Smudgie's Proud Catch

As some of you may remember (I haven't posted here for a long while) Smudgie
has a garden enclosure, which we got for her after she went missing for 3
weeks some years ago. She loves her enclosure and has been making the most
of it during the few days of summer we have had so far this year.

Yesterday was also a nice day so Smudgie had been outside in it almost all
day. Early afternoon she came into the house (through the lounge window)
with something hanging out of her mouth. At first I though it was a large
leaf but when she dropped it on the floor it was a baby bird. I shooed her
away to see if she had hurt the poor thing. It was small and just starting
to get it's adult feathers .. and was cheeping it's head off. It had a
small amount of blood under it's head but seemed quite perky considering. I
popped it into a little box and rang my local vet for advice. He said to
take it in, which we did. After a quick examination he said that it was in
a reasonable condition so he would glue the wound shut, give it some
antibiotic and take it home to nurse it "where he had some mushed up juicy
mean worms" for it

When I got home Smudgie was "killing" her toy mousie. I think she was
annoyed that I didn't have the decency to eat the delicacy she brought in
for me. In hindsight I wondered how she got the bird in the first place?
It must have either blown in through the wire of her enclosure from a nest
high up or got dropped in there from a bird of prey. Either way, I'm happy
I could do something to help it.

On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:59:51 +0100, "Sharon & Smudgie"
wrote:

As some of you may remember (I haven't posted here for a long while) Smudgie
has a garden enclosure, which we got for her after she went missing for 3
weeks some years ago. She loves her enclosure and has been making the most
of it during the few days of summer we have had so far this year.

Yesterday was also a nice day so Smudgie had been outside in it almost all
day. Early afternoon she came into the house (through the lounge window)
with something hanging out of her mouth. At first I though it was a large
leaf but when she dropped it on the floor it was a baby bird. I shooed her
away to see if she had hurt the poor thing. It was small and just starting
to get it's adult feathers .. and was cheeping it's head off. It had a
small amount of blood under it's head but seemed quite perky considering. I
popped it into a little box and rang my local vet for advice. He said to
take it in, which we did. After a quick examination he said that it was in
a reasonable condition so he would glue the wound shut, give it some
antibiotic and take it home to nurse it "where he had some mushed up juicy
mean worms" for it

When I got home Smudgie was "killing" her toy mousie. I think she was
annoyed that I didn't have the decency to eat the delicacy she brought in
for me. In hindsight I wondered how she got the bird in the first place?
It must have either blown in through the wire of her enclosure from a nest
high up or got dropped in there from a bird of prey. Either way, I'm happy
I could do something to help it.


Always nice to help out a little critter.

I was biking home yesterday through Flushing Meadows Corona Park and
there was a pretty big (maybe 10") turtle in the middle of the
roadway. Cars aren't supposed to be there but it was likely to get hit
by someone on a bike. So I pulled on some gloves, picked it up,
put it in my pannier, and headed off to the zoo (not too far away in
the park). The zoo was apparently closing but I found a security guard
who asked if it was one of theirs.

I looked a bit perplexed and he laughed and said to just put it
through the fence near the turtle pond. So I did; the bottom of the
fence was lined with some chicken wire to keep critters from crawling
through but this one had managed the trick.

Last I saw, the turtle was just sitting on the other side of the fence
but I'm hopeful that it found its way to the pond. I've been in there
and it is a very nice place to live if you happen to be a turtle. This
one must have had wanderlust. Or maybe it had just wandered from the
Flushing River but I doubt that they even live there. And that would
be a far longer walk for a turtle than just getting out of the zoo.

I should have video of this since I had my helmet cam on the whole
time but I didn't bike today so I'll have to check it tonight and
figure out how to post it, or at least get some stills from it.

On 6/18/2013 6:59 AM, Sharon & Smudgie wrote:
As some of you may remember (I haven't posted here for a long while) Smudgie
has a garden enclosure, which we got for her after she went missing for 3
weeks some years ago. She loves her enclosure and has been making the most
of it during the few days of summer we have had so far this year.

Yesterday was also a nice day so Smudgie had been outside in it almost all
day. Early afternoon she came into the house (through the lounge window)
with something hanging out of her mouth. At first I though it was a large
leaf but when she dropped it on the floor it was a baby bird. I shooed her
away to see if she had hurt the poor thing. It was small and just starting
to get it's adult feathers .. and was cheeping it's head off. It had a
small amount of blood under it's head but seemed quite perky considering. I
popped it into a little box and rang my local vet for advice. He said to
take it in, which we did. After a quick examination he said that it was in
a reasonable condition so he would glue the wound shut, give it some
antibiotic and take it home to nurse it "where he had some mushed up juicy
mean worms" for it

When I got home Smudgie was "killing" her toy mousie. I think she was
annoyed that I didn't have the decency to eat the delicacy she brought in
for me. In hindsight I wondered how she got the bird in the first place?
It must have either blown in through the wire of her enclosure from a nest
high up or got dropped in there from a bird of prey. Either way, I'm happy
I could do something to help it.


Nice to see you back, Sharon! Well, Smudgie did a good job not killing
the bird and you and the vet with the worms did a good job of saving it.

Jill

"Judith Latham" wrote in message
...
In article , Sharon & Smudgie
wrote:
As some of you may remember (I haven't posted here for a long while)
Smudgie has a garden enclosure, which we got for her after she went
missing for 3 weeks some years ago. She loves her enclosure and has
been making the most of it during the few days of summer we have had so
far this year.

Yesterday was also a nice day so Smudgie had been outside in it almost
all day. Early afternoon she came into the house (through the lounge
window) with something hanging out of her mouth. At first I though it
was a large leaf but when she dropped it on the floor it was a baby
bird. I shooed her away to see if she had hurt the poor thing. It was
small and just starting to get it's adult feathers .. and was cheeping
it's head off. It had a small amount of blood under it's head but
seemed quite perky considering. I popped it into a little box and rang
my local vet for advice. He said to take it in, which we did. After a
quick examination he said that it was in a reasonable condition so he
would glue the wound shut, give it some antibiotic and take it home to
nurse it "where he had some mushed up juicy mean worms" for it

As much as I like birds if one gets into a cat enclosure that's a Darwin
award of how not to survive.
Since KFC, Boyfie rarely catches birdies.
It's way too much trouble for himself. He does go out for rat patrol every
night but hasn't caught a small one since last year.

He's 11 now and maybe he can't be bothered.

Tweed

Christina Websell wrote:


"Judith Latham" wrote in message
...
In article , Sharon & Smudgie
wrote:
As some of you may remember (I haven't posted here for a long while)
Smudgie has a garden enclosure, which we got for her after she went
missing for 3 weeks some years ago. She loves her enclosure and has
been making the most of it during the few days of summer we have had so
far this year.

Yesterday was also a nice day so Smudgie had been outside in it almost
all day. Early afternoon she came into the house (through the lounge
window) with something hanging out of her mouth. At first I though it
was a large leaf but when she dropped it on the floor it was a baby
bird. I shooed her away to see if she had hurt the poor thing. It was
small and just starting to get it's adult feathers .. and was cheeping
it's head off. It had a small amount of blood under it's head but
seemed quite perky considering. I popped it into a little box and rang
my local vet for advice. He said to take it in, which we did. After a
quick examination he said that it was in a reasonable condition so he
would glue the wound shut, give it some antibiotic and take it home to
nurse it "where he had some mushed up juicy mean worms" for it

As much as I like birds if one gets into a cat enclosure that's a Darwin
award of how not to survive.
Since KFC, Boyfie rarely catches birdies.
It's way too much trouble for himself. He does go out for rat patrol every
night but hasn't caught a small one since last year.

He's 11 now and maybe he can't be bothered.

He looked at you and thought, "She's retired. Maybe I should do the same."

--
Joyce

"Bacteria, with a few more bells and whistles."
-- Bonnie Bassler, describing human beings

"Bastette" wrote in message
...
Christina Websell wrote:


"Judith Latham" wrote in message
...
In article , Sharon & Smudgie
wrote:
As some of you may remember (I haven't posted here for a long while)
Smudgie has a garden enclosure, which we got for her after she went
missing for 3 weeks some years ago. She loves her enclosure and has
been making the most of it during the few days of summer we have had
so
far this year.

Yesterday was also a nice day so Smudgie had been outside in it almost
all day. Early afternoon she came into the house (through the lounge
window) with something hanging out of her mouth. At first I though it
was a large leaf but when she dropped it on the floor it was a baby
bird. I shooed her away to see if she had hurt the poor thing. It was
small and just starting to get it's adult feathers .. and was cheeping
it's head off. It had a small amount of blood under it's head but
seemed quite perky considering. I popped it into a little box and
rang
my local vet for advice. He said to take it in, which we did. After
a
quick examination he said that it was in a reasonable condition so he
would glue the wound shut, give it some antibiotic and take it home to
nurse it "where he had some mushed up juicy mean worms" for it

As much as I like birds if one gets into a cat enclosure that's a Darwin
award of how not to survive.
Since KFC, Boyfie rarely catches birdies.
It's way too much trouble for himself. He does go out for rat patrol
every
night but hasn't caught a small one since last year.

He's 11 now and maybe he can't be bothered.

He looked at you and thought, "She's retired. Maybe I should do the same."

--
Joyce

I do expect him to try at the small rats now far too lazy about catching
them.
He was never brave about the big ones. He expects the terriers to come to
save him from the difficulty.
I have to keep him in if the terriers come otherwise he would be killed in
an instant.
they kill everything in their path.

They are great with rat killing but not so good with cats.










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