Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

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featherhead007 said:
I have no clue
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I wonder if this is a common thing. I'm going to guess it's similar to different flocks of birds that forage together - Chickadees and Nuthatches, sometimes Kinglets. The theory is that it has been beneficial to each other to have the extra eyes and ears for look-outs, and they are not usually competing for the exact same foods, so they've evolved to tolerate each other.
 
ChicoryBlue said:
I wonder if this is a common thing. I'm going to guess it's similar to different flocks of birds that forage together - Chickadees and Nuthatches, sometimes Kinglets. The theory is that it has been beneficial to each other to have the extra eyes and ears for look-outs, and they are not usually competing for the exact same foods, so they've evolved to tolerate each other.
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If you want my take on this, then this is mine. God instilled in every creature, the need to not be alone. I have seen a lone lioness, take in a (much lower on the food chain) baby gazelle. Rare yes, but it does happen
 
ChicoryBlue said:
I wonder if this is a common thing. I'm going to guess it's similar to different flocks of birds that forage together - Chickadees and Nuthatches, sometimes Kinglets. The theory is that it has been beneficial to each other to have the extra eyes and ears for look-outs, and they are not usually competing for the exact same foods, so they've evolved to tolerate each other.
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Your theory sounds reasonable too
 
LozzyR said:
I read your thread from the beginning but when I started, it was only 100 pages or so, not 2K+!
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:D According to my phone this thread is currently 2813 pages. I am on 1045 I think. I probably would have done what I do with other long threads and read a few pages every few hundred except that
1. it has been a great story from the beginning, like a good book, with other lovely stories added and woven in
2. I have been learning all kinds of bits of things and getting so great ideas!
I have started doing a bit more skimming and speed reading here and there.
 
LozzyR said:
I tipped out their bedding onto the ground as it becomes part of the deep litter, and she was actually pecking at the pile and I could see her munching! She had plenty to eat yesterday so I don't know why she felt the need to eat wood shavings. Her crop was empty this morning so that was good. They've got ACV water today.

One of our cats also likes to eat half a tissue if she comes across it. You can't leave a box of tissues lying around, she eats the top half! :barnie
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Our buff orpington Rosie was obsessed with any kind of paper towel or tissue like paper for ages, she would snatch them out of our hands or pockets if she could reach and try to run off and eat them. After awhile I think she just thought it was a fun game.
 

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