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A thousand dollars for food per month? WOW!!
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says... On Tue, 10 May 2011 14:25:55 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 10:23:53 -0700, wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 11:46:19 -0400, Harryk wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 06:49:43 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:10:53 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:29:33 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 11:54:28 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 14:48:00 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 13:56:55 -0400, wrote: John H wrote: Note the fine print: "Giant Gas Rewards points will expire 30 days from date of issuance." So, all Harry has to do is spend $1000 at Giant in 30 days, and within the same 30 days he can save $1 per gallon on gas. So, in order to get a $1.00 per gallon discount, you must spend $1000 to earn 1000 points. Gee, what a math whiz... Just to add to the fun: Every week, I spend the following at Giant on our indoor pets: Petfood $ 30 Clean Litter $ 52 That's $82 a week x 4 weeks = $328. That's 328 of 1000 points. How many cats do you have? I'm guessing he has two? I spend about 1/2 that on food. I buy the litter in bulk and it lasts forever. I was just curious. I have a 100 pound dog and he only eats about $15 a month in food, plus whatever he gets from our meat scraps. I spend more on dog treats. Every good deed gets a "cookie". The up side to that is he is getting a lot more civilized. Not bad for a "3 time loser" at the pound. You must buy the kibble in bulk? He seems to do best on Costco "healthy weight" and that is about $18 a 40# bag. I have tried several other brands, including some real "foo foo" stuff the vet is pushing. I watch the intake and output to decide how he is doing. The ingredient list is pretty good too, I posted it here a while ago. My cats won't go near the food the vets sell, especially the Hill's Prescription Diet, wet or dry. Our outdoor friends, the foxes, raccoons, possums, et cetera, all go for Purina Dog Chow, so we buy a couple of big bags of it for them each month. We also give them leftovers. A stand of forest a few miles away was just clearcut by a homebuilder/developer. That means a lot more critters are now homeless, and we'll probably see a few of them, the ones who aren't killed crossing the streets. I am not a huge fan of feeding wild animals. It is creating an unnatural environment that hurts them in the end. You will al;so find that you end up with a lot more undesirable critters like rats. Knock on plastic, we so far haven't even seen a mouse on the property. My guess is that it has something to do with all the the predator birds in the area, including hawks*, owls, crows, et cetera. You always see them swooping down on nearby fields, and taking off with something juicy in their beaks. I'm sure the foxes and maybe the possums and raccoons also help keep down the rodent population. * We have one for sure and possibly two nests of cooper's hawks in the woods behind the back yard. Mine is a mouser for sure... also gets the occasional snake, yuk, and more than it's share of birds (bummer, but what can you do). Keep the cat in the house. I have no problem with people enjoying their pets but when they become exotic predators they become a concern. The only small animals that can compete with cats are rats and mice. They can kill everything else but these rodents can reproduce faster than a cat can eat them. You end up with nothing but rats and mice in the ecosystem. That is why the DEP kills cats in the parks around here. They don't talk about it much tho. The also do not talk about the wild hogs they kill. It's a mostly outdoor cat. I'm really not concerned about whatever birds it can hunt down. I wouldn't call a cat an "exotic" predator. Cats have been around a long time. I'm nowhere near a state park. Doesn't matter if you are around a state park or not. Feral cats and cats that act like feral cats are a huge concern. |
A thousand dollars for food per month? WOW!!
"Harryk" wrote in message m... True North wrote: "Harryk" wrote in message m... wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 06:49:43 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:10:53 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:29:33 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 11:54:28 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 14:48:00 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 13:56:55 -0400, wrote: John H wrote: Note the fine print: "Giant Gas Rewards points will expire 30 days from date of issuance." So, all Harry has to do is spend $1000 at Giant in 30 days, and within the same 30 days he can save $1 per gallon on gas. So, in order to get a $1.00 per gallon discount, you must spend $1000 to earn 1000 points. Gee, what a math whiz... Just to add to the fun: Every week, I spend the following at Giant on our indoor pets: Petfood $ 30 Clean Litter $ 52 That's $82 a week x 4 weeks = $328. That's 328 of 1000 points. How many cats do you have? I'm guessing he has two? I spend about 1/2 that on food. I buy the litter in bulk and it lasts forever. I was just curious. I have a 100 pound dog and he only eats about $15 a month in food, plus whatever he gets from our meat scraps. I spend more on dog treats. Every good deed gets a "cookie". The up side to that is he is getting a lot more civilized. Not bad for a "3 time loser" at the pound. You must buy the kibble in bulk? He seems to do best on Costco "healthy weight" and that is about $18 a 40# bag. I have tried several other brands, including some real "foo foo" stuff the vet is pushing. I watch the intake and output to decide how he is doing. The ingredient list is pretty good too, I posted it here a while ago. My cats won't go near the food the vets sell, especially the Hill's Prescription Diet, wet or dry. Our outdoor friends, the foxes, raccoons, possums, et cetera, all go for Purina Dog Chow, so we buy a couple of big bags of it for them each month. We also give them leftovers. A stand of forest a few miles away was just clearcut by a homebuilder/developer. That means a lot more critters are now homeless, and we'll probably see a few of them, the ones who aren't killed crossing the streets. I am not a huge fan of feeding wild animals. It is creating an unnatural environment that hurts them in the end. You will al;so find that you end up with a lot more undesirable critters like rats. Knock on plastic, we so far haven't even seen a mouse on the property. My guess is that it has something to do with all the the predator birds in the area, including hawks*, owls, crows, et cetera. You always see them swooping down on nearby fields, and taking off with something juicy in their beaks. I'm sure the foxes and maybe the possums and raccoons also help keep down the rodent population. * We have one for sure and possibly two nests of cooper's hawks in the woods behind the back yard. *********************** Speaking of wildlife...today I had to scrape a small egg off my sidewalk..... with a carcass of a tiny dead bird inside.... Must have fallen out of a nearby tree in our high winds. You should have sent it to snotty ingersoll...could have fed his family for a week. *********************** There was a resemblance except the bird had no hair. |
A thousand dollars for food per month? WOW!!
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On Tue, 10 May 2011 14:54:11 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 10:23:53 -0700, wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 11:46:19 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 06:49:43 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:10:53 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:29:33 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 11:54:28 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 14:48:00 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 13:56:55 -0400, wrote: John H wrote: Note the fine print: "Giant Gas Rewards points will expire 30 days from date of issuance." So, all Harry has to do is spend $1000 at Giant in 30 days, and within the same 30 days he can save $1 per gallon on gas. So, in order to get a $1.00 per gallon discount, you must spend $1000 to earn 1000 points. Gee, what a math whiz... Just to add to the fun: Every week, I spend the following at Giant on our indoor pets: Petfood $ 30 Clean Litter $ 52 That's $82 a week x 4 weeks = $328. That's 328 of 1000 points. How many cats do you have? I'm guessing he has two? I spend about 1/2 that on food. I buy the litter in bulk and it lasts forever. I was just curious. I have a 100 pound dog and he only eats about $15 a month in food, plus whatever he gets from our meat scraps. I spend more on dog treats. Every good deed gets a "cookie". The up side to that is he is getting a lot more civilized. Not bad for a "3 time loser" at the pound. You must buy the kibble in bulk? He seems to do best on Costco "healthy weight" and that is about $18 a 40# bag. I have tried several other brands, including some real "foo foo" stuff the vet is pushing. I watch the intake and output to decide how he is doing. The ingredient list is pretty good too, I posted it here a while ago. My cats won't go near the food the vets sell, especially the Hill's Prescription Diet, wet or dry. Our outdoor friends, the foxes, raccoons, possums, et cetera, all go for Purina Dog Chow, so we buy a couple of big bags of it for them each month. We also give them leftovers. A stand of forest a few miles away was just clearcut by a homebuilder/developer. That means a lot more critters are now homeless, and we'll probably see a few of them, the ones who aren't killed crossing the streets. I am not a huge fan of feeding wild animals. It is creating an unnatural environment that hurts them in the end. You will al;so find that you end up with a lot more undesirable critters like rats. Knock on plastic, we so far haven't even seen a mouse on the property. My guess is that it has something to do with all the the predator birds in the area, including hawks*, owls, crows, et cetera. You always see them swooping down on nearby fields, and taking off with something juicy in their beaks. I'm sure the foxes and maybe the possums and raccoons also help keep down the rodent population. * We have one for sure and possibly two nests of cooper's hawks in the woods behind the back yard. Mine is a mouser for sure... also gets the occasional snake, yuk, and more than it's share of birds (bummer, but what can you do). Keep the cat in the house. I have no problem with people enjoying their pets but when they become exotic predators they become a concern. The only small animals that can compete with cats are rats and mice. They can kill everything else but these rodents can reproduce faster than a cat can eat them. You end up with nothing but rats and mice in the ecosystem. That is why the DEP kills cats in the parks around here. They don't talk about it much tho. The also do not talk about the wild hogs they kill. Roadside Barbecue! The park service has a contractor who traps out a lot of the hogs and he comes and gets one if they shoot it. Evidently wild hog is a delicacy in Europe. The French can't get enough of them. The rangers carry a 12ga in their Gator with 00 buck in it. Wow...and that was a wild-ass guess on my part. Around here, if a deer is hit by a car, and it happens often, the deer usually is picked up and put in the back of one of the next pickup trucks that passes. If not, the vultures feed on it for a couple of days. In the years we've lived here, our vehicles have been hit four times by deer running across a road. One missed us by leaping over the hood of the car. Not being a hunter, I have no idea how long a deer can sit dead on the side of the road before the meat is considered spoiled. |
A thousand dollars for food per month? WOW!!
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@mypacks.net says... wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 14:54:11 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 10:23:53 -0700, wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 11:46:19 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 06:49:43 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:10:53 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:29:33 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 11:54:28 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 14:48:00 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 13:56:55 -0400, wrote: John H wrote: Note the fine print: "Giant Gas Rewards points will expire 30 days from date of issuance." So, all Harry has to do is spend $1000 at Giant in 30 days, and within the same 30 days he can save $1 per gallon on gas. So, in order to get a $1.00 per gallon discount, you must spend $1000 to earn 1000 points. Gee, what a math whiz... Just to add to the fun: Every week, I spend the following at Giant on our indoor pets: Petfood $ 30 Clean Litter $ 52 That's $82 a week x 4 weeks = $328. That's 328 of 1000 points. How many cats do you have? I'm guessing he has two? I spend about 1/2 that on food. I buy the litter in bulk and it lasts forever. I was just curious. I have a 100 pound dog and he only eats about $15 a month in food, plus whatever he gets from our meat scraps. I spend more on dog treats. Every good deed gets a "cookie". The up side to that is he is getting a lot more civilized. Not bad for a "3 time loser" at the pound. You must buy the kibble in bulk? He seems to do best on Costco "healthy weight" and that is about $18 a 40# bag. I have tried several other brands, including some real "foo foo" stuff the vet is pushing. I watch the intake and output to decide how he is doing. The ingredient list is pretty good too, I posted it here a while ago. My cats won't go near the food the vets sell, especially the Hill's Prescription Diet, wet or dry. Our outdoor friends, the foxes, raccoons, possums, et cetera, all go for Purina Dog Chow, so we buy a couple of big bags of it for them each month. We also give them leftovers. A stand of forest a few miles away was just clearcut by a homebuilder/developer. That means a lot more critters are now homeless, and we'll probably see a few of them, the ones who aren't killed crossing the streets. I am not a huge fan of feeding wild animals. It is creating an unnatural environment that hurts them in the end. You will al;so find that you end up with a lot more undesirable critters like rats. Knock on plastic, we so far haven't even seen a mouse on the property. My guess is that it has something to do with all the the predator birds in the area, including hawks*, owls, crows, et cetera. You always see them swooping down on nearby fields, and taking off with something juicy in their beaks. I'm sure the foxes and maybe the possums and raccoons also help keep down the rodent population. * We have one for sure and possibly two nests of cooper's hawks in the woods behind the back yard. Mine is a mouser for sure... also gets the occasional snake, yuk, and more than it's share of birds (bummer, but what can you do). Keep the cat in the house. I have no problem with people enjoying their pets but when they become exotic predators they become a concern. The only small animals that can compete with cats are rats and mice. They can kill everything else but these rodents can reproduce faster than a cat can eat them. You end up with nothing but rats and mice in the ecosystem. That is why the DEP kills cats in the parks around here. They don't talk about it much tho. The also do not talk about the wild hogs they kill. Roadside Barbecue! The park service has a contractor who traps out a lot of the hogs and he comes and gets one if they shoot it. Evidently wild hog is a delicacy in Europe. The French can't get enough of them. The rangers carry a 12ga in their Gator with 00 buck in it. Wow...and that was a wild-ass guess on my part. Around here, if a deer is hit by a car, and it happens often, the deer usually is picked up and put in the back of one of the next pickup trucks that passes. If not, the vultures feed on it for a couple of days. In the years we've lived here, our vehicles have been hit four times by deer running across a road. One missed us by leaping over the hood of the car. Not being a hunter, I have no idea how long a deer can sit dead on the side of the road before the meat is considered spoiled. Usually, the car hits the deer instead of the deer hitting the car. |
A thousand dollars for food per month? WOW!!
On Tue, 10 May 2011 15:12:00 -0400, Hairy Kraut sent
the following message In article , says... On Tue, 10 May 2011 14:25:55 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 10:23:53 -0700, wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 11:46:19 -0400, Harryk wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 06:49:43 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:10:53 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:29:33 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 11:54:28 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 14:48:00 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 13:56:55 -0400, wrote: John H wrote: Note the fine print: "Giant Gas Rewards points will expire 30 days from date of issuance." So, all Harry has to do is spend $1000 at Giant in 30 days, and within the same 30 days he can save $1 per gallon on gas. So, in order to get a $1.00 per gallon discount, you must spend $1000 to earn 1000 points. Gee, what a math whiz... Just to add to the fun: Every week, I spend the following at Giant on our indoor pets: Petfood $ 30 Clean Litter $ 52 That's $82 a week x 4 weeks = $328. That's 328 of 1000 points. How many cats do you have? I'm guessing he has two? I spend about 1/2 that on food. I buy the litter in bulk and it lasts forever. I was just curious. I have a 100 pound dog and he only eats about $15 a month in food, plus whatever he gets from our meat scraps. I spend more on dog treats. Every good deed gets a "cookie". The up side to that is he is getting a lot more civilized. Not bad for a "3 time loser" at the pound. You must buy the kibble in bulk? He seems to do best on Costco "healthy weight" and that is about $18 a 40# bag. I have tried several other brands, including some real "foo foo" stuff the vet is pushing. I watch the intake and output to decide how he is doing. The ingredient list is pretty good too, I posted it here a while ago. My cats won't go near the food the vets sell, especially the Hill's Prescription Diet, wet or dry. Our outdoor friends, the foxes, raccoons, possums, et cetera, all go for Purina Dog Chow, so we buy a couple of big bags of it for them each month. We also give them leftovers. A stand of forest a few miles away was just clearcut by a homebuilder/developer. That means a lot more critters are now homeless, and we'll probably see a few of them, the ones who aren't killed crossing the streets. I am not a huge fan of feeding wild animals. It is creating an unnatural environment that hurts them in the end. You will al;so find that you end up with a lot more undesirable critters like rats. Knock on plastic, we so far haven't even seen a mouse on the property. My guess is that it has something to do with all the the predator birds in the area, including hawks*, owls, crows, et cetera. You always see them swooping down on nearby fields, and taking off with something juicy in their beaks. I'm sure the foxes and maybe the possums and raccoons also help keep down the rodent population. * We have one for sure and possibly two nests of cooper's hawks in the woods behind the back yard. Mine is a mouser for sure... also gets the occasional snake, yuk, and more than it's share of birds (bummer, but what can you do). Keep the cat in the house. I have no problem with people enjoying their pets but when they become exotic predators they become a concern. The only small animals that can compete with cats are rats and mice. They can kill everything else but these rodents can reproduce faster than a cat can eat them. You end up with nothing but rats and mice in the ecosystem. That is why the DEP kills cats in the parks around here. They don't talk about it much tho. The also do not talk about the wild hogs they kill. It's a mostly outdoor cat. I'm really not concerned about whatever birds it can hunt down. I wouldn't call a cat an "exotic" predator. Cats have been around a long time. I'm nowhere near a state park. Doesn't matter if you are around a state park or not. Feral cats and cats that act like feral cats are a huge concern. A coyote or snake will take care of that cat sooner or later if it doesn't become a pavement pancake first. That plume character is an irresponsible pet owner. Maybe Krause will talk some sense to him. |
A thousand dollars for food per month? WOW!!
On Tue, 10 May 2011 16:28:55 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 10 May 2011 12:01:35 -0700, wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 14:25:55 -0400, wrote: Mine is a mouser for sure... also gets the occasional snake, yuk, and more than it's share of birds (bummer, but what can you do). Keep the cat in the house. I have no problem with people enjoying their pets but when they become exotic predators they become a concern. The only small animals that can compete with cats are rats and mice. They can kill everything else but these rodents can reproduce faster than a cat can eat them. You end up with nothing but rats and mice in the ecosystem. That is why the DEP kills cats in the parks around here. They don't talk about it much tho. The also do not talk about the wild hogs they kill. It's a mostly outdoor cat. I'm really not concerned about whatever birds it can hunt down. I wouldn't call a cat an "exotic" predator. Cats have been around a long time. I'm nowhere near a state park. They are certainly "exotics" to anyone who studies wildlife. The animals on this continent did not evolve to deal with them. They were introduced by Europeans. They really do not have any natural enemies here although a gator will take one if he sees one and a bobcat will run one off it is in his territory but that will probably not be a fight to the death. For most cat owners, your biggest fear is probably another exotic, the pit bull. (or some other big hunting dog) Auggie Doggie used to chase cats away bit he never really attacked one. I remember one day we had a cat in the yard and Auggie started after him. The cat turned and put up his best threat display. Auggie ran right over him and they ended up in a pile. They rolled around in the dust for a few seconds until they both got their composure back. The cat took off and Auggie chased him until they got off the property, then Auggie came back, pretty happy with himself. Birds don't have natural predators??? My cat has no problem with most dogs. They usually back off, get damaged, or she climbs a tree. The last thing a dog really wants to do is get a face full of claws... all four pads. |
A thousand dollars for food per month? WOW!!
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A thousand dollars for food per month? WOW!!
On Tue, 10 May 2011 14:25:55 -0400, wrote:
The also do not talk about the wild hogs they kill. Is it legal to shoot a wild hog if you are threatened by one? |
A thousand dollars for food per month? WOW!!
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says... On Tue, 10 May 2011 14:18:35 -0400, wrote: Over on home.repair there is a recurring story about Towser the Wonder cat who killed thousands of mice but the thing you have to take away from the story is that there was never any shortage of mice for Towser to kill. There have been studies that show that the average outdoor house cat will kill several thousand birds over its lifetime. They are natural born, instinctive hunter/killers. Our freaking cat just watched the mice in the house walk around. Lazy ******* couldn't be bothered to do his job indoors. |
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