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AndriaD
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Shoulda seen what my ex's cats did to the back of the door in the bedroom where they had to stay, thx to my allergies -- there weren't any 24 hr antihistamines in the 80s.
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They eat mice.
Yup they sure do! Something to think about the next time you chow down on some tasty free-range chicken
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Yup they sure do! Something to think about the next time you chow down on some tasty free-range chicken
I had no idea! I thought they just ate like seeds and grain and stuff like that.
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We have about 50 chickens and guineas here. They are omnivores, just like us. They also are, sadly, cannibals. Not only do they eat mice and ground squirrels, but snakes and any other birds that are injured enough to not get away, but they will also eat their own eggs if they are cracked or broken. And if a chicken dies and I don't pick it up right away and it has some exposed flesh and/or blood, they will start eating the dead chicken. The guineas are also our prime defense here against fleas and ticks - they eat them by the hundreds daily, so no dog or cat here requires a flea collar or spray. I feed my outside dogs (Great Pyrenees - livestock guardians) only raw meat, beef or chicken. If the dogs do not grab that meat immediately, the chickens will rush it and start eating it. Yes, chickens eat chicken and cow meat.
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ROFL!!!
I used to wear that expression a lot, while thinking "why was it again, that I wanted to spawn?" Andria
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I just can't imagine any cat being that calm in a bath. Tuxie sounded like an air-raid siren, and her 2 flea baths when she first arrived absolutely required 2 people -- one to bathe her, and one to hold her and keep her from jumping out!
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That is a pretty zen cat. I can't even get my dogs anywhere near the bathroom if they suspect a bath might be incoming.
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Maybe it's because it's indoors, and the water is warm? We had no plans to allow Tuxie indoors when she first showed up, since I hadn't yet embarked on 24 hr antihistamines everyday, so it was outdoors; the weather was quite hot, July in GA, but the water was cold (even though we let it stand in the sun for an hour beforehand to knock the worst of the chill off), so maybe she objected to that.
One of my stepsisters had a cat that would actually jump into the bubble bath with her. Tuxie likes to play in the bathtub, but only when there's no water in it -- as soon as my husband turns on the water to take a shower, man, she's outta there like a black streak of lightening.
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ETA: another thought -- maybe they gave that kitteh tranqs? We had to do that to my ex's 2 cats when we moved from GA to MI, and those cats were completely blissed out... but still yowled most of the 800 miles.
One of my stepsisters had a cat that would actually jump into the bubble bath with her. Tuxie likes to play in the bathtub, but only when there's no water in it -- as soon as my husband turns on the water to take a shower, man, she's outta there like a black streak of lightening.
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ETA: another thought -- maybe they gave that kitteh tranqs? We had to do that to my ex's 2 cats when we moved from GA to MI, and those cats were completely blissed out... but still yowled most of the 800 miles.
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