Unusual behaviour in animals, and our pets
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Our dog was behaving a bit weird last night. We let her out and she wouldn't come in for more than 30 minutes. She wouldn't respond to calls. I went out with her and she would come to me, but would just walk past me and not really pay attention. She is kind of shy and doesn't really listen when you tell her something to begin with. But this seemed odd. And I tried to direct her in when she was close to the door by standing behind her and nudging her in, but she wouldn't go in.
We've seen her stand outside and stare at the moon before. But I think the moon was only a sliver yesterday and it was too cloudy to see. There were also some fire engines with their sirens on and she is usually scared of loud vehicles. Eventually we got her to come in, but it seemed like she did so reluctantly. She's a good dog, but a bit quirky and skiddish. We think the owner of her during her first few months abused her. But this seemed a bit more strange than usual. I was wondering if it was something in the air, or earth changes. And I was thinking about the session where they said animals could have malevolent attachments. But she seems fine today, so fwiw.
We've seen her stand outside and stare at the moon before. But I think the moon was only a sliver yesterday and it was too cloudy to see. There were also some fire engines with their sirens on and she is usually scared of loud vehicles. Eventually we got her to come in, but it seemed like she did so reluctantly. She's a good dog, but a bit quirky and skiddish. We think the owner of her during her first few months abused her. But this seemed a bit more strange than usual. I was wondering if it was something in the air, or earth changes. And I was thinking about the session where they said animals could have malevolent attachments. But she seems fine today, so fwiw.
Palinurus
The Living Force
lainey said:
Hi lainey,
You've probably seen a queen wasp as those are the only surviving specimens in autumn. She probably was searching for a safe place to hibernate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zbgZ40Emqo
_http://www.ehow.com/how_8495432_identify-queen-wasp.html
ehow said:
Thankfully it was not, I was stung by one of these when I was on Koh Chang in Thailand a couple of years ago. It was incredibly painful.mkrnhr said:
Palinurus said:
This is exactly what was happening, she was checking out the shoe boxes and I caught her when she was popping in the hole in the front of a boot box. The shop was a bit perplexed when I came scuttling through the shop floor with the box at arms length and flung it in the street outside. :P
Thank you both for your replies
Justin
Jedi Master
Ellipse said:
Rabies is very over-hyped in the US, as a way to sell more vaccines. I don’t know about other places though.
For the causes of changes in behavior I’d look at diet first, then changes in the environment and injury/illness. Changes in diet can definitely cause behavior changes. If my dog eats a lot of omega-3 fats it makes her much more nervous and clingy for a day or so. Pork makes her lethargic and more relaxed. It could be something the dog is eating while out on walks too. If he's going far into the forest, maybe there's something really good in there, like bones or meat, or there once was.
Yozilla
The Living Force
Some rare occurrences in wild life:
Zeus - blind owl with starry eyes: _http://cottagelife.com/96759/environment/wildlife/meet-zeus-the-blind-screech-owl-with-stars-in-his-eyes
&
Albus - Adriatic Albino Dolphin:_http://news.softpedia.com/news/Rare-Albino-Dolphin-Spotted-Swimming-in-the-Mediterranean-456794.shtml
Zeus - blind owl with starry eyes: _http://cottagelife.com/96759/environment/wildlife/meet-zeus-the-blind-screech-owl-with-stars-in-his-eyes
&
Albus - Adriatic Albino Dolphin:_http://news.softpedia.com/news/Rare-Albino-Dolphin-Spotted-Swimming-in-the-Mediterranean-456794.shtml
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Not quite sure where to put this one, but it's a behavioural thing, so here we go:
Today I was gardening, and this bird swooped me; I said to myself, "Hey! Watch it mate!" I thought it was a magpie.
Anyway a few minutes later it happened again; and then, a bird alighted onto the fence next to me. It was a Lorikeet.
I reached my hand out, and the bird hopped onto my hand and walked up my arm to my shoulder, and settled there.
My wife was watching, so I told her to go and get the camera.
So we have this photo on her phone camera of me in my gardening gear with a Lorikeet on my shoulder.
The bird hung around for about 15 minutes, even walking down the path and trying to climb up my wife's leg.
It got up to her stomach before she freaked out. I rescued it.
I thought it must have been somebody's pet, it was so tame.
It was a bit late for "Talk like a Pirate day", but it felt like I was a pirate with this miniature parrot on my shoulder.
I gave it a name: "Bert".
Then it flew up onto the roof and disappeared into a tree .
"Aaarrrghhh"
Weird things seem to happen to me on March 16th.
Today I was gardening, and this bird swooped me; I said to myself, "Hey! Watch it mate!" I thought it was a magpie.
Anyway a few minutes later it happened again; and then, a bird alighted onto the fence next to me. It was a Lorikeet.
I reached my hand out, and the bird hopped onto my hand and walked up my arm to my shoulder, and settled there.
My wife was watching, so I told her to go and get the camera.
So we have this photo on her phone camera of me in my gardening gear with a Lorikeet on my shoulder.
The bird hung around for about 15 minutes, even walking down the path and trying to climb up my wife's leg.
It got up to her stomach before she freaked out. I rescued it.
I thought it must have been somebody's pet, it was so tame.
It was a bit late for "Talk like a Pirate day", but it felt like I was a pirate with this miniature parrot on my shoulder.
I gave it a name: "Bert".
Then it flew up onto the roof and disappeared into a tree .
"Aaarrrghhh"
Weird things seem to happen to me on March 16th.
lainey said:
Hi Lainey, I plugged the fone into the computer, but for the life of me that's as far as it got!
I'll have to wait until my (very smart) daughter is available, I'm sure she will figure it out.
I can't help it if I was born in the forties.. I don't even use a smart fone. Every one else seems to have one.
Patience.
