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Taking care of a neutered female outside. This morning it ate a full
meal and then left. One hour later, it was back on the porch and I saw it swat at the opening to its Omega Paws litter box. Confused, I stepped out and noticed some feathers lying around. In the box, the bird was still alive and very alert (an understatement). So I reached in and carried it out in my hand. Raised it to take a look and ZOOM it flew across the way and up into a tree. It lost a few feathers and a tiny amount of blood, but it flew very well. I suppose the bird was being kept fresh until the cat got hungry. Maybe it could use a small refrigerator and microwave... |
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 07:00:09 +0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote: Taking care of a neutered female outside. This morning it ate a full meal and then left. One hour later, it was back on the porch and I saw it swat at the opening to its Omega Paws litter box. Confused, I stepped out and noticed some feathers lying around. In the box, the bird was still alive and very alert (an understatement). So I reached in and carried it out in my hand. Raised it to take a look and ZOOM it flew across the way and up into a tree. It lost a few feathers and a tiny amount of blood, but it flew very well. I suppose the bird was being kept fresh until the cat got hungry. Maybe it could use a small refrigerator and microwave... I once wrestled a bird away from one of my cats and it looked in pretty bad shape, feathers pointing in all directions and some blood. Then it just flew out of my hand straight into a nearby tree. They can look pretty bad and still be mostly ok. But your outdoor cats have a litterbox? I sometimes let my indoor cats out into my fenced-in backyard, but they come back in to use the litterbox! My outside cats don't have a litterbox though. |
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dgk dgk somewhere.com wrote:
John Doe jdoe usenetlove.invalid wrote: Taking care of a neutered female outside. This morning it ate a full meal and then left. One hour later, it was back on the porch and I saw it swat at the opening to its Omega Paws litter box. Confused, I stepped out and noticed some feathers lying around. In the box, the bird was still alive and very alert (an understatement). So I reached in and carried it out in my hand. Raised it to take a look and ZOOM it flew across the way and up into a tree. It lost a few feathers and a tiny amount of blood, but it flew very well. I suppose the bird was being kept fresh until the cat got hungry. Maybe it could use a small refrigerator and microwave... I once wrestled a bird away from one of my cats and it looked in pretty bad shape, feathers pointing in all directions and some blood. Then it just flew out of my hand straight into a nearby tree. They can look pretty bad and still be mostly ok. But your outdoor cats have a litterbox? For a few reasons, some significant and some trivial. So far it has only gone number two in the box, and that's what we need. A note for the newbies... It is neutered, don't take care of an outside cat otherwise. I sometimes let my indoor cats out into my fenced-in backyard, but they come back in to use the litterbox! My outside cats don't have a litterbox though. |
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"dgk" wrote in message ... On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 07:00:09 +0000 (UTC), John Doe wrote: Taking care of a neutered female outside. This morning it ate a full meal and then left. One hour later, it was back on the porch and I saw it swat at the opening to its Omega Paws litter box. Confused, I stepped out and noticed some feathers lying around. In the box, the bird was still alive and very alert (an understatement). So I reached in and carried it out in my hand. Raised it to take a look and ZOOM it flew across the way and up into a tree. It lost a few feathers and a tiny amount of blood, but it flew very well. I suppose the bird was being kept fresh until the cat got hungry. Maybe it could use a small refrigerator and microwave... I once wrestled a bird away from one of my cats and it looked in pretty bad shape, feathers pointing in all directions and some blood. Then it just flew out of my hand straight into a nearby tree. They can look pretty bad and still be mostly ok. Birds will never be Ok if they have been caught by a cat. The wounds they have will get infected by the bacteria on the cat's teeth and they will die a few days later. |
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"Christina Websell" wrote:
"dgk" wrote John Doe wrote: Taking care of a neutered female outside. This morning it ate a full meal and then left. One hour later, it was back on the porch and I saw it swat at the opening to its Omega Paws litter box. Confused, I stepped out and noticed some feathers lying around. In the box, the bird was still alive and very alert (an understatement). So I reached in and carried it out in my hand. Raised it to take a look and ZOOM it flew across the way and up into a tree. It lost a few feathers and a tiny amount of blood, but it flew very well. I suppose the bird was being kept fresh until the cat got hungry. Maybe it could use a small refrigerator and microwave... I once wrestled a bird away from one of my cats and it looked in pretty bad shape, feathers pointing in all directions and some blood. Then it just flew out of my hand straight into a nearby tree. They can look pretty bad and still be mostly ok. Birds will never be Ok if they have been caught by a cat. The wounds they have will get infected by the bacteria on the cat's teeth and they will die a few days later. Says who? |
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