Official Squatch Watchers

[staceyj]

Excuse the mess it was feeding time for the heathens and they eat like pigs, but this is what i deal with. This is Hobo, she's cute right? View attachment 1265918She's molting too! Do you see our visitor in the right corner there?View attachment 1265923Now she does too!View attachment 1265931Stalking him like a cheetah...this is brutal!View attachment 1265936The killing pounce! Just kidding, he's fine. View attachment 1265938

Last week I witnessed with my own eyes a squirrel actually fall from a great height. (North Carolina pine trees.)
He landed on the ground not five feet from me.
I was stunned by how incredibly FAT he was.

Then over the next few days I started noticing (HEY! Wait just a taterin’ minute) that ALL the squirrels who live in my neighbor’s tree -just on the other side of my fence-but come to my yard too, ARE MORBIDLY OBESE!

Which coincided with the sudden uptick of my feed expenses.
The feeder hangs inside my run, but the run is open most of the day.

What should I do about this?

 

[pitbullmomma]

FYI...I was alerted to this off of a legit story from the veterinary journal Clinician's Brief (which is a scientific, peer-reviewed, evidence-based publication).

The quick and dirty (I'd have to look for the original publication). But it's for real, and it's not the first time this has happened in the pet food industry:

http://wjla.com/features/7-on-your-...fter-abc7-exposes-euthanasia-drug-in-dog-food

There are a LOT of different brands listed (check them) that are under the parent company manufacturer. No more Milk Bones for my pups (which I have been feeding my dogs for like 40 years!) Scary stuff, really crazy....

Pentobarb--or Blue Juice, as us vets call it--is THE euthanasia drug that all vets use to put animals to sleep. Obviously, it has no use in pet food....!

Dr. PBM

 

[Molpet]

Last week I witnessed with my own eyes a squirrel actually fall from a great height. (North Carolina pine trees.)
He landed on the ground not five feet from me.
I was stunned by how incredibly FAT he was.

Then over the next few days I started noticing (HEY! Wait just a taterin’ minute) that ALL the squirrels who live in my neighbor’s tree -just on the other side of my fence-but come to my yard too, ARE MORBIDLY OBESE!

Which coincided with the sudden uptick of my feed expenses.
The feeder hangs inside my run, but the run is open most of the day.

What should I do about this?

I feed 2 or 3x a day what they will eat in 10-20 min ..leftovers picked up

 

[pitbullmomma]

Don’t build a small one. Go BIG!
Chickens bring happiness!
My little coop - I love it!
But it definitely limits me.
Well, actually my LOCATION limits me-
And this coop means so very much to me because of the totally weird serendipity of getting it,woah!... (see my coop story) - and it will come with me wherever we go after this, even if I have to drag it there myself, but I’ll have a BIG one too, and a BUNCH OF CHICKENS!

Now I am totally gonna have to check out your coop story!

I only need a small one Stace, I already have two good-sized ones! I mean, I could probably house them with the Originals and the (not-so) Littles (anymore), but I'm afraid they would get stepped on or pecked....I mean, they are SO TINY.

Ah, chickens. I just tucked em in for the night, and I love that part of the evening and the ritual of it.

 

[Chickassan]

X 2, @pitbullmomma ,Don't think I'm awful but work that sadness and get you a serama mansion. You're going to need it, the "urge" hits every year and you'll give in and hatch "a couple more" just for the fuzzies . You're going to need "therapy" space. I'm not joking, stone faced serious.

Don’t build a small one. Go BIG!
Chickens bring happiness!
My little coop - I love it!
But it definitely limits me.
Well, actually my LOCATION limits me-
And this coop means so very much to me because of the totally weird serendipity of getting it,woah!... (see my coop story) - and it will come with me wherever we go after this, even if I have to drag it there myself, but I’ll have a BIG one too, and a BUNCH OF CHICKENS!

 

[pitbullmomma]

dang! I wish I could send you my Broody hen Dory!!!!

Oh. I have Silkies, lol. Someone is always broody!

 

[pitbullmomma]

Last week I witnessed with my own eyes a squirrel actually fall from a great height. (North Carolina pine trees.)
He landed on the ground not five feet from me.
I was stunned by how incredibly FAT he was.

Then over the next few days I started noticing (HEY! Wait just a taterin’ minute) that ALL the squirrels who live in my neighbor’s tree -just on the other side of my fence-but come to my yard too, ARE MORBIDLY OBESE!

Which coincided with the sudden uptick of my feed expenses.
The feeder hangs inside my run, but the run is open most of the day.

What should I do about this?

Dress them in little chicken outfits, and build another coop...

 

[pitbullmomma]

X 2, @pitbullmomma ,Don't think I'm awful but work that sadness and get you a serama mansion. You're going to need it, the "urge" hits every year and you'll give in and hatch "a couple more" just for the fuzzies . You're going to need "therapy" space. I'm not joking, stone faced serious.

Dude, I felt so....totally manipulative saying that. That I had to preface it by saying "I am totally not being manipulative, BUT..."

But I am so serious. I need something to look forward to, and hatching a few more little tiny chicks will make me feel better, get back into the happy part of the Circle of Life thing. I swear it's not a seasonal thing; my chicken nipples are not doing their spring lactation (oh dear gods, I hope this is not a seasonal thing, please tell me it is not!).

I really need some happy, peeping little miracle-of-life-force business going on, ya know? And--they're small (really small) so they don't count.

 

[Chickassan]

Want to borrow Hobo?

Last week I witnessed with my own eyes a squirrel actually fall from a great height. (North Carolina pine trees.)
He landed on the ground not five feet from me.
I was stunned by how incredibly FAT he was.

Then over the next few days I started noticing (HEY! Wait just a taterin’ minute) that ALL the squirrels who live in my neighbor’s tree -just on the other side of my fence-but come to my yard too, ARE MORBIDLY OBESE!

Which coincided with the sudden uptick of my feed expenses.
The feeder hangs inside my run, but the run is open most of the day.

What should I do about this?

 

[BantyChooks]

Dude, I felt so....totally manipulative saying that. That I had to preface it by saying "I am totally not being manipulative, BUT..."

But I am so serious. I need something to look forward to, and hatching a few more little tiny chicks will make me feel better, get back into the happy part of the Circle of Life thing. I swear it's not a seasonal thing; my chicken nipples are not doing their spring lactation (oh dear gods, I hope this is not a seasonal thing, please tell me it is not!).

I really need some happy, peeping little miracle-of-life-force business going on, ya know? And--they're small (really small) so they don't count.

I totally hear you!!