newlifemom Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 What to do. 1st - I do not want a dead bird in my front yard, and it is going to die. 2nd - I cannot bring myself to put it out of its misery. 3rd - I am all icked out about it. I moved it to a box [per my sil who deals with this kind of thing more frequently] and am trying to get the courage to just close it up and put it in a shed or someplace where it will die in peace. So, what would you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtroad Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 You can chose to let it die slowly and miserably or you can put it out of it's misery. My Mama used to flush them b/c she thought it was the quickest and least painful. Sound hard... but letting it starve, dehydrate and wither isn't any better. I had to put a rabbit & a little bird out of their suffering before. I did it & then cried. But they couldn't lay there and suffer & I couldn't save them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingnlearning Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Drop a really big rock or similarily heavy object on it. I've had to do it a few times with a heavy big brick we have in our driveway and it sucks but it's instant and you don't have to really deal with the aftermath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovemyblessings Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 :( Flushing is the best way to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted July 1, 2011 Author Share Posted July 1, 2011 When you guys say flushing do you mean down the toilet? Please forgive this ignorant girl from suburbia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Could you put it in a plastic bag in a cardboard box? I would imagine it would go quite fast and you wouldn't have to watch. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I agree. Scoop it into a plastic bag, squeeze out air and put in the trash--it will suffocate very quickly and keep the flies away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted July 1, 2011 Author Share Posted July 1, 2011 He is already in a box removed from the flies. My dh, manly, man that he is, said he would take care of it for me. I definitely would not survive in another time and place. :tongue_smilie: Oh and dd, 12, says, "So dad is going to murder him then?" :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iona Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 we had a baby bird in our driveway that was crawling with ants. when i tried to move it (so the boys wouldn't see it) it started moving. i didn't know what to do. i knocked off as many of the ants as possible and put it in the shade since it seemed to have some life left in it. when we came back it was dead. it was so awful. i probably should have put it out of its misery but was too much of a coward. :grouphug: those are tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 When you guys say flushing do you mean down the toilet? Please forgive this ignorant girl from suburbia. DON'T flush it. My dh did that to a mouse once... and it got stuck... so he had to dig it out of there and watch it drowning. Really awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 What to do. ... So, what would you do? This is going to sound HORRIBLE to you (just based on reading your post), but I would get a shovel and cut off its head at the neck. One swift chop and it is done. I raise chickens, and I have had to do this several times when we had day old babies that were suffering. It seems horrific (and, it kind of IS), but it is so much kinder than letting it suffer and die. Sorry. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasque Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 We had one on my car today. It looked OK this afternoon, though it was looking unsure about flying away. We left it alone, as it was safe on the car and we didn't want to interfere if mom was nearby and able to help. A little while later it was looking rough. We gave it water (dropped on its beak, drop by drop) and food (I don't know if it ate any) and shade. This evening, it had died. So sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted July 1, 2011 Author Share Posted July 1, 2011 Well dh took care of him. I am not asking any questions. Kinda sad now. He did remark about the beautiful colors on the bird. [it was a scrub jay] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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