Piano Found at top of Ben Nevis ( 3 days old )

[Sark79]

Yea he has a few months yet before it gets cold 

[tikay]

Joe seems, to me, a silly name for a Rook. Why Joe?

Ronnie would be better, surely?

[Sark79]

I watched Meet Joe Black  the night before.   The rook was black and got the name Joe.

[RED-DOG]

I had a crow called Grottle, it's a long story.

[tikay]

I had a crow called Grottle, it's a long story.

Tell.

Now.

Please!

[Royal Flush]

Yea you are right. For the last few summers, there have been  injured rooks coming to my Garden. I always feed them because they are unable to fly properly.  One thing I have noticed about these particular rooks is the same behaviour patterns and appearance.  Rather than being average rook size they are slightly bigger and they have failing eyesight. It is sad to see, but there is very little you can do to help them. I built a shelter at the bottom of the garden and give them food. To go with their failing eyesight, after a few weeks of being mainly grounded their senses become less sensitive to the point where they don't really notice people walking up. I am not an expert, but I have noticed that all these birds have a skin condition that caused the feathers to become lose.  I contacted a bird sanctuary, but they said they get thousands of calls a week and couldn't help me out. I understood their position and just made sure the birds had as easy a life as I could make for them.  They were both called Joe. I had Joe 1 in 2004. Joe 2 in 2005. Hopefully there will be no Joe 3 in 2006. I think they say to each other  " go down the road to that house....there is a mug there that feeds us " 

Is it a good idea to be handling ill birds given the current virus crossing the globe...?

[RED-DOG]

I had a crow called Grottle, it's a long story.

Tell.

Now.

Please!

No time now, off to my grandaughter Alisha's birthday party (She's 4)

[Hairydude]

have a good day gramps!!!

[tikay]

have a good day gramps!!!

For the avoidance of doubt, especially to Kev, he's referring to Red-Dog. OK?

[Colchester Kev]

Yeah, cos if he was talking about you he would have said .."Great Gramps"

[Sark79]

Yea you are right. For the last few summers, there have been  injured rooks coming to my Garden. I always feed them because they are unable to fly properly.  One thing I have noticed about these particular rooks is the same behaviour patterns and appearance.  Rather than being average rook size they are slightly bigger and they have failing eyesight. It is sad to see, but there is very little you can do to help them. I built a shelter at the bottom of the garden and give them food. To go with their failing eyesight, after a few weeks of being mainly grounded their senses become less sensitive to the point where they don't really notice people walking up. I am not an expert, but I have noticed that all these birds have a skin condition that caused the feathers to become lose.  I contacted a bird sanctuary, but they said they get thousands of calls a week and couldn't help me out. I understood their position and just made sure the birds had as easy a life as I could make for them.  They were both called Joe. I had Joe 1 in 2004. Joe 2 in 2005. Hopefully there will be no Joe 3 in 2006. I think they say to each other  " go down the road to that house....there is a mug there that feeds us " 

Is it a good idea to be handling ill birds given the current virus crossing the globe...?

I don't handle them , but I do feed them much to the annoyance of my neighbours who hate birds.

[suzanne]

When we were kids, we had goldfish, & one of them fell ill, got that balance problem, where they seem to go on their side.

We were told it was contagious, we had to remove him fom the pond (well, tin bath) & put it to sleep, so Dad told me to sort it. I put him on the floor, & got  a paving slab ready to drop on him. But I just could not do it.

Eventually, I flushed him down the toilet, a far more cruel way for him to die, as it happens.
 

Apparently the most humane way to kill a goldfish is to place it in a bowl of water and put it in the freezer (think I read it on here somewhere).

Not sure I could do it though.

[The_nun]

Why would you want to kill a goldfish?

[Dewi_cool]

self defence!!!

[suzanne]

Why would you want to kill a goldfish?

My son had a couple of golfish and it had a fungus growth on its nose. You can buy drops to put in the water but sadly they still died.

Its horrible watching them lay on there sides slowly dying but I could not bring myself to put them out of their misery.