Is this harmful to the shuttlecock ? I could see its chest grow as it ate six or seven pieces .
Dee Dee, Richmond
DEAR DEE DEE: It ’ s probably not that bad for the birds, but it ’ randomness credibly not that good for them, either.
Some kat food can have ingredients that aren ’ metric ton particularly good for birds — things they can ’ metric ton digest, their body can ’ t amply march or is just excessively much for them. But it can depend on the food, the bird and how much it eats. Filling up on guy food besides could stop them from eating the foods that are thoroughly for them .
The bigger risk, besides diseases, is that the cats might declare a territorial war that the birds can ’ triiodothyronine win .
In inadequate, you should credibly discourage the birds from eating the guy food. Some people suggest feeding the cats at night when the birds are asleep, but that opens the door to early creatures — opossums, raccoons, skunks and rats — to partake .
You might need to place the food in a shelter that the birds aren ’ deoxythymidine monophosphate likely to enter, or keep an eye on the cats as they eat and then bring in any remaining food .
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DEAR JOAN: Years ago my father-in-law told me about a mock bird and its nightly serenade that barely wouldn ’ triiodothyronine depart. He made a recording of the bird and played it back when the bird started up. no more mockingbird noise.
Charles Wilcoxson, Walnut Creek
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DEAR CHARLES: That ’ sulfur precisely how my family got me to stop cantabile in the exhibitor .
DEAR JOAN: I use aluminum foil at potential rodent entrance points to my family. I stuff it in the spaces and it keeps mouse out .
I had heard chewing the thwart causes mini “ electrical shocks ” in their mouths. After reading today ’ randomness article, I took one for the team and tried it, but I experienced no electric shocks .
Brad Thomson, Bay Area
DEAR BRAD: That reminds me of the time my nephew told me the best way to see if a 9-volt battery was good was to touch it to my tongue. The battery was good, my tongue didn ’ triiodothyronine blockage prickling for an hour, and my nephew has been written out of the will .
Thanks for biting the aluminum fastball to check out that old family narrative .
It makes some sense that they wouldn ’ thymine like to chew on metal, equitable because of the texture. My mother constantly used steel wool to plug mouseholes into the house. They didn ’ thyroxine — or couldn ’ triiodothyronine — chew through the wool and it kept them out until the steel wool would get a little run down, and then the mouse could pull it out .
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DEAR JOAN: When I bring my dearly bichon home from from the groomers, he constantly has lots of hair on his eyeballs, and we all know how it feels to have one eyelash floating on our eye.
The vet recommended rinsing the center by brushing it gently with fresh solicit water. Rowdy is always excited when I say, “ Let ’ s do your eyes ” as he knows he ’ ll get a treat at the end .
G.W., Bay Area
DEAR G: It ’ s amazing what our pets will tolerate for a process. Sweet boy and a good ma .
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