"winter in the aviary"

[urbpan]

frozen gobbets of mouse innards
a cold gloved hand
dipped in warm disinfectant
milky with bird shit
don't jump on me, owl

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[urbpan.livejournal.com]

The only time I've found fetal mice left over was in the Snapper tank--actually my boss found it, and asked me "did you try to feed the snapper pinkies?"

I figured the fetus was too small for the snapper to bother with. Why a raptor would leave it is a mystery. They gobbets I clean up are usually digestive organs, which the hawks leave uneaten.

[vampyrusgirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's most of what I get, too. But the fetuses are weird. I'll figure it out someday.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Maybe the fetuses are too fatty? Our birds don't like to eat the obese mice, but I'm not sure what the fat content of a fetal mouse would be.