tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477876130194461680.post2528057499638615703..comments2019-08-10T18:33:05.593-05:00Comments on Confessions of an Animal Junkie: Another Voice StilledPhoenix Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03290349031002504007noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477876130194461680.post-48024273313418611802012-01-16T08:30:19.774-06:002012-01-16T08:30:19.774-06:00I have a real live rescue story involving a puddy ...I have a real live rescue story involving a puddy tat that is taking place right now. I will write it and would be very honored if you'd let me guest post it.<br /><br />A calico street cat gets a Mommy. Will send it next couple of days, Thai style story of course.Wilkins MacQueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05601091849024992561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477876130194461680.post-52120982196246149232012-01-15T10:23:04.454-06:002012-01-15T10:23:04.454-06:00I think it is time for another beautiful VKW rescu...I think it is time for another beautiful VKW rescue story to cheer me up. <br /><br />VK, you put your stories together and you've got a wonderful anthology busting to be published. Anyone who is in it for the long haul and has had success and failure first hand, well you had me as a reader a long time ago. <br /><br />I hope you'll keep penning your stories.Wilkins MacQueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05601091849024992561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477876130194461680.post-44420493713262340282012-01-15T10:09:31.142-06:002012-01-15T10:09:31.142-06:00Dear Phoenix,
I so agree. Thanks for the info on h...Dear Phoenix,<br />I so agree. Thanks for the info on how these chicks get colored. I had no idea. Makes me sick, like puppies and kitties for Christmas.These chicks will likely die long before their color runs out.So terrible.<br /><br />Hey girl, knowing what a vet tech has to do in the course of a day (euthanasia and all) how did you manage to handle what you had to do so long ago?<br /><br />A young girl with a tender heart watching these animals go, how did you cope? <br /><br />Would love to hear that side of it, unattractive as it may be,knowing I had to do what I had to do at times as well in my menagerie.<br /><br />When you're ready,Wilkins MacQueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05601091849024992561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477876130194461680.post-1168196476824911482012-01-14T08:25:15.208-06:002012-01-14T08:25:15.208-06:00Hey Mac: Here in the States, dyed chicks are popul...Hey Mac: Here in the States, dyed chicks are popular for Easter -- at least in states where they're legal. Some states have the forethought to ban their sale. <br /><br />Dye is injected directly into the eggs about a week before hatching. Most studies seem to indicate a natural food-coloring dye isn't harmful, but "novelty" chicks are only exciting while they're novel. Once their real feathers start to grow in, the colored chicks become a mundane white, and many of these pets wind up trashed once the novelty literally wears off. Of course, that happens to lots of naturally fluffy yellow chicks bought at Easter too.<br /><br />Chicks are terribly messy and most folk don't plan for a 5-year commitment when they pick up a $3 chick for the kids to ooh over. The last thing ethically any breeder needs to be doing is to make their stock more enticing during certain holidays worldwide. :o(Phoenix Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290349031002504007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477876130194461680.post-71115512465311581682012-01-13T14:04:12.831-06:002012-01-13T14:04:12.831-06:00Sorry to read of the vacancy on the perch. I had a...Sorry to read of the vacancy on the perch. I had a parakeet as a child. Lovely happy chirps and flaps greeted us every morning. <br /><br />Here people buy wild birds who have been caught and caged. The cages are far too small and the birds can never fly again. I hate to see them confined. <br /><br />We have a few doves that hang out at the school, sparrows hop around looking for crumbs the kids drop and the odd heron does a fly by. <br /><br />Today a student brought a pink chicken to school. It came from the market, I guess they sell well for Children's Day (tomorrow). Shudder. They come in blue as well. Can you imagine?Wilkins MacQueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05601091849024992561noreply@blogger.com