Bird feeding and dogs? Please help.?
Posted in Bird Feeding by: FinchBirdI have a few feeders in my yard. My neighbors yard backs up to mine. There is a fence inbetween. She has 2 dogs in an inclosed area in her yard. She is telling me that because I feed the birds, her dogs are getting sick. They are getting some sort of parasite from the bird droppings (she won't tell me the name of the parasite). She wants me to stop feeding the birds. I love feeding the birds and don't want to stop. She has 2 large, bushy trees in her yard. A lot of birds get in her trees and apparently the poo all over her yard. I guess what I want to know is: Is this my fault? Would it make a difference if I stopped feeding the birds? Can anyone tell me the name of the parasite? She just came over and accused me of throwing peanut shells in her yard because her dogs pooed out some shells. I told her the squirrels probably left the shells. Is she crazy or should I stop? I will add that I have taken down 4 feeders and changed seed to one that some birds won't eat.
The feeders are up in my yard. None of them hang over into her yard. The birds do poo in my yard. Her problem is that the birds fly from my feeders into her trees and then poo in her yard. My thought was that even if I didn't feed the birds, wouldn't there still be birds in her yard and in her trees. She can't expect no birds in her yard, regardless of what I do. I don't think she is lying, I just don't know if this is all my fault or not.
The feeders are up in my yard. None of them hang over into her yard. The birds do poo in my yard. Her problem is that the birds fly from my feeders into her trees and then poo in her yard. My thought was that even if I didn't feed the birds, wouldn't there still be birds in her yard and in her trees. She can't expect no birds in her yard, regardless of what I do. I don't think she is lying, I just don't know if this is all my fault or not.
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I would continue to feed the birds.Birds will sit in trees and birds will poop.If the neighbor is worried,she should keep the bird poop raked up so the dogs can't eat it.I have been feeding birds for over 35 years and have dogs,my neighbors have dogs,and none of our dogs have ever gotten sick,but they don't eat bird droppings,either. Also,you should ask her to tell you the name of her veterinarian as you would like to know the name of the parasite.I think the woman just doesn't like birds.
on March 19th, 2009 at 11:29 am