@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 1 day agoIs it ethical to place a birdbath next to my berry patch with the intent of letting my cats get there predatory instincts out?sh.itjust.worksmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up111
arrow-up111imageIs it ethical to place a birdbath next to my berry patch with the intent of letting my cats get there predatory instincts out?sh.itjust.works@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 1 day agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•edit-21 day agoYou can’t guarantee that only “pest” birds (which still may be native, protected species) will visit your birdbath, or that they won’t carry some illness or parasite to pass on to your cat.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink2•edit-21 day agoI’ll counter with. I have a vet. I am interested in birdwatching and the cats are only outside supervised. Good points.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•1 day agoAsk your vet if they think it’s a good idea to let your cat eat random wild birds during an outbreak of H5N1 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I like bird watching too, and it’s easier to do without a predator scaring them off.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink3•1 day agoI suppose you’re right. I doubt I want to deal with a dead bird anyway. You win the wisdom award. At least until I get bored and look up bird population parasite/diseases more in depth. Which I am unlikely to do.
You can’t guarantee that only “pest” birds (which still may be native, protected species) will visit your birdbath, or that they won’t carry some illness or parasite to pass on to your cat.
I’ll counter with. I have a vet. I am interested in birdwatching and the cats are only outside supervised.
Good points.
Ask your vet if they think it’s a good idea to let your cat eat random wild birds during an outbreak of H5N1 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I like bird watching too, and it’s easier to do without a predator scaring them off.
I suppose you’re right.
I doubt I want to deal with a dead bird anyway.
You win the wisdom award. At least until I get bored and look up bird population parasite/diseases more in depth. Which I am unlikely to do.