Does anyone else feel like a meany?

[Sevenseas]

 

If I am able to I will throw an insect outside but it isn't possible sometimes with 1000 ants in your sink, lol.  We have this species here that shows up from nowhere it seems by the millions.  I have been to the kitchen and seen a ton there and I just hit the hot water.  Can't say it is keeping me up at night.  If I can let a fly out I will but they are like little demons!  Even the Bible associates those suckers with Beelzebub.  Mosquitos shall receive no mercy

 

Animals are an entirely different ballgame...  I eat meat but could not stand to see or partake in animal killing.  My dad was a big hunter and made me go hunting all the time.  If God gave me anything it was a gift for animals and even wild animals weren't afraid of me.  Never wanted to kill an animal because they were my friends growing up.  Even now I feed the wild animals around here and they don't even run from me.

 

My dad and I had been hunting many times before and never got anything.  Then on my 16th birthday I got my drivers license and went hunting that evening with my dad.  That evening I got a huge 8 point buck and my dad was proud.  It went against everything in me to kill that deer and honestly felt heartbroken- but I wanted to get closer to my abusive father.  Anyway he was proud of me and hunting was something we could share.

 

We went hunting many times after that and animals not being afraid of me made it too easy.  I'd just let the deer go and walk around the land enjoying nature.  We'd been going for a long time and hadn't got any deer and my dad was losing heart I guess...  So I decided I'd go ahead and bag another deer and see how I felt.  I was young and still trying to find myself and grow up and be a man.

 

That night two deer ran by my stand frollicking with each other- they looked like twins.  Thought they were doe's because I didn't see horns and they were really big- 150+lbs.  So I shot one...  The deer with it must have been a sybling because it didn't want to leave his twins side.  Literally had to shoo off the other deer and then to my horror saw the deer was actually a male that barely had his horns.  That was all enough for me.  That was the last time I ever went hunting and swore to never go again.

 

Obviously it still bugs me and I never killed another animal since.  It isn't so much that I feel hunting is wrong- it just isn't for me and I just don't see the thrill or excitement aspect.  Some hunters I feel are exceptionally cruel.  Now I do whatever I can to help any kind of animal because that is my true nature.  I love animals and they love me too.

 

Awww....what a nice story, Will.  Good for you because very few of us need to kill to eat or to protect ourselves (those are the only reasons one should kill an animal).  I'm an animal lover too.

 

 

 

I don't think hunting is a sport at all.  If you HAVE to hunt that would be different, but I've seen enough hurting animals (at the hands of people) to just not want any part of it

 

I know after the fall, things changed and animals became food...but I don't think it was so prior to that?  Anyway....

[Guest AFlameOfFire]

I scream like the girl I am too with certain creepy crawlers I hear ya

 

Especially those ticks that have blown up to the size of a grape on a dogs (which have been sucking on your dogs blood for days)

 

Eww!  LOL

 

(Makes my husband deal with that) lol

[Guest AFlameOfFire]

I cant quote no one the board is broken for me in certain features right now, that was in response to sevenseas post (the first page)

 

Sorry bout that

[Sevenseas]

Blessings Everyone,

     I am an animal lover & would never harm an animal,I am a horse trainer & where there is feed there are rats,I feel very sorry for the rats but if we did not have barn cats we would just be overrun with Rattatouille......so I leave the killing to the cats....& if I ever see dead one that has been left uneaten for some reason my heart aches

    But insects?Uggh....A brown recluse nearly killed me so I have a vengeance for spiders,every bug in South Florida looks pre-historic & grows to a huge proportions & usually is out to get ya....I feel nothing for the biting kind or Palmettos....butterflies,caterpillars & lady bugs I can live in harmony with.........

                                                                                                                 With love,in Christ-Kwik

 

 

You train horses?  Lots of those in Florida!  I'm a horse lover..currently have just one...but I used to breed (Friesian crosses) and have had a couple of TB's...lived near Ocala..you

might know where that is?  About 6 yrs...my husband is American ... we have discussed moving back down to FL...guess we'll see!

 

Horse trainer...great job!!

[Sevenseas]

I cant quote no one the board is broken for me in certain features right now, that was in response to sevenseas post (the first page)

 

Sorry bout that

 

 

yeah I thought so...I totally get it about the ticks...I grew up in the province of Quebec (Canada) and we didn't have ticks...they are there now tho.  But the 1st time I saw a tick on my

Dane cross (he has since passed on of old age ... 16yrs) I had a conniption...it was like he was going to die or something..my husband, used to dealing with the little monsters...

took care of it ...I've since learned how...but that is one thing that makes me squeamish and I am not really a girly girl...but ticks do that to me LOL!

 

Hope they get yr quote feature fixed...did you try copy/paste?  If it is just you, maybe it is some kind of computer thing at yr end?  I sometimes have cacheing probs..but prob not

the thing causing your inability to quote....ummm...what browser are you using>  If it's IE, dump it and try Chrome or Firefox or Opera... 

[Guest AFlameOfFire]

LOL Yeah,  I cant quote, or even copy past a sentence or a link or simply post a smilie face. Its being quirky on me. And I'm no technical genius.

 

I'll try clicking on a bunch of things and see what happens.

 

I'll probably make matters worse

 

Sorry bout your dog cross, Great dane's are sweet (clumsy usually) but sweet

[Sevenseas]

LOL Yeah,  I cant quote, or even copy past a sentence or a link or simply post a smilie face. Its being quirky on me. And I'm no technical genius.

 

I'll try clicking on a bunch of things and see what happens.

 

I'll probably make matters worse

 

Sorry bout your dog cross, Great dane's are sweet (clumsy usually) but sweet

 

 

Thanks...I figure 16 yrs was a gift with a dog that was part Dane.  The other half was Am. Staff...he was an amazing boy...I rescued him off the street as a pup and he repaid

me with many years of love and loyalty....a kinder heart in a dog does not exist

[Willa]

When my friend was saved she became so tender hearted that she even refused to kill the black widow spiders that came into her house. Not me. Pests, especially dangerous ones, will not live in my house.

These last few years we have had tiny baby red ants, my husband calls them sugar ants, that have over run our house. They like our bath tub and our adjoining bed room where I usualy leave a glass of juice by my bed. I wake up with ants floating in my juice and dozens more on the glass and bed side table. They have even been in our bed. Since we have tiny dogs and can't use insectisides, I have been spreading cinnamon around the stand. This is a tip that I found on this site. It works well. Cayane also works as does vinegar for the tub. We can't find where the nest is but they come in through our furnace duct work and even through our closed windows, they are so tiny. Other people in our area complain of it too. The entamologists say it is because our winters have been so mild, but this year we have had several weeks between 0 and 10 degrees F. As soon as it warmed to 2 days in the 50s we had ants again.

HELP!!!!! They are not harmful but I draw the line at sleeping with them and drinking them, especially since the live ones on my glass quickly transfer to my hand and my face. EEEEEE yuk! Changing to a closed bottle of water did not help, either. They come anyway.

[chloe_fantastic]

When my friend was saved she became so tender hearted that she even refused to kill the black widow spiders that came into her house. Not me. Pests, especially dangerous ones, will not live in my house.

These last few years we have had tiny baby red ants, my husband calls them sugar ants, that have over run our house. They like our bath tub and our adjoining bed room where I usualy leave a glass of juice by my bed. I wake up with ants floating in my juice and dozens more on the glass and bed side table. They have even been in our bed. Since we have tiny dogs and can't use insectisides, I have been spreading cinnamon around the stand. This is a tip that I found on this site. It works well. Cayane also works as does vinegar for the tub. We can't find where the nest is but they come in through our furnace duct work and even through our closed windows, they are so tiny. Other people in our area complain of it too. The entamologists say it is because our winters have been so mild, but this year we have had several weeks between 0 and 10 degrees F. As soon as it warmed to 2 days in the 50s we had ants again.

HELP!!!!! They are not harmful but I draw the line at sleeping with them and drinking them, especially since the live ones on my glass quickly transfer to my hand and my face. EEEEEE yuk! Changing to a closed bottle of water did not help, either. They come anyway.

It may be time to call in the professionals, dear. I have a man that comes and sprays every other month, non-toxic stuff. The cats literally follow the guy around the house as he's spraying and they're completely fine. Call around and check if any bugmen in your area carry the non-toxic stuff. They charge me 30 bucks every two months to come, which I gladly pay.

[Willa]

Off Topic,

Sevenseas, average life for a Dane is half that--8 yr.

Love your Bluejay. We are bird watchers, and they are a rare treat in the far west.