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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2007 13:40:13 GMT
is there a garden wildlife thread? could someone point me to it or sugest which board section to start one in? hi all i have a big black half saimese ratting cat (kato; 'not now, kato!') and 15 goldfish. and a hedgehog, dozens of slowworms and get visits from a baby grass snake, and last year a female emporor dragonfly, so i'm hoping i have some nymphs in the frog pond.  |
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Post by snowowl on Jul 27, 2007 16:35:06 GMT
Hi gerda there is a section on wildlife on the Garden Gallery page you will have to scroll down to see it.But it has some lovely photos on.
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Post by nightowl on Jul 27, 2007 20:28:59 GMT
is there a garden wildlife thread? could someone point me to it or sugest which board section to start one in? hi all i have a big black half saimese ratting cat (kato; 'not now, kato!') and 15 goldfish. and a hedgehog, dozens of slowworms and get visits from a baby grass snake, and last year a female emporor dragonfly, so i'm hoping i have some nymphs in the frog pond. Not got slowworms here but had them in my last garden, and my horrible Moggy used to catch one and bite it in half, or quarters, and then just sit there and watch the bits wriggling about!!  |
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Post by snowowl on Jul 27, 2007 20:42:07 GMT
Bl..dy H..l NO that horrible.  |
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Post by nightowl on Jul 27, 2007 20:56:41 GMT
He IS horrible, SO!!  That's why I'm glad I haven't got Slowworms in this garden. I don't encourage the birds either,  it's not fair on them. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2007 10:04:11 GMT
yes, horrid. my mum's cats got a slowworm a few weeks ago, but luckily by the tail, so it got away under the scratching stump. i rescued it and took it out the back to safety in the compost (the garden proper is all wired to keep the cats in, only my big boy gets out the back, he is border patrol and pest control officer). then the next week i ran one over with the mower!  |
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Post by snowowl on Jul 28, 2007 14:20:06 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2007 18:07:45 GMT
yes i'm frightened to mow now...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2007 21:01:04 GMT
wow! mum's old neuter caught a baby grass snake! she was playing so gently that it didnt have a scratch on it! i managed to rescue it and took it out back. it hated the compost heap that the slow worms love, it was tasting with its tongue and made a beeline for the edge, and gone, very fast, into the hedge. it was softer than the slowworms, quite thrilling to touch (i rescued it in a towel but had to give it a litle stroke as i let it go) .
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it's not fair on them.