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Bird feeder observation

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  • TackTack Posts: 1,367
    edited April 2022
    @B3 I thought I'd google cotton wool for birds as once my child's hamster needed a trip to the vet to get a foot untangled from cotton wool fibres, it caused a horrible wound. The RSPB don't recommend putting it out for that reason, the fibres are too fine. The wool you get in modern food packaging insulation is great though, that is real animal fibre and very suitable
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    They're not fine at the moment. A biblical deluge followed by a double deluge flattened it into a solid mass. But it didn't blow away.😊
    I won't put any more out but we definitely don't have to be concerned with small fibres with this lot.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Wool in food packaging?? Never seen that. Can you explain?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Sometimes if you get frozen food delivered by Riverford etc, the food arrives packed in ex-demin fibres or fleece.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited April 2022
    Need to google. Never get food
     delivered. Maybe that's the problem😏

    Is there a typo? Nothing that comes up makes sense in this context.

    Anyway teasel seedheads are a great medium for sticking stuff to😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Packing fleece


  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Hmm 😒 what needs that kind of protection o or is it a temperature thing?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • TackTack Posts: 1,367
    edited April 2022
    Like this @B3, you pull the cover off and it is matted wool https://www.woolcool.com/food/woolcool-food-fleece-liners/
    It's for temperature, I receive cheese and fish deliveries in this.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Thanks @Tack. I'm afraid I do my food shopping the old fashioned way😏
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    The unique odour of blue cheese and sheep wool certainly adds atmosphere to the house when you open a cheese delivery.  :#
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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