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A kitty nest (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world
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[-] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 37 points 5 months ago

To state an obvious flaw, what were you expecting to attract with an opening that large? A bird would need 1/4 the size or less.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 5 months ago

Yeah this is a deathtrap for birds. Horrible design.

[-] fishos@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

At this point you're just feeding birds to the cats.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 5 months ago

Ah, so it's a bird feeder

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Yeah. Even without the cat, it's an open buffet for predator birds.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

A bird large enough to need an opening that size while still tending to roost in trees...Great horned owl? Bald eagle? Turkey vulture? Turkey? Not many of them nest in holes in trees so probably wouldn't know what to do with a box.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Owls was my first thought, they would totall dig that box.

Could be bats, too.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Probably don't do bats so close to the house.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I suppose even if the local bats had low risk of rabies or other disease depending on their species and food sources, the kind of bats that would nest in a structure like that would also infest buildings.

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