We inject the mice with water in the wintertime. When it gets so cold that the water dishes freeze every day, we take them out and the birds of prey get their water in their mice. (The non-raptors--crows and pheasants--still have water dishes.)
No, most of them are permanently injured, and wouldn't have much of a chance with a live mouse. We do have a flighted American kestrel (a songbird-sized falcon) and I wild-catch grasshoppers for her to chase around and eat.
Oh! I happen to have pet mice and have joined a number of mice communities, so at first assumed this was a post from one of their members. I wondered what the heck a pet owner/breeder had done to have so many dead mice!
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Date: 2007-02-02 10:44 pm (UTC)XD
Date: 2007-02-02 10:55 pm (UTC)Re: XD
Date: 2007-02-02 10:58 pm (UTC)Re: XD
Date: 2007-02-02 11:04 pm (UTC)Mousies on smack. Thank you for the Quote of the Day, I needed a good laugh! :)
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Date: 2007-02-03 01:42 am (UTC)Believe it or not...
Date: 2007-02-03 02:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-03 04:24 am (UTC)Keen!
Do you ever feed the raptors *live* mice to give them a treat/keep their hunting instincts sharp?!
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Date: 2007-02-03 12:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-03 02:18 pm (UTC)I know that Perth Zoo feeds the occasional live mouse or rabbit to its carnivores when the public aren't around to see...
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Date: 2007-02-03 09:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-03 12:06 pm (UTC)