🏡 Better Homes Feeling cursed with the wildlife

[v6buicks]

I love the few animals we have in suburbia, so it makes me kinda sad when I have to remove their homes or deal with their remains. This is the third time in a matter of one season that I've had seemingly unhurt but also unscared wild animals come to my yard to kick the bucket.

First it was a crow. It was sitting in my tree above the driveway just hanging out while I worked on a car. Then I heard a thud. Dead. There was no way it even attempted to stop it's fall. I'm sure it died in the tree.

Again, I was working on a car a couple months ago when I saw a dove waddling around on the driveway. I thought it was odd that it was so close and unbothered. We hung out for about an hour, and since it was hotter than hell I decided to broom it into a dust pan and bring it to the shade. I gave it a plate of water too. It seemed to appreciate the water as it splashed around a little and took some drinks. About and hour later the dove was covered in ants.

Today I saw this guy on my way home from some errands. He didn't seem to care about me, so I knew what this had to mean.

Sure enough, I put the kid to bed, came back out, and the bunny was already on its side and definitely dead. Wtf.

I had a much bigger yard at my mom and dads, and the only carcasses I came across were whatever the Hawks didn't eat. We have large birds of prey here too, so I'm not sure what gives. Maybe somebody is trying to poison everything? I'm just not looking forward to finding a dead cat or something next.

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[Bob Kazamakis]

I clean up dead animal remains constantly. Like several times a week. It’s mostly bunnies that have been ripped apart by a cat or hawk and then picked apart by magpies and crows. We have a silly amount of bunnies though


There’s a robins nest in the bush I was about to cut down a while back, there’s only one baby left of the three so I’ll be taking that shit down soon.

 

[cdh027]

I love the few animals we have in suburbia, so it makes me kinda sad when I have to remove their homes or deal with their remains. This is the third time in a matter of one season that I've had seemingly unhurt but also unscared wild animals come to my yard to kick the bucket.

First it was a crow. It was sitting in my tree above the driveway just hanging out while I worked on a car. Then I heard a thud. Dead. There was no way it even attempted to stop it's fall. I'm sure it died in the tree.

Again, I was working on a car a couple months ago when I saw a dove waddling around on the driveway. I thought it was odd that it was so close and unbothered. We hung out for about an hour, and since it was hotter than hell I decided to broom it into a dust pan and bring it to the shade. I gave it a plate of water too. It seemed to appreciate the water as it splashed around a little and took some drinks. About and hour later the dove was covered in ants.

Today I saw this guy on my way home from some errands. He didn't seem to care about me, so I knew what this had to mean.
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Sure enough, I put the kid to bed, came back out, and the bunny was already on its side and definitely dead. Wtf.

I had a much bigger yard at my mom and dads, and the only carcasses I came across were whatever the Hawks didn't eat. We have large birds of prey here too, so I'm not sure what gives. Maybe somebody is trying to poison everything? I'm just not looking forward to finding a dead cat or something next.

Stop dumping used motor oil and antifreeze all over your property.

 

[v6buicks]

Remains from the food chain are whatever to me. That's nature. Who knows, maybe all these animals I see dying without appearing hurt are dying of other natural causes. It just seems wild that I've seen so many in such short time.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Remains from the food chain are whatever to me. That's nature. Who knows, maybe all these animals I see dying without appearing hurt are dying of other natural causes. It just seems wild that I've seen so many in such short time.

I’ve had a few bunnies with just a small hole in their chest but nothing that just looks fine but is dead

 

[v6buicks]

Stop dumping used motor oil and antifreeze all over your property.

Lol. In my younger days I was really bad about that. I don't dump antifreeze in the yard, but... I still don't exactly know what I'm supposed to do with it either. Oil always gets brought back to Advance.

 

[Sprayin]

This would have been a solid thread for a sktchy schizophrenic rant about how your yard is cursed or something.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

This would have been a solid thread for a sktchy schizophrenic rant about how your yard is cursed or something.

Stop conjuring the dead

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

I love the few animals we have in suburbia, so it makes me kinda sad when I have to remove their homes or deal with their remains. This is the third time in a matter of one season that I've had seemingly unhurt but also unscared wild animals come to my yard to kick the bucket.

First it was a crow. It was sitting in my tree above the driveway just hanging out while I worked on a car. Then I heard a thud. Dead. There was no way it even attempted to stop it's fall. I'm sure it died in the tree.

Again, I was working on a car a couple months ago when I saw a dove waddling around on the driveway. I thought it was odd that it was so close and unbothered. We hung out for about an hour, and since it was hotter than hell I decided to broom it into a dust pan and bring it to the shade. I gave it a plate of water too. It seemed to appreciate the water as it splashed around a little and took some drinks. About and hour later the dove was covered in ants.

Today I saw this guy on my way home from some errands. He didn't seem to care about me, so I knew what this had to mean.
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Sure enough, I put the kid to bed, came back out, and the bunny was already on its side and definitely dead. Wtf.

I had a much bigger yard at my mom and dads, and the only carcasses I came across were whatever the Hawks didn't eat. We have large birds of prey here too, so I'm not sure what gives. Maybe somebody is trying to poison everything? I'm just not looking forward to finding a dead cat or something next.

Your place is "safe", they know it will be a good place to live out their remaining moments, and will be taken care of properly.

 

[sktchy]

This would have been a solid thread for a sktchy schizophrenic rant about how your yard is cursed or something.

it's bad enough trying to get whats left of that shit out of my own head let alone adding to it or spreading it.

if I had to guess maybe they're getting into somethin like antifreeze or mouse poison like stated above and you don't have pets that'd harass them so the safe space thing.

Lol. In my younger days I was really bad about that. I don't dump antifreeze in the yard, but... I still don't exactly know what I'm supposed to do with it either. Oil always gets brought back to Advance.

maybe check with your local recycling place or junkyard. to my knowledge some of them have separator things they run it through and will either redistribute it or dispose of it properly.

 

[Sprayin]

it's bad enough trying to get whats left of that shit out of my own head let alone adding to it or spreading it.

if I had to guess maybe they're getting into somethin like antifreeze or mouse poison like stated above and you don't have pets that'd harass them so the safe space thing.


maybe check with your local recycling place or junkyard. to my knowledge some of them have separator things they run it through and will either redistribute it or dispose of it properly.

 

[sktchy]

I wouldn't get too excited. I only pop on occasionally to read about current events and don't have much to say about any of it anymore. I'm far from a credible source of anything.

 

[GTPpower]

Isn't antifreeze basically non-toxic these days?

 

[v6buicks]

Isn't antifreeze basically non-toxic these days?

My understanding of it from school was that it's toxic to animals, but it's not bad for the soil and plants. That being said, I'm still not proud of what I do with old/contaminated coolant.

 

[v6buicks]

Your place is "safe", they know it will be a good place to live out their remaining moments, and will be taken care of properly.

By "taken care of properly" you mean where I say "aww poor bunny", scoop it up with a snow shovel, and fling it over the fence? I buried the crow because that dirt was about to get covered in concrete anyway. The others (I'm sorry) had to go and I wasn't about to stink up my garbage can.

Side note: when my girlfriend (now wife) was taking an online anatomy class for college she actually had a dead piglet sent to our house in dry ice. She had to dissect it on my work bench, take a bunch of pictures of its organs, throw it in the garbage when she was done. It felt so wrong. If I was the garbage man and saw a mutilated corpse of any species in residential trash I'd be a bit concerned!

 

[Pro Stock John]

When my first pet an older rehomed cat died I unceremoniously double bagged him and threw him in apt complex dumpster.

 

[v6buicks]

When my first pet an older rehomed cat died I unceremoniously double bagged him and threw him in apt complex dumpster.

It's sad, but I get it. What else is somebody to do when they live in an apartment in the city? Luckily, I've never been in that situation.

 

[Pro Stock John]

We cremated our dog last year but there is a heartless version of me who would have put him in a few bags and looked for a construction dumpster to put him in.

 

[Huggerorange73]

We cremated our dog last year but there is a heartless version of me who would have put him in a few bags and looked for a construction dumpster to put him in.

What the fuck is wrong with you?

 

[Yaj Yak]

 

[cdh027]

We cremated our dog last year but there is a heartless version of me who would have put him in a few bags and looked for a construction dumpster to put him in.

 

[Jimbo]

At least he offered to throw it away instead of cook it like they usually do

 

[Pewter-Camaro]

At least he offered to throw it away instead of cook it like they usually do

good ol' cats and dogs. lol!

 

[Jimbo]

Fire up the wok

 

[Lead Pipe]

By "taken care of properly" you mean where I say "aww poor bunny", scoop it up with a snow shovel, and fling it over the fence? I buried the crow because that dirt was about to get covered in concrete anyway. The others (I'm sorry) had to go and I wasn't about to stink up my garbage can.

Side note: when my girlfriend (now wife) was taking an online anatomy class for college she actually had a dead piglet sent to our house in dry ice. She had to dissect it on my work bench, take a bunch of pictures of its organs, throw it in the garbage when she was done. It felt so wrong. If I was the garbage man and saw a mutilated corpse of any species in residential trash I'd be a bit concerned!

That is sad, you wasted good pork.