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Post by marispiper on Sept 17, 2017 14:06:32 GMT
Eee..you're daft, you lot! 😄
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Post by marispiper on Sept 17, 2017 14:19:38 GMT
Our pair when let out for their "necessaries" last night at bedtime discovered a badger in the garden. I had no idea our Jack Russell could run so fast Exit hurriedly one badger, hopefully never to return. We had one once before that nearly destroyed the lawn until we realised it was visiting to drink from the pond. We soon stopped that Hateful creatures that kill hedgehogs and infect cows, I cannot see any purpose in their existence Well, badgers (and foxes) always start people off! Another unpopular opinion from me... I think town dwellers have lost contact with the countryside and usually can no longer differentiate between cute and pest. Badgers seem to come under the heading pest, at the moment at least. As they eat mostly worms, you obviously have a healthy lawn! Though this TB thing with cows is still not proven as far as I know. We were in rural Spain and found not a trace of sentimentality. Either an animal is useful, or its not! And if it's a pest, get rid and protect your crop/livestock.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2017 15:00:04 GMT
Our pair when let out for their "necessaries" last night at bedtime discovered a badger in the garden. I had no idea our Jack Russell could run so fast Exit hurriedly one badger, hopefully never to return. We had one once before that nearly destroyed the lawn until we realised it was visiting to drink from the pond. We soon stopped that Hateful creatures that kill hedgehogs and infect cows, I cannot see any purpose in their existence Well, badgers (and foxes) always start people off! Another unpopular opinion from me... I think town dwellers have lost contact with the countryside and usually can no longer differentiate between cute and pest. Badgers seem to come under the heading pest, at the moment at least. As they eat mostly worms, you obviously have a healthy lawn! Though this TB thing with cows is still not proven as far as I know. We were in rural Spain and found not a trace of sentimentality. Either an animal is useful, or its not! And if it's a pest, get rid and protect your crop/livestock. The only reason that I can think of why people love badgers is the childrens Brock books. And don't get me started on the likes of Brian May
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Post by marispiper on Sept 17, 2017 15:41:37 GMT
Or Chris Packham perchance ? I like him but he also is guilty of unsound judgement on occasion. I also am opposed to the reintroduction of species e.g. wolves,which he gets a bit dewy eyed about. Before you know it,they identify easy food souces (towns) and you have another pest on your hands
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Post by aubrey on Sept 17, 2017 16:20:31 GMT
Our pair when let out for their "necessaries" last night at bedtime discovered a badger in the garden. I had no idea our Jack Russell could run so fast Exit hurriedly one badger, hopefully never to return. We had one once before that nearly destroyed the lawn until we realised it was visiting to drink from the pond. We soon stopped that Hateful creatures that kill hedgehogs and infect cows, I cannot see any purpose in their existence Well, badgers (and foxes) always start people off! Another unpopular opinion from me... I think town dwellers have lost contact with the countryside and usually can no longer differentiate between cute and pest. Badgers seem to come under the heading pest, at the moment at least. As they eat mostly worms, you obviously have a healthy lawn! Though this TB thing with cows is still not proven as far as I know. We were in rural Spain and found not a trace of sentimentality. Either an animal is useful, or its not! And if it's a pest, get rid and protect your crop/livestock. It's not sentimental not to want to cause an animal any suffering. I've lived in the town and the country. An unsentimental pastime for some kids in the country was to blow frogs up with a straw. Giving rabbits Myxomatosis was unsentimental; we used to see them on the sports field next to our house, running full pelt into trees when they got scared.
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Post by marispiper on Sept 17, 2017 18:29:50 GMT
Ooh...being unsentimental is a whole load different to being cruel. Those things you describe are calculated to cause suffering.
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Post by aubrey on Sept 17, 2017 18:40:29 GMT
The frog was; the Myxy was introduced deliberately, as pest control, in the 50s; there were still plenty of Myxy rabbits around in the 70s, when I used to see them. It still makes me angry.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2017 19:16:40 GMT
Shocked to discover that our pair have fleas. Took Lily to the vet because she was constantly scratching, thinking she had some sort of eczema but he showed us the cause. Having never seen fleas before we had not known what to look for, but we do now. Treatment is just one tablet each with an assurance that this will work and all fleas will be dead in one month at the most, and a spray for all bedding and places they haunt I would have thought it would be a spray for the dogs, and interestingly they both wear flea collars which must be next to useless
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Post by ARENA on Sept 20, 2017 20:44:41 GMT
Shocked to discover that our pair have fleas. Took Lily to the vet because she was constantly scratching, thinking she had some sort of eczema but he showed us the cause. Having never seen fleas before we had not known what to look for, but we do now. Treatment is just one tablet each with an assurance that this will work and all fleas will be dead in one month at the most, and a spray for all bedding and places they haunt I would have thought it would be a spray for the dogs, and interestingly they both wear flea collars which must be next to useless Flea pills poison the females who come to feed on your pets. Other remedies are useless.
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Post by honeybear on Sept 21, 2017 7:22:00 GMT
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Post by ARENA on Sept 21, 2017 10:42:22 GMT
That's sweeter...........
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 11:47:01 GMT
Shocked to discover that our pair have fleas. Took Lily to the vet because she was constantly scratching, thinking she had some sort of eczema but he showed us the cause. Having never seen fleas before we had not known what to look for, but we do now. Treatment is just one tablet each with an assurance that this will work and all fleas will be dead in one month at the most, and a spray for all bedding and places they haunt I would have thought it would be a spray for the dogs, and interestingly they both wear flea collars which must be next to useless Flea pills poison the females who come to feed on your pets. Other remedies are useless. So that's the female of the species sorted but what kills the males?
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Post by aubrey on Sept 21, 2017 12:33:18 GMT
Flea pills poison the females who come to feed on your pets. Other remedies are useless. So that's the female of the species sorted but what kills the males? Natural causes. I think the poison just sterilises them. That might upset them a bit, but not kill them.
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Post by aubrey on Sept 21, 2017 12:36:22 GMT
When our first cat (Dingo) was run over we brought her inside for the night before burying her. We ought to have known better - you could see the fleas leaping off her even then. We spent the next few months with flea powder along every skirting board, and a constant smell and irritation from it. Oh, and flea bites: cat fleas can't live on humans, but you have to give them credit for trying.
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Post by ARENA on Sept 21, 2017 12:53:01 GMT
When our first cat (Dingo) was run over we brought her inside for the night before burying her. We ought to have known better - you could see the fleas leaping off her even then. We spent the next few months with flea powder along every skirting board, and a constant smell and irritation from it. Oh, and flea bites: cat fleas can't live on humans, but you have to give them credit for trying. Cat fleas don't live on anything, they lurk in carpets etc. (Think claws!)
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