Why is that cardinal knocking on my window?
lbelle
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Comments (12)Hi Toni!!!! I'm noodling around here, waiting for my bread to cool on the racks :) Everytime I see a thread about a cat chewing plants, I remember when I posted the same thing as well a few years ago. Boy, the kinds of plants I can have is limited to "would Bud chew this". So I currently have peace lillies, shcefflera's, both the Hawaiaan and the umbrella (my favourite style). I couldn't resist buying a 10" pot that was on sale for $4. It's a large spiky thing, (a dracaena?) but alas, Bud thought the tips looked tempting. So I have it in the spare room on top of a pail of kitty litter on the table in front of the window! Hopefully out of Bud's reach. I thought the plant was immune to his taste buds, but he was crunching on it the same day I bought it when it was on the livingroom floor, which is where I had imagined it being. Upon looking at the peace lily I see that he's found it! Note the chewed tips. A friend gave me some spider plant babies, so I had them rooting on the kitchen sill. Bud doesn't go up there, so they were safe. They were, until I planted them in some small pots, and one was upside down in the sink. I now have them hanging in the window, and 2 are i the bathroom on top of the over the toilet cabinet. Smudge was rubbing his face on the pineapple top that I have growing. Silly boy! I was afraid he'd poke his eye on the spikes! If I see him doing it again (I admonished him) the pineapple will go out in the trash....See MoreCardinal Feeding -Demanding! Babies?
Comments (3)thank you! I was under the impression food was scarce in the early spring. He is definitely not attacking the "bird in the window." I've seen that behavior with birds, and this is different. He perches wherever he can find a foothold and sits there cheeping and lightly pecking his beak on the glass (maybe because it's so close) until I look at him, he sees that I see him, and then he flies over to the door where he knows I come out! He also sits on the planter right outside the window and looks at me. If I don't come out within about 10 seconds, he comes back to the window to see what the holdup is about. It was hilarious for awhile, but it's actually starting to get annoying. He hangs out in any one of the nearby trees and as soon as i put the shade up or he sees activity in here, it starts up. I really thought maybe he was taking food back to a nest for some babies. When I go out with the seed, he'll buzz all around me. A few times I stood there with the food in my hand and he came close to landing, he'd buzz closer and closer, but wouldn't actually land on my hand. I'm sure if I had nothing but time to stand out there and wait, he'd eventually do it. I just think I've created a monster and he's gonna have to go browse the other neighborhood feeders or start digging up bugs, or whatever they eat....See MoreFemale cardinal driving me NUTS!!
Comments (4)Okay.......here's what I'm trying now. I have a fake owl in my golf cart shed, to hopefully keep the mice from chewing all the wires. I set it on a pole in front of the window. We'll see if it works. It's so funny.......on one of the windows, she slides down and all you can see is her little head looking through the corner of the window. She's cute...........but still drives me nuts! hahaha I've never had any other kind of bird doing this. For many years, we had an old pickup truck parked by another shed. A male cardinal spent his days pecking at the side mirror. I wonder why just cardinals do it? Maybe their red colors reflect more??...See MoreI'm going to entitle my memoirs "Cats: Why We Can't Have Nice Things"
Comments (150)How I Loooooove these cat stories!! I couldn't help getting a few tears in my eyes but so many more laughs!!! At 73, I can't say I ever remember a time I didn't have at least one weaving in and out of my legs, tail up, meowing either for attention or food. A few even tried to use me as a scratching post !lol My bff in IL takes in rescues, and at the moment has 21 or 22. The 100 yo historic home she bought 9 years ago came with 2 separate garages, one housing the majority of the kitties, the other is used for storage, but she always keeps the big door open a foot at the bottom, and knows *other* critters take part in the 'vittles' also. Sthe has either 4 or 5 in the house, one being a mama cat w/7 kittens, the very start of her rescue 'mission'. She gave away 2 of those kittens(after neutering!),and never stopped regretting it. They have all found a forever home with her. Her vet/food costs are insane, and when I visited in the summer we found worms in one of the litter pans, and in a two day period, took every cat into the vet to be dewormed. That was $400. It's neverending work! Whenever I call she's scooping, feeding, or rocking one of them in the old rocking chair that was moved out to the garage. She also donates to almost every animal organization known to man, even if it's only $5. She's a one-woman rescue shelter, and I wish I were closer to help. We always say we like animals more than people because animals can't help their situatuon, but people usually can....See Moreamysrq
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