But what about my plot to befriend a murder of crows and have them collect things for me to trade for food, and ultimately for them to do my bidding? I'll just... Put that plan.. in a drawer.
But what about my plot to befriend a murder of crows and have them collect things for me to trade for food, and ultimately for them to do my bidding?
Hahaha. That's a great inspiration post. Crazy that they were resource guarding to the extent of dive-bombing the OPs neighbors. I, unfortunately do not have any local crows to befriend in my...
Hahaha. That's a great inspiration post. Crazy that they were resource guarding to the extent of dive-bombing the OPs neighbors.
I, unfortunately do not have any local crows to befriend in my current abode.
My husband claims that I am struggling to correctly categorize which species should go into Friends you pet and Friends you take home, but I strongly disagree.
My husband claims that I am struggling to correctly categorize which species should go into Friends you pet and Friends you take home, but I strongly disagree.
As a rock hound, the distinction is only in how much my car can carry. (And how much space is physically left at various definitions of "home") For friends of this nature, though, myself, I draw...
As a rock hound, the distinction is only in how much my car can carry. (And how much space is physically left at various definitions of "home")
For friends of this nature, though, myself, I draw the line at "can my friend still do well if I take them home" ;_;
My husband says that raccoons and squirrels and deer are waving friends, but then why do they let me pet them? Why do the raccons try to come in my house if they aren't take home friends?
My husband says that raccoons and squirrels and deer are waving friends, but then why do they let me pet them? Why do the raccons try to come in my house if they aren't take home friends?
Dendrocnide moroides is notorious for its extremely painful sting which may leave victims suffering for weeks or even months.[...] Very fine, brittle hairs called trichomes are loaded with toxins and cover the entire plant; even the slightest touch will embed them in the skin. Electron micrograph images[20][22] show that they are similar to a hypodermic needle in being very sharp-pointed and hollow.[23][24] Additionally, it has been shown that there is a structurally weak point near the tip of the hair, which acts as a pre-set fracture line.[9][24][25] When it enters the skin the hair fractures at this point, allowing the contents of the trichome to be injected into the victim's tissues. [...] The trichomes stay in the skin for up to a year, and release the toxin cocktail into the body during triggering events such as touching the affected area, contact with water, or temperature changes.
Ooooh, the gympie-gympie, gotcha. I probably have heard of it by that name before, but it didn't stick. I don't know why but I was picturing some tree on your own property you had dubbed a suicide...
Ooooh, the gympie-gympie, gotcha. I probably have heard of it by that name before, but it didn't stick. I don't know why but I was picturing some tree on your own property you had dubbed a suicide tree for some reason.
But don't feed them for a day and see how quickly those ankle rubs are "Accidentally" tripping you hoping you fall. Or you know, they just scream in my face if I don't feed mine.
But don't feed them for a day and see how quickly those ankle rubs are "Accidentally" tripping you hoping you fall.
Or you know, they just scream in my face if I don't feed mine.
There's something comforting about owning a loving, purring pet who won't hesitate to eat my face 10 minutes after I have died. Waste not want not etc.
There's something comforting about owning a loving, purring pet who won't hesitate to eat my face 10 minutes after I have died. Waste not want not etc.
We have automatic feeders that go off every 4 hours due to 3 cats with one grazer and one "finish the bowl" guy. They are starving for the hour prior to the food drop. So my cats also know suffering.
We have automatic feeders that go off every 4 hours due to 3 cats with one grazer and one "finish the bowl" guy.
They are starving for the hour prior to the food drop. So my cats also know suffering.
Do those feeders make a lot of noise? I'm having that same problem with grazers versus a gobbling goblin, but one of the grazers is super skittish and if she's scared of the feeder she will starve...
Do those feeders make a lot of noise? I'm having that same problem with grazers versus a gobbling goblin, but one of the grazers is super skittish and if she's scared of the feeder she will starve before getting over it. Right now I'm separating them and feeding the goblin little bits at a time and it's very time intensive. I've thought about getting auto feeders but I don't want to spend $600 to not solve the problem.
They don't! One of them has a setting to play a recorded sound but it's optional. So the only sound is the food dropping into the metal dish, which to be fair the cats can hear at all times. (Very...
They don't! One of them has a setting to play a recorded sound but it's optional. So the only sound is the food dropping into the metal dish, which to be fair the cats can hear at all times. (Very rarely one sleeps through this siren song)
It also wasn't super expensive. I didn't get the ones that are chip activated, which I did think about, but I got one double sided feeder and one single dispenser (same brand but it's not currently available on Amazon) so all three could eat at the same time.
And just use a gravity water feeder as none of mine are big fountain kitties.
Thanks for the info! I have to get one of the chip activated ones because two of them are on prescription diets and the medicated food is alao apparently the tastiest food. The joys of loving...
Thanks for the info!
I have to get one of the chip activated ones because two of them are on prescription diets and the medicated food is alao apparently the tastiest food. The joys of loving senior kitizens.
I don't remember if you're in the US but Facebook marketplace often has the chip ones available at a discount! They do also work with collars if your gremlins will actually leave theirs on. Mine...
I don't remember if you're in the US but Facebook marketplace often has the chip ones available at a discount! They do also work with collars if your gremlins will actually leave theirs on. Mine will not.
I considered the same when I had a kitten and two adults who were on light food. They wanted his kitten food, he wanted their adult food. I transitioned him a bit early because it was too much to juggle and he does well on the 6+ adult light diet now too. Thankfully no medicated diets right now but, I swear that my girl is 5 minutes from needing one at any given point in time. She throws up when she hasn't had food in a while because she gets herself stressed out and then she throws up when she eats too much too quickly.
I'm im Sweden, but I'll check the facebook marketplace here, thanks for the tip! One of mine pukes if he eats too fast and is constantly trying to eat too fast, one of them gets UTIs if she gets...
I'm im Sweden, but I'll check the facebook marketplace here, thanks for the tip!
One of mine pukes if he eats too fast and is constantly trying to eat too fast, one of them gets UTIs if she gets too stressed, and she's afraid of everything, and one of them is perfectly healthy but not remotely food motivated and will happily skip a meal to watch a moth crawl around the window. I love them but there is no easy way to get them all fed right.
If I was in that raccoon family I would be furious at whoever leaked this. Word gets out and now an intergenerational breadbasket is ruined. They're eating nothing but broom handles when they show...
she started feeding a family of raccoons decades ago and it was fine until about six weeks earlier, when the number showing up went from a handful to around 100
If I was in that raccoon family I would be furious at whoever leaked this. Word gets out and now an intergenerational breadbasket is ruined. They're eating nothing but broom handles when they show up there now. Damn shame.
That’s the reference, but it also goes one level deeper. Racacoonie is a reference to ratatouille, in which this exact scenario happens with the rats (it’s sightly different, but very close.
That’s the reference, but it also goes one level deeper. Racacoonie is a reference to ratatouille, in which this exact scenario happens with the rats (it’s sightly different, but very close.
Just want to post a warning about why Raccoons can be dangerous. E.g., at one point I received some training for a wildlife rehab centre and one of the things I recall (I ended up not volunteering...
Just want to post a warning about why Raccoons can be dangerous. E.g., at one point I received some training for a wildlife rehab centre and one of the things I recall (I ended up not volunteering as I soon moved away) is that they had very strict rules for working with the raccoons. E.g., housed in a separate facility, had to wear separate clothing, separate washer/dryer, etc.
Hold on, going to go ask my woodland fairy gobilncore goth wife if she's been feeding any racoons... [time passes] ...I have bad news. She didn't pay attention long enough for me to get the...
Hold on, going to go ask my woodland fairy gobilncore goth wife if she's been feeding any racoons...
[time passes]
...I have bad news. She didn't pay attention long enough for me to get the question out.
click label, click joke
In all seriousness though, thanks for the info @dialecticcake.
My pleasure. And I completely get that they are irresistible having once pet one myself! Many years ago on a school camping trip I fed a raccoon some cookies and pet it. The science teacher in...
My pleasure. And I completely get that they are irresistible having once pet one myself!
Many years ago on a school camping trip I fed a raccoon some cookies and pet it. The science teacher in particular freaked out at me for doing that and I thought he was being dramatic. It hadn't occurred to me at that young age that he had cause. As you can imagine over a decade later, the volunteer session where I learned what precautions they take with any volunteer working with raccoons was enlightening to say the least. o_O
My Black and Tan Coonhound would like to voice his issue with use of the verb 'hound' in this particular situation... and also let the lady know he's available. /s Seriously though, didn't feed...
My Black and Tan Coonhound would like to voice his issue with use of the verb 'hound' in this particular situation... and also let the lady know he's available. /s
Don’t feed the raccoons ya’ll.
In fact, don’t feed wild animals at all.
Sigh.
But what about my plot to befriend a murder of crows and have them collect things for me to trade for food, and ultimately for them to do my bidding?
I'll just... Put that plan.. in a drawer.
Hey don't let dreams be dreams.
Word on the street is that they love scrambled eggs, shrimp, fish bits, and raw beef cubes.
Inspiration
I can think of nothing better than a giant flock of crows working for one
powerful f.....perfectly normal human.Report back with successes please.
It's too bad, about the normal human bit, because wouldn't a murder make the perfect epic mount for fair folk?
Hahaha. That's a great inspiration post. Crazy that they were resource guarding to the extent of dive-bombing the OPs neighbors.
I, unfortunately do not have any local crows to befriend in my current abode.
Ignore the naysayers, build your army. I’ve got 4-5 crows that drop by my balcony for a few minutes every day. They’re delightful.
How else can I make friends with them??
Venn diagram of animal friends:
Friends you wave to ( eg killer whales, cone snails, deep sea jellies)
Friends you pet
Friends you take home
My husband claims that I am struggling to correctly categorize which species should go into Friends you pet and Friends you take home, but I strongly disagree.
As a rock hound, the distinction is only in how much my car can carry. (And how much space is physically left at various definitions of "home")
For friends of this nature, though, myself, I draw the line at "can my friend still do well if I take them home" ;_;
Here's my diagram so far
But I constantly struggle with "if not home frend why frend shape?"
My husband says that raccoons and squirrels and deer are waving friends, but then why do they let me pet them? Why do the raccons try to come in my house if they aren't take home friends?
I agree. It is your husband who is incorrect. You may tell him this internet stranger agrees with you.
I have to know about the suicide tree.
Ah dang I put tree but I meant the suicide bush:
Ooooh, the gympie-gympie, gotcha. I probably have heard of it by that name before, but it didn't stick. I don't know why but I was picturing some tree on your own property you had dubbed a suicide tree for some reason.
You know how they say like society is two missed meals away from chaos?
Everyone is your friend until they’re hungry.
Idk my cats seem to be at their friendliest around meal time.
But don't feed them for a day and see how quickly those ankle rubs are "Accidentally" tripping you hoping you fall.
Or you know, they just scream in my face if I don't feed mine.
There's something comforting about owning a loving, purring pet who won't hesitate to eat my face 10 minutes after I have died. Waste not want not etc.
Cats aren't any less hesitant than dogs, they just starve faster because they're smaller and thus have to make the choice sooner.
Your cats hopefully don’t have food insecurity issues
Sometimes I lose track of time and feed them up to 15 minutes late, so they have a pretty firm grasp on what starvation feels like.
We have automatic feeders that go off every 4 hours due to 3 cats with one grazer and one "finish the bowl" guy.
They are starving for the hour prior to the food drop. So my cats also know suffering.
Do those feeders make a lot of noise? I'm having that same problem with grazers versus a gobbling goblin, but one of the grazers is super skittish and if she's scared of the feeder she will starve before getting over it. Right now I'm separating them and feeding the goblin little bits at a time and it's very time intensive. I've thought about getting auto feeders but I don't want to spend $600 to not solve the problem.
They don't! One of them has a setting to play a recorded sound but it's optional. So the only sound is the food dropping into the metal dish, which to be fair the cats can hear at all times. (Very rarely one sleeps through this siren song)
It also wasn't super expensive. I didn't get the ones that are chip activated, which I did think about, but I got one double sided feeder and one single dispenser (same brand but it's not currently available on Amazon) so all three could eat at the same time.
And just use a gravity water feeder as none of mine are big fountain kitties.
Thanks for the info!
I have to get one of the chip activated ones because two of them are on prescription diets and the medicated food is alao apparently the tastiest food. The joys of loving senior kitizens.
I don't remember if you're in the US but Facebook marketplace often has the chip ones available at a discount! They do also work with collars if your gremlins will actually leave theirs on. Mine will not.
I considered the same when I had a kitten and two adults who were on light food. They wanted his kitten food, he wanted their adult food. I transitioned him a bit early because it was too much to juggle and he does well on the 6+ adult light diet now too. Thankfully no medicated diets right now but, I swear that my girl is 5 minutes from needing one at any given point in time. She throws up when she hasn't had food in a while because she gets herself stressed out and then she throws up when she eats too much too quickly.
I'm im Sweden, but I'll check the facebook marketplace here, thanks for the tip!
One of mine pukes if he eats too fast and is constantly trying to eat too fast, one of them gets UTIs if she gets too stressed, and she's afraid of everything, and one of them is perfectly healthy but not remotely food motivated and will happily skip a meal to watch a moth crawl around the window. I love them but there is no easy way to get them all fed right.
Oof we love them we love them we love them
If I was in that raccoon family I would be furious at whoever leaked this. Word gets out and now an intergenerational breadbasket is ruined. They're eating nothing but broom handles when they show up there now. Damn shame.
Ha! This is just the plot of the movie Raccacoonie. I love that movie!
I'm confused, Raccacoonie was from Everything Everywhere All at Once and didn't have anything like this...
I do believe it's just jokes
Oral History of Raccacoonie
That’s the reference, but it also goes one level deeper. Racacoonie is a reference to ratatouille, in which this exact scenario happens with the rats (it’s sightly different, but very close.
Got it. I think I watched Ratatouille once in like the middle of the night so I was half asleep. Guess I missed that part.
Just want to post a warning about why Raccoons can be dangerous. E.g., at one point I received some training for a wildlife rehab centre and one of the things I recall (I ended up not volunteering as I soon moved away) is that they had very strict rules for working with the raccoons. E.g., housed in a separate facility, had to wear separate clothing, separate washer/dryer, etc.
I believe it was to avoid catching this: https://www.cdc.gov/baylisascaris/about/index.html
While infections in human might be rare, they can be very serious including fatal.
Raccoon Round Worm. Symptoms.... Lack of attention to people and surroundings...
OH No I HAve It!
Hold on, going to go ask my woodland fairy gobilncore goth wife if she's been feeding any racoons...
[time passes]
...I have bad news. She didn't pay attention long enough for me to get the question out.
click label, click joke
In all seriousness though, thanks for the info @dialecticcake.
My pleasure. And I completely get that they are irresistible having once pet one myself!
Many years ago on a school camping trip I fed a raccoon some cookies and pet it. The science teacher in particular freaked out at me for doing that and I thought he was being dramatic. It hadn't occurred to me at that young age that he had cause. As you can imagine over a decade later, the volunteer session where I learned what precautions they take with any volunteer working with raccoons was enlightening to say the least. o_O
I just noticed that @AugustusFerdinand filed this under ~life.pets when surely this is an instance of ~wildlife.!pets
:]
Yeah, I almost put it under ~misc, but this was more fun and I felt like being cheeky.
Very cheeky, I love it
My Black and Tan Coonhound would like to voice his issue with use of the verb 'hound' in this particular situation... and also let the lady know he's available. /s
Seriously though, didn't feed the wildlife.