Post by greatbluehopeful on Apr 11, 2020 11:42:21 GMT
Do you think she maybe been killed rather than spooky scaring her away?
There was Tuesday where there was no activity at all, and she didn't return that night...so there was a gap of one day that there was no activity at all, and then the cat was up on the roof on the Wednesday....so in actual fact, perhaps Spooky is not to blame here.
But maybe the combination of both these events, the fright and then the cat being more present in the garden made her decide to just give up on the site.
- its just too unsual for her not to return at all...so either she went elsewhere, or she has been predated by Spooky or another predator. Either way - my birdbox has been abandoned quite completely.
Spooky has my heart broken. Yesterday evening, while we were all there in the garden, she was standing beside us. She has a bell on her collar so when she wandered off briefly, we could hear her tinkling in behind the shed, and in two seconds she managed to catch a wren!!! A WREN, would you believe it.
But we managed to get it off of her, and the Wren flew away. But I do know that the effect of the scratch from a cats claws can cause death to small animals at a later stage...I'm just so upset and fed up today. I was tossing and turning all night.
I simply cannot believe that this has happened to us - I must be the unluckiest person on the planet....to think that we had a cat free home, with no intention of ever getting a cat...and that a cat would come to us and push her way in.
She has caused so much havoc, and has managed to ruin the beautiful balance of nature we had going in our new garden.
I'm so cut up and conflicted over it all.....I wish I was more of a tougher person. She would be kicked to the curb, but of course, my stupid soft heart can't do that either. I am so annoyed with myself and terribly, terribly upset right now. Sorry to vent, but I'm close to tears about it all. Hope you understand...