So, Saturday night I threw a big bash for my wife's birthday and we were
left with a large bowl of lemon and lime quarters which were to be used for
water and drinks. The next morning, I decided instead of keeping them in the
fridge to dry-out and rot, I would just throw them in the yard to naturally
decompose. It wasn't more than 5 minutes and there were two does out in the
yard gobbling them up, peel and all. Thirty minutes later, all were gone. I
would have never guessed that deer (and these are fat & happy deer) would
eat citrus.

Damn varmints will eat anything.

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So, Saturday night I threw a big bash for my wife's birthday and we were
left with a large bowl of lemon and lime quarters which were to be used
for water and drinks. The next morning, I decided instead of keeping them
in the fridge to dry-out and rot, I would just throw them in the yard to
naturally decompose. It wasn't more than 5 minutes and there were two does
out in the yard gobbling them up, peel and all. Thirty minutes later, all
were gone. I would have never guessed that deer (and these are fat & happy
deer) would eat citrus.

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So, Saturday night I threw a big bash for my wife's birthday and we were
left with a large bowl of lemon and lime quarters which were to be used
for water and drinks. The next morning, I decided instead of keeping them
in the fridge to dry-out and rot, I would just throw them in the yard to
naturally decompose. It wasn't more than 5 minutes and there were two does
out in the yard gobbling them up, peel and all. Thirty minutes later, all
were gone. I would have never guessed that deer (and these are fat & happy
deer) would eat citrus.



Stock clerk at local Dollar General said one customer came in and bought 12
22 lb bags of dry dog food (3 bucks a bag, cheapest available there). He
said the customer said they feed it to the deer.
--
Dave

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So, Saturday night I threw a big bash for my wife's birthday and we were
left with a large bowl of lemon and lime quarters which were to be used
for water and drinks. The next morning, I decided instead of keeping them
in the fridge to dry-out and rot, I would just throw them in the yard to
naturally decompose. It wasn't more than 5 minutes and there were two does
out in the yard gobbling them up, peel and all. Thirty minutes later, all
were gone. I would have never guessed that deer (and these are fat & happy
deer) would eat citrus.



Stock clerk at local Dollar General said one customer came in and bought 12
22 lb bags of dry dog food (3 bucks a bag, cheapest available there). He
said the customer said they feed it to the deer.

Certainly more nutritious than deer corn!
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So, Saturday night I threw a big bash for my wife's birthday and we
were
left with a large bowl of lemon and lime quarters which were to be used
for water and drinks. The next morning, I decided instead of keeping
them
in the fridge to dry-out and rot, I would just throw them in the yard
to
naturally decompose. It wasn't more than 5 minutes and there were two
does
out in the yard gobbling them up, peel and all. Thirty minutes later,
all
were gone. I would have never guessed that deer (and these are fat &
happy
deer) would eat citrus.



Stock clerk at local Dollar General said one customer came in and bought
12
22 lb bags of dry dog food (3 bucks a bag, cheapest available there).
He
said the customer said they feed it to the deer.

Certainly more nutritious than deer corn!
--
Peace, Om

We had a kitten last year that passed away from the horrible FIP viral
infection and I put our her remaining dry Science Diet kitten food for the
deer -- it was like they couldn't eat it fast enough.

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We had a kitten last year that passed away from the horrible FIP viral
infection and I put our her remaining dry Science Diet kitten food for the
deer -- it was like they couldn't eat it fast enough.

Condolences on the loss of your kitten... :-(

Our vet vaccinates for FIP.
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We had a kitten last year that passed away from the horrible FIP viral
infection and I put our her remaining dry Science Diet kitten food for
the
deer -- it was like they couldn't eat it fast enough.

Condolences on the loss of your kitten... :-(

Our vet vaccinates for FIP.
--
Peace, Om

Thanks. It was unbelievable, I always thought of myself as a "dog person" if
*anything* having had a couple Golden Retrievers, Welsh Terrier (Terror),
etc. but that little kitten completely stole my heart. Both my wife and I
completely changed our lives for 3-months to care for her and when we
finally *had* to euthanize her, it was like the death of a child. That was
9-months ago and I still think of her every day. I always thought that
people who spend a lot of money on animals were crazy but in 3 months (she
was only 4.5 months old when she died), we spent $3500! OK, I still think
people who spend that much on a sick animal are crazy...call me crazy! lol

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"charliekilo" wrote:

We had a kitten last year that passed away from the horrible FIP viral
infection and I put our her remaining dry Science Diet kitten food for
the
deer -- it was like they couldn't eat it fast enough.

Condolences on the loss of your kitten... :-(

Our vet vaccinates for FIP.
--
Peace, Om

Thanks. It was unbelievable, I always thought of myself as a "dog person" if
*anything* having had a couple Golden Retrievers, Welsh Terrier (Terror),
etc. but that little kitten completely stole my heart. Both my wife and I
completely changed our lives for 3-months to care for her and when we
finally *had* to euthanize her, it was like the death of a child. That was
9-months ago and I still think of her every day. I always thought that
people who spend a lot of money on animals were crazy but in 3 months (she
was only 4.5 months old when she died), we spent $3500! OK, I still think
people who spend that much on a sick animal are crazy...call me crazy! lol

Mm, well, I _do_ suggest you change vets. ;-)

But, I have spent a lot on dying pets in the past, so I feel your pain...

Cheers!
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Peace, Om

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We had a kitten last year that passed away from the horrible FIP viral
infection and I put our her remaining dry Science Diet kitten food for
the
deer -- it was like they couldn't eat it fast enough.

Condolences on the loss of your kitten... :-(

Our vet vaccinates for FIP.
--
Peace, Om

Thanks. It was unbelievable, I always thought of myself as a "dog person"
if
*anything* having had a couple Golden Retrievers, Welsh Terrier
(Terror),
etc. but that little kitten completely stole my heart. Both my wife and I
completely changed our lives for 3-months to care for her and when we
finally *had* to euthanize her, it was like the death of a child. That
was
9-months ago and I still think of her every day. I always thought that
people who spend a lot of money on animals were crazy but in 3 months
(she
was only 4.5 months old when she died), we spent $3500! OK, I still
think
people who spend that much on a sick animal are crazy...call me crazy!
lol

Mm, well, I _do_ suggest you change vets. ;-)

But, I have spent a lot on dying pets in the past, so I feel your pain...

Cheers!
--
Peace, Om

We used 4 different vets, our regular one another for a second opinion and
two specialists. Unfortunately, FIP is one of those diseases, like rabies,
that can only be accurately diagnosed post mortem so we were trying
everything possible.

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Mm, well, I _do_ suggest you change vets. ;-)

But, I have spent a lot on dying pets in the past, so I feel your pain...

Cheers!
--
Peace, Om

We used 4 different vets, our regular one another for a second opinion and
two specialists. Unfortunately, FIP is one of those diseases, like rabies,
that can only be accurately diagnosed post mortem so we were trying
everything possible.

I understand...

While it's not possible to "replace" your kitten, there are thousands
that need homes at the shelters if you are up to adopting another.

Go save a life. It helps. Trust me. :-)
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Peace, Om

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Mm, well, I _do_ suggest you change vets. ;-)

But, I have spent a lot on dying pets in the past, so I feel your
pain...

Cheers!
--
Peace, Om

We used 4 different vets, our regular one another for a second opinion
and
two specialists. Unfortunately, FIP is one of those diseases, like
rabies,
that can only be accurately diagnosed post mortem so we were trying
everything possible.

I understand...

While it's not possible to "replace" your kitten, there are thousands
that need homes at the shelters if you are up to adopting another.

Go save a life. It helps. Trust me. :-)

I agree. Our kitten was acquired from Emancipet, my wife's pet (no pun
intended) charity --- even though Emancipet typically doesn't do adoptions,
my wife just *had* to have this cute kitten when she went for a visit. We'd
*only* get a shelter kitty if we decide to get another.

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"charliekilo" wrote:

Mm, well, I _do_ suggest you change vets. ;-)

But, I have spent a lot on dying pets in the past, so I feel your
pain...

Cheers!
--
Peace, Om

We used 4 different vets, our regular one another for a second opinion
and
two specialists. Unfortunately, FIP is one of those diseases, like
rabies,
that can only be accurately diagnosed post mortem so we were trying
everything possible.

I understand...

While it's not possible to "replace" your kitten, there are thousands
that need homes at the shelters if you are up to adopting another.

Go save a life. It helps. Trust me. :-)

I agree. Our kitten was acquired from Emancipet, my wife's pet (no pun
intended) charity --- even though Emancipet typically doesn't do adoptions,
my wife just *had* to have this cute kitten when she went for a visit. We'd
*only* get a shelter kitty if we decide to get another.

*hugs* to you both!
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