Animals & Nature

Welcome To Animals & Nature. If you have a question about the wide world of nature then you are in the right place.

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interele

Do ants sleep

I know this has got to the the stupidest question ever but ... II have an ants nest under my deck and at night they all disappear. Do they just go home and hang around in their nest or do they sleep ?...

luckyfish

fox in my garden

i was wondering if anyone can offer a suggestion on how to stop the fox/es from coming into my garden. we have a 6FT fence round the whole garden - with no holes in - so i don't even know how they get...

josaphine32

Ferret problems

Hi, we have just started having problems with our ferrets, everything was fine for 12 months, but now the mating season has come they have been such a nightmare, i have Bob a vicectimised ( Cant spell...

lankeela

dog s eyes

do they make you turn into stone if you look into them?

raysparx1

Another week, whats been happening?

Hi all, hope you are well, where has the time gone, nature is really moving on fast forward at the moment, all the birds are so busy, our house martins are performing flying acrobatics, what happening...

Marky B

Boxes on the moors

Whilst walking with my friend last week on the North Yorkshire Moors,we came across little green boxes with what looked liked crystals inside,covered with a cloth,and each box was anchored in by four...

MrsJ1

What to do with sheeps wool

I have recently taken part ownership of a small flock of sheep and lambs. The sheep will be shorn within the next couple of weeks and I shall have some of the wool but am not sure what the next step...

oxford1

Chickens

I am a new keeper of domestic chickens, I want to find out if weed and feed on my lawn, slug peletts and other pestisides will harm my chickens? Many Thanks

oxford1

Paultry

I am a new keeper of chickens and I want to know if I can use weed and feed, slug pellets etc on my lawn? Cheers

nixon2

SE xword

19a a fringe of pointed teeth surrounding the opening of a moss capsule

avimorr

headless birds in my garden

hi for the past week we have found almost daily a headless bird in the garden all in different spots. they have been both adult starlings and blackbirds. there are not feathers scattered everywhere...

shylock73

My wife and I have been `adopted`

A lovely little cat has taken a `shine ` to my wife and myself and we believe she has `adopted` us, as she stays with us all day in our garden and wants attention all the time. We don`t feed her as...

albert38

mos 12a

small hard stone in single fruit containing one seed

knownuffink

telegraph crossword

11 across largest species of bat

Drisgirl

fish

has anybody ever seen a fish fart?

evedawn

bluebell wood in kent

Does anyone know of a GOOD spot to see this years bluebells in kent? But...it should be fairly easilly accessible - ie: not a two hour trek on foot to get there. thanks in advance as always.

Drisgirl

horse sitting

can you teach a horse to sit down on command.

madboutcats

cupar the cat wants to show off his typing skills

ikkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk oops maybe not, have a good bank holiday weekend fellow cat lovers.

sheribeee

REF, Hamster pee,s her bed Q... she died!

I asked a Q the other day about my hamster poppy, regarding her soiling her bed. She died today, i got home and she was hardly breathing, not moving and obviously dying, so we went straight to the vet...

mandimoo

poorly beaucarnea?

my beaucarnea has got a lot of cotton woolly type stuff all over its leaves, too much for me to wipe down each leaf. can anyone tell me what this stuff is, and what else i might be able to do to cure...