Sorry if I've come over rude and inconsiderate by the way - just having one hell of a day (missing hamster).

It's very true what you say about meat sources etc in birds' diets. The birds in our garden eat a lot of meal worms etc but maybe I just tread too much on the side of caution with processed animal feed.

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+ 5 hamsters: Bertha, Gertrude, Adolf, Genghis & Clyde (found!)

+ 4 fish tanks: 3 Tropical & 1 Coldwater

I put it outside my house and feed the stray cats LOL

Try to avoid uneaten wet cat food ! But how ???

Amy and Leo just are very picky and often they just lick off the jelly from the few types they consider edible As Amy is a light weight at some point I started feed her the chunks with a cake fork (I can't believe that I write this)

I live in a rural area but do not feed leftovers neither to birds nor foxes - refuse to imagine what kinds of animals I could possibly attract apart from stray cats and boars

I've been trying to capture a certain stray for a month now, he has what appears to be an abcess on his stomach and a weeping eye. I can be quite close to him now, but he still won't venture into the cat carrier I place outside for him.

Not a problem Sorry to read about your hamster,I assume you mean "missing" as in lost.That must be a worry As for the cat food,he is fed a very high meat content diet (which he doesnt always appreciate)

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It may be worth approaching a few rescue centres near you ,to ask if they will allow you to borrow a cat trap to catch him.Good luck hope you get him soon,poor chap.

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If you have any hedghog visitors to your garden i'm sure they'll enjoy the left overs. We have a lil family of hedghogs in the garden

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I live on a farm but believe it or not don't get many visitors in my garden, think that's down to Benny I've seen a ginger cat going about but have seen the same one about a mile and a half away. Not sure if it is a stray or not but it runs off as soon as there is any sign of life.

Not sure what to do with the food to be honest Definitely none left today, it's just when they have Smilla on its own there is a tiny bit left but it's enough to make the bin stink

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