Re: birds and other critters

Is THAT why they do that? Pat has to keep her dachshunds out of the
litter box room and I asked her what could they possibly find in there
that was so appretizing - YUCK!!


well I'll be dipped!!

(well Pat - now you know!!)

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: cathy carpenter <cathyc@rnet.com>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 08:10:25 -0600

>Actually, I suspect that it is for the same reason that dogs raid cat 
>litter boxes - protein content. (Cats are obligate carnivores  and their 
>excrement contains lots of protein. As for the attraction to poop of 
>their own species, I expect it has something to do with territoriality - 
>they want to identify encroachers on their turf.
>Cathy
>On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 06:35 AM, Pamela J. Evans wrote:
>
>> Really Marge - what is up w/ that? I know dogs have a keen sense of
>> smell, so how can they stand it? In that respect, cats have better
>> sense, or at least mine does.
>>
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
>> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Date:  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 01:53:55 -0500
>>
>>> Now, that's a LAKE, Maria!  Lordy!  I would love to live near that
>>> size body of water and be able to see all those waterfowl...how lucky
>>> you are.  There are bald eagles nesting on the lower Potomac River,
>>> but I have not seen one - now, that is a majestic bird.
>>>
>>> Why is it that dogs are so attracted to, ahem, poop and rotting
>>> items?  Seems the more odoriferous something is the more they love
>>> it....
>>>
>>> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>>> mtalt@hort.net
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>>>> From: Maria Olshin <marolsh@ptd.net>
>>>>
>>>> The lake here is 315 acres, and lots of migratory waterfowl stop
>>> here. I've
>>>> seen ruddy duck, buffleheads, goldeneyes, mergansers and
>>> cormorants, among
>>>> others, but the most exciting sighting was a flock of loons. I
>>> counted 38 of
>>>> them! There are also great blue and green herons and kingfishers. I
>>>> occasionally see rose-breasted grosbeaks at my feeder, and just
>>> once, an
>>>> indigo bunting. I've also seen quite a few eastern bluebirds in NE
>>> PA, but
>>>> not at this elevation. There are bald eagles in the area, too.
>>> Auralie, have
>>>> you ever heard that there are peregrines nesting on the George
>>> Washington
>>>> Bridge? I think they live quite well on the pigeons in NYC.
>>>>
>>>> There is a rapidly growing population of resident Canadas here, and
>>> the
>>>> Animal Control officer finds as many nests as he can in the spring
>>> and
>>>> shakes the eggs vigorously, then puts them back. It prevents the
>>> parents
>>>> from laying more eggs to replace broken or stolen ones.
>>> Unfortunately, he
>>>> misses more than he finds. It wouldn't be so bad if I only had to
>>> watch my
>>>> step in the yard, but my dog has goose poop radar, and she's on it
>>> like
>>>> white on rice. Groshem as they never
>>>
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>> Kemp TX/zone 8A
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