just caught a tiny field mouse with a very bad limp slowly making its way
across our lawn at lunch time.

whats the kindest thing to do with it? a while ago i rang rspca about a fox
in a cemetary with a very bad leg, and they just said it would have to take
its chances.

i dont mind feeding the mouse, but keeping it in a carboard box... is that
the kindest option?

"P Jameson" wrote in message ...

just caught a tiny field mouse with a very bad limp slowly making its way
across our lawn at lunch time.

whats the kindest thing to do with it? a while ago i rang rspca about a fox
in a cemetary with a very bad leg, and they just said it would have to take
its chances.

i dont mind feeding the mouse, but keeping it in a carboard box... is that
the kindest option?

Put it back in the garden and let nature take its course. Predators and
carrion feeders have babies to feed as well.

Steve

On 29/04/2014 14:30, P Jameson wrote:

just caught a tiny field mouse with a very bad limp slowly making its way
across our lawn at lunch time.

Raptors have to eat too! They are obligate carnivores.

whats the kindest thing to do with it? a while ago i rang rspca about a fox
in a cemetary with a very bad leg, and they just said it would have to take
its chances.

i dont mind feeding the mouse, but keeping it in a carboard box... is that
the kindest option?

Be aware that if it escapes from your makeshift cage it will repay you
by gnawing through the insulation on your electric cables.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

"Martin Brown" wrote in message
...
On 29/04/2014 14:30, P Jameson wrote:

just caught a tiny field mouse with a very bad limp slowly making its way
across our lawn at lunch time.

Raptors have to eat too! They are obligate carnivores.

whats the kindest thing to do with it? a while ago i rang rspca about a
fox
in a cemetary with a very bad leg, and they just said it would have to
take
its chances.

i dont mind feeding the mouse, but keeping it in a carboard box... is
that
the kindest option?

Be aware that if it escapes from your makeshift cage it will repay you by
gnawing through the insulation on your electric cables.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

i did say the kindest

On 2014-04-29 14:33:51 +0000, P Jameson said:

"Martin Brown" wrote in message
...
On 29/04/2014 14:30, P Jameson wrote:

just caught a tiny field mouse with a very bad limp slowly making its way
across our lawn at lunch time.

Raptors have to eat too! They are obligate carnivores.

whats the kindest thing to do with it? a while ago i rang rspca about a fox
in a cemetary with a very bad leg, and they just said it would have to take
its chances.

i dont mind feeding the mouse, but keeping it in a carboard box... is that
the kindest option?

Be aware that if it escapes from your makeshift cage it will repay you
by gnawing through the insulation on your electric cables.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown
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i did say the kindest

The thing is that what seems to us the kindest may well be to the
animal the most stressful and least kind. Shutting a wild creature up
in a box isn't kind to it but it makes us feel better! Leave it to its
own devices and tuck it into the back of some thick overgrowth where a
predator won't easily spot it. Some animals die from the stress of
captivity.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 29/04/2014 16:20, Sacha wrote:
On 2014-04-29 14:33:51 +0000, P Jameson said:

"Martin Brown" wrote in message
...
On 29/04/2014 14:30, P Jameson wrote:

just caught a tiny field mouse with a very bad limp slowly making
its way
across our lawn at lunch time.

Raptors have to eat too! They are obligate carnivores.

whats the kindest thing to do with it? a while ago i rang rspca
about a fox
in a cemetary with a very bad leg, and they just said it would have
to take
its chances.

i dont mind feeding the mouse, but keeping it in a carboard box...
is that
the kindest option?

Be aware that if it escapes from your makeshift cage it will repay
you by gnawing through the insulation on your electric cables.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


i did say the kindest

The thing is that what seems to us the kindest may well be to the animal
the most stressful and least kind. Shutting a wild creature up in a box
isn't kind to it but it makes us feel better! Leave it to its own
devices and tuck it into the back of some thick overgrowth where a
predator won't easily spot it. Some animals die from the stress of
captivity.




Sadly, the others are right. It would very quickly eat through a
cardboard box, anyway. If you want to give it the best chance, give it
a digestive biscuit or similar so it doesn't have to hunt for a while
and, as Sacha says, find it a sheltered hidey hole where it can rest for
a while. I suspect nature will take its course, but you will have done
your best for it.

--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay

On 29/04/2014 14:30, P Jameson wrote:
just caught a tiny field mouse with a very bad limp slowly making its way
across our lawn at lunch time.

whats the kindest thing to do with it? a while ago i rang rspca about a fox
in a cemetary with a very bad leg, and they just said it would have to take
its chances.

i dont mind feeding the mouse, but keeping it in a carboard box... is that
the kindest option?


just knock it on the head.

On 29/04/2014 19:37, David Hill wrote:
On 29/04/2014 14:30, P Jameson wrote:
just caught a tiny field mouse with a very bad limp slowly making its way
across our lawn at lunch time.

whats the kindest thing to do with it? a while ago i rang rspca about
a fox
in a cemetary with a very bad leg, and they just said it would have to
take
its chances.

i dont mind feeding the mouse, but keeping it in a carboard box... is
that
the kindest option?


just knock it on the head.

They're just too cute