the feral cat population control. And if more people were responsible pet owners, they would neuter their animals and not let them outside. cats will adapt and be safer as indoor cats. Diseases such as Feline Leukemia virus and others will be controlled if fewer cats are allowed to repopulate.
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#1343114 - 05/07/12 04:48 PM
Re: Can you help?
[Re: Forest Girl]
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wooden nickel
Member
Registered: 10/30/10
Posts: 93
Loc: seneca county
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LOL re. the squeaky toys.. I know many don`t agree with allowing cats out-I just can`t force her to stay inside when she so wants to go out. She adopted me a number of years ago on a cold February nite=I suspect she was a drop off, but had lived outside for some time. She is older now, goes out once or twice a day in nice weather, always in at night. PS-Doc Orzek makes sure she is up to date on all shots, the flea treatment is for the rest of the family`s benifit!
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#1346738 - 05/27/12 10:11 AM
Re: Can you help?
[Re: oneonone]
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sassyone
Silver Member
Registered: 05/26/01
Posts: 11377
Loc: Seneca Falls,NY,
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I love cats, I have 3. I also love birds. All 3 of mine have been adopted from being wild outdoor cats. They are now totally indoors, spayed and neutered. But I have neighbors who have 3 cats that are seldome inside. Instead they come to my porch, perch on my porch railings and snag my screens while talking to my inside cats. They then go out in the yard and catch the birds that I feed. That does not make me happy. The neighbors obviously, also do not believe in spaying or neutering their cats either.
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