Dead animal disposal?

[colacubes]

Bury it.

That's what we do - in a fairly rural location - with such victims.
Needs to be about 12" down (ie twice the depth) and put a flat stone over the top, for about 3 mths (to stop scavengers) in warmer weather [six in cold season].

I happen to know that kittyP lives in the very opposite of this location so not a goer!

Mate - heavy duty bin bag, shovel, wheelie bin is the way forward

 

[mack]

Discovered a dead fox in the undergrowth at the back of the garden, looks young and fairly recently expired, will need to deal with it after work today, I would usually bury it but I think this time it'll have to go in the bin, they're collecting Wednesday morning.

Poor thing, I'll add some flowers to the bin bag and say a few words for it's onward journey to the afterlife.

 

[kebabking]

My advice would be to either bury it - as said before, with at least 12-18 inches of soil in top of it, and a paving slab to stop other animals predating on the carcass, or get a shovel, a bin bag, gloves, a stuff drink for later, and put it in the bin.

If you leave it, other animals - badgers, foxes, birds, cats - will start moving the carcass around and breaking it up into small bits: if you find a whole fox in the overgrown bit at the bottom of your garden distasteful, just wait till you find the ribcage on your patio....

 

[Pickman's model]

Discovered a dead fox in the undergrowth at the back of the garden, looks young and fairly recently expired, will need to deal with it after work today, I would usually bury it but I think this time it'll have to go in the bin, they're collecting Wednesday morning.

Poor thing, I'll add some flowers to the bin bag and say a few words for it's onward journey to the afterlife.

Saw a dead fox in Norwood yesterday near the Catholic Church, it also seemed young and maybe a day dead

 

[mack]

More grim than I expected, been there a while I think and the smell is still lingering.

Had to bag it as nowhere suitable to bury it..
Rip little furry one x

 

[story]

I think urban animals may be dying of dehydration.
I‘ve seen squirrels creeping about on Rush Common in an odd way that I’ve not seen before. It must be really difficult to find water in the city in a drought.

I keep a filled water bowl in my garden for passing wildlife, and a shallow birdbath type dish that hangs in a tree. I’ve not seen many birds, only the wood pigeons, come to that, but it’s swarming with bees and other insects most of the day

 

[story]

Saw a dead fox in Norwood yesterday near the Catholic Church, it also seemed young and maybe a day dead

This year’s cubs probably wouldn’t know how to find emergency water.

 

[spudulike]

Freecycle? There might be people out there who would be happy to boil the carcass to get the skeleton.

 

[cesare]

I think urban animals may be dying of dehydration.
I‘ve seen squirrels creeping about on Rush Common in an odd way that I’ve not seen before. It must be really difficult to find water in the city in a drought.

I keep a filled water bowl in my garden for passing wildlife, and a shallow birdbath type dish that hangs in a tree. I’ve not seen many birds, only the wood pigeons, come to that, but it’s swarming with bees and other insects most of the day

We've inherited 2 big birdbaths, a solar water feature and a couple of smallish metal containers that the birds are using as baths. We've also bought a birdbath. So we are the local birdspa and all the pollinators eg wasps are also drinking the water. It's incredibly uplifting to watch for example 2 bluetits share a small bath or 8 sparrows line up along the edges of a large one. The number of small birds is incredible.

 

[MickiQ]

In the current economic climate you might want to check if it belongs to a species that's edible. Failing that black bin in a plastic bag. I have given a great many mice an unceremonious send off that way. Middle Q has disposed of many of the Demonbeast's victims the same way including mice, rats, voles, rabbits and representatives of pretty much every species of bird native to the British Isles that way usually after they have been dismembered.

 

[story]

We've inherited 2 big birdbaths, a solar water feature and a couple of smallish metal containers that the birds are using as baths. We've also bought a birdbath. So we are the local birdspa and all the pollinators eg wasps are also drinking the water. It's incredibly uplifting to watch for example 2 bluetits share a small bath or 8 sparrows line up along the edges of a large one. The number of small birds is incredible.

I hate the stupid loved up smiley on here so I gave that a like, but I do love it.

I dont have small birds because my garden is a thoroughfare for all the cats and foxes in the whole district. There’s a clear path that goes across the grass and through a gap in the fence. No point blocking it, they’ll find a way through anyway. I‘m essentially on their turf. I don’t mind. It seems that because it’s a thoroughfare, no one uses it as home base. I guess it would be for too difficult for anyone to defend with the whole neighbourhood waltzing through.

The foxes also use the garden as their dining room.
This morning I found the remains of a Jamaican patty and an empty takeaway container.

 

[cesare]

I hate the stupid loved up smiley on here so I gave that a like, but I do love it.

I dont have small birds because my garden is a thoroughfare for all the cats and foxes in the whole district. There’s a clear path that goes across the grass and through a gap in the fence. No point blocking it, they’ll find a way through anyway. I‘m essentially on their turf. I don’t mind. It seems that because it’s a thoroughfare, no one uses it as home base. I guess it would be for too difficult for anyone to defend with the whole neighbourhood waltzing through.

The foxes also use the garden as their dining room.
This morning I found the remains of a Jamaican patty and an empty takeaway container.

You have a busy nocturnal road through your garden! I can see why predators would deter small birds. I bet your thoroughfare was established very many years ago - nature takes back what was theirs even if it's forced into a detour or adapted route.

The journey of my parents' passing resulted in their garden not having much close attention in the past couple of years. There's now a small thicket at the end where these birds play all day when they're not feeding or bathing. Some of them venture up the path, and some are very curious of us. They are also now bold enough to ask for more seed, nuts or coconut. They started pecking the jute string attaching the coconut to the repurposed hanging basket hanger - they've decided that they want to coconut on the floor because it's easier to get too! So we've now fashioned an upside down hanging basket thingy as a cage so that they can eat the coconut without being disturbed by large birds at ground level.

We also have a fieldmouse that lives in the space that divides our patio from the bird empire, its nightly running around eating up any overlooked bird treats is lovely.

 

[1927]

Do they definitely work? Have you tried it?
I will suggest it to housemates but I am not going and waving my phone near a rotting carcass

Exactly, you don’t want to get a virus!

 

[Duncan2]

You have a busy nocturnal road through your garden! I can see why predators would deter small birds. I bet your thoroughfare was established very many years ago - nature takes back what was theirs even if it's forced into a detour or adapted route.

The journey of my parents' passing resulted in their garden not having much close attention in the past couple of years. There's now a small thicket at the end where these birds play all day when they're not feeding or bathing. Some of them venture up the path, and some are very curious of us. They are also now bold enough to ask for more seed, nuts or coconut. They started pecking the jute string attaching the coconut to the repurposed hanging basket hanger - they've decided that they want to coconut on the floor because it's easier to get too! So we've now fashioned an upside down hanging basket thingy as a cage so that they can eat the coconut without being disturbed by large birds at ground level.

We also have a fieldmouse that lives in the space that divides our patio from the bird empire, its nightly running around eating up any overlooked bird treats is lovely.

We have a fieldmouse.i think it is a fieldmouse because it's quite unlike the hirsute beasties that appear late at night indoors .This mouse is silvery and wraith like with big ears and a pointy nose.we always see it flashing across from one bit of cover to the next.we also suspect it had a hand in the inglorious dismasting of our sunflowers-nipped off an inch above the ground.

 

[cesare]

We have a fieldmouse.i think it is a fieldmouse because it's quite unlike the hirsute beasties that appear late at night indoors .This mouse is silvery and wraith like with big ears and a pointy nose.we always see it flashing across from one bit of cover to the next.we also suspect it had a hand in the inglorious dismasting of our sunflowers-nipped off an inch above the ground.

If it's silvery brown rather than grey I think you might have a fieldmouse