Daily notebook from Duhok 2016

[Piling]

I bought him sunflower seeds, as a food complement with its bulghur. I suppose it is full of vitamins and good for recovering.

The next time Pirouette brings me a thing alive, I let her eat it ! That is Darwin law : cats catch weak and ill preys and clean species from insane elements.

[Anthea]

I bought him sunflower seeds, as a food complement with its bulghur. I suppose it is full of vitamins and good for recovering.

The next time Pirouette brings me a thing alive, I let her eat it ! That is Darwin law : cats catch weak and ill preys and clean species from insane elements.

I had never heard of Newcastle disease until you mentioned it

But I looked it up and it appears to be very nasty

I have not seen a pigeon in years ever since I left London - I am surprised you have them where you are

I do NOT believe you could just sit there and watch Pirouette kill a bird

[Piling]

I do NOT believe you could just sit there and watch Pirouette kill a bird

I don't wish to open a hospital for freak pigeons

[Londoner]

I bought him sunflower seeds, as a food complement with its bulghur. I suppose it is full of vitamins and good for recovering.

The next time Pirouette brings me a thing alive, I let her eat it ! That is Darwin law : cats catch weak and ill preys and clean species from insane elements.

I pray he/she recovers. Did your cat bring it home? I do believe in the concept of 'let nature take it's course' but don't have heart to implement it. Many times my cat, Faty, brings home live rats or birds. I always catch him and open his mouth by force to release his prey, which if it is a rat, I throw it inside a pile of tissues outside my house boundary. The birds fly out through the window. He eats a best food and never becomes hungry. He catches preys just to play with them. The first time he brought home a rat. He killed it after a long torture and didn't eat it. After that I never again let him to torture his victims.

[Londoner]

I had never heard of Newcastle disease until you mentioned it

Neither do I. Here is something new to learn. cats become diabetic. I discovered my cat, Gaby, the mother of Faty was diabetic. She has never become sick in her life. she is at least 16 years old. The last time she saw a vet was when she was muted, which was at least 14 years ago. Luckily one of my former lodgers when visited me told me some thing was wrong with her. Because she thought Gaby was a lot fatter before. At the same time I noticed she was becoming sick once or twice a week. Before she hardly became sick. But now she is recovering. she is more active and bright. She gets two injection a day. I take her back to the vet in a few days time.

[Piling]

I bought him sunflower seeds, as a food complement with its bulghur. I suppose it is full of vitamins and good for recovering.

The next time Pirouette brings me a thing alive, I let her eat it ! That is Darwin law : cats catch weak and ill preys and clean species from insane elements.

I pray he/she recovers. Did your cat bring it home? I do believe in the concept of 'let nature take it's course' but don't have heart to implement it. Many times my cat, Faty, brings home live rats or birds. I always catch him and open his mouth by force to release his prey, which if it is a rat, I throw it inside a pile of tissues outside my house boundary. The birds fly out through the window. He eats a best food and never becomes hungry. He catches preys just to play with them. The first time he brought home a rat. He killed it after a long torture and didn't eat it. After that I never again let him to torture his victims.

Generally, I apply the Kurdish 'Aman' rule in that way : when the cats catch a bird in the garden, I let them, because it is their own territory (NATURE) ; when Pirouette brings one of them in my house, it is 'aman' (my own territory is CULTURE).

I made an exception if she'd bring a rat, because I don't want to take a rat with my naked hand. And also when she has kittens, they have to learn how to hunt. So they learn in the house.

In this case, she brought it and it was fully alive with no apparent injury. So I took it and released it in the garden, on the wall. But it fall and 5 mn later, Pirouette came back with the same bird. So I thought it was wounded or shocked and I kept it in a closed room, with water and wheat, until it recovers.

I did not imagine that recovering could take 2 months

[Piling]

I had never heard of Newcastle disease until you mentioned it

Neither do I. Here is something new to learn. cats become diabetic. I discovered my cat, Gaby, the mother of Faty was diabetic. She has never become sick in her life. she is at least 16 years old. The last time she saw a vet was when she was muted, which was at least 14 years ago. Luckily one of my former lodgers when visited me told me some thing was wrong with her. Because she thought Gaby was a lot fatter before. At the same time I noticed she was becoming sick once or twice a week. Before she hardly became sick. But now she is recovering. she is more active and bright. She gets two injection a day. I take her back to the vet in a few days time.

When they become old, cats can have same diseases than humans : cancer, kidneys trouble, diabetic spectrum, etc. But with drugs they can live very well with chronic diseases, as humans do. 16 years corresponds to circa 85 years for humans. Some can live until 20.

[Anthea]

I pray he/she recovers. Did your cat bring it home? I do believe in the concept of 'let nature take it's course' but don't have heart to implement it. Many times my cat, Faty, brings home live rats or birds. I always catch him and open his mouth by force to release his prey, which if it is a rat, I throw it inside a pile of tissues outside my house boundary. The birds fly out through the window. He eats a best food and never becomes hungry. He catches preys just to play with them. The first time he brought home a rat. He killed it after a long torture and didn't eat it. After that I never again let him to torture his victims.

GOOD FOR YOU

I cannot bare to see anything suffer - unless it is a TURK

[Anthea]

The magpie that saved a family

Sam Bloom fell into a deep depression after a fall from a roof terrace during a family holiday left her paralysed from the chest down. But help was to come from an unexpected source - a magpie chick which had fallen from its nest. When the family took in the bird, it brought joy back to their home and allowed Sam to make a new start.

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Excerpts from this amazing article:

Suddenly Cameron heard a tremendous crash. He turned around and Sam was gone - as was the railing she had been leaning against.

He ran over and saw Sam lying on the concrete floor, two storeys below - a fall of about 6m. Cameron screamed and ran down. When he reached Sam he saw that she had bitten through her tongue and her eyes had rolled back into her head. "She had this huge lump on her back and I realised that she had probably done some really horrific damage to her spine," he says.

Sam's blood pressure was too low to operate. Her skull was fractured in several places, her brain was bleeding and bruised, both lungs had ruptured and one had collapsed completely. Her spine was shattered just below the shoulder blades.

Sam and the boys were visiting her mother. It was a very windy day and as they were heading home Noah, her middle son, spotted a baby magpie that had fallen to the ground. So they picked it up and took it home.

"We called her Penguin because she looked like a penguin," says Sam. "She was just white and fluffy and had really big feet."

Link to Article:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37519032

[Londoner]

Dear Piling, I think you should report the case of this poor pigeon to the authority. I hope they give you some medication for it. I heard a lot about bird diseases in Kurdistan.

[Piling]

There is no medication pour Newcastle disease, only vaccine, but it is too late now. So the only ways is

1/ kill it (might be the authorities decision) or 2/ let it in a closed place where it might recover until it is not contagious. I read that after 6 weeks it can be stated as healed so not a danger anymore for other birds.

The only point is to know if after 6 weeks, it will have nervous sequels or not. If yes, I wonder what I am going to do with a disabled bird and a terrible hunter cat in the same house. I should find a charitable pigeon lover for adoption, lol.

[Anthea]

There is no medication pour Newcastle disease, only vaccine, but it is too late now. So the only ways is

1/ kill it (might be the authorities decision) or 2/ let it in a closed place where it might recover until it is not contagious. I read that after 6 weeks it can be stated as healed so not a danger anymore for other birds.

The only point is to know if after 6 weeks, it will have nervous sequels or not. If yes, I wonder what I am going to do with a disabled bird and a terrible hunter cat in the same house. I should find a charitable pigeon lover for adoption, lol.

I thought that your little feathered friend was eating and drinking well?

I am sure it will be alright

[Piling]

It is eating and drinking as a pig, lol.

[Anthea]

It is eating and drinking as a pig, lol.

BLESS

Not a lot wrong with that

[Piling]

Now it is not even afraid of me when I bring its meal. And when the plate is empty it hit it with its beach and makes noise in the house.

So Pirouette sniffed it this afternoon and shouted and cried for I open the door.

I was thinking to buy a cage if it can't fly anymore but I doubt it would live a long time with the cat.