Purpose built bird cafe

Bluebell wood · #1 (**permalink**) 13-01-2008, 04:32 PM

Hi everyone,
Saw the question about pets.
We have beautiful twin ‘tabby’ cats (they have white bits) called Sunny (boy) and Daisy (girl) who nearly ten years ago were abandoned and taken in by the local rescue centre. We also have an unknown quantity (only seen one) of wild, if not now livid, rats. Livid because their food supply has now been raised onto a very fine bird table created and positioned today by H (husband). Cheese, soaked bread, apple, hanging nuts, fir cones covered in lard now adorn the slate roofed rat free zone…hopefully. After 3 hours of careful viewing of our new bird café we had a visit from one starling…early days.
I found this site because I would love to know how to make bird food from lard?,fat?,nuts?. Bit Blue Peter but must make use of those scraps for smaller birds.

Kayleigh · #2 (**permalink**) 13-01-2008, 04:44 PM

Hi bluebell wood, welcome to the site. your bird café sounds good. I like the fur cone idea, I might steel that on for my garden. There was a thread on make your own fat balls a while ago. You could do a search. I will have a look see if I can find it. How do you get rats with the cats around??

big bill · #3 (**permalink**) 13-01-2008, 04:48 PM

Hello Bluebell and welcome to the site ther is athread her for making your own fat balls just do a search and you will find it look forward to your posts enjoy

Kayleigh · #4 (**permalink**) 13-01-2008, 04:52 PM

Do you have a good recipe for fat balls

am now making my own fat balls.

I found these.

buzfuz8149 · #5 (**permalink**) 13-01-2008, 04:53 PM

Hi Bluebell Wood,

a warm welcome to WAB, you will find all sorts of info on here - especially on feeding birds, no doubt you will have lots of advice shortly.

Carol.

Bluebell wood · #6 (**permalink**) 13-01-2008, 05:21 PM

Thank you for your help.
Cats, rat population? It's winter my cats prefer to sleep by the log fire. They get fatter in winter but I don't think it is anything to do with rodents. It's as much as they can do to drag themselves outside when it is bedtime. They sleep in the garage.

Bluebell wood · #7 (**permalink**) 13-01-2008, 05:23 PM

Thank you for your help.

Bluebell wood · #8 (**permalink**) 13-01-2008, 05:25 PM

Thank you.
How true is that quote...

ron1863 · #9 (**permalink**) 14-01-2008, 10:51 PM

Hi bluebell wood and welcome to WAB

goosey · #10 (**permalink**) 15-01-2008, 06:29 AM

Hi bluebell, I look forward to hear how things are going with the cafe.

Welcome to WAB, you will find all the info you need here and no doubt be able to help others as well - enjoy the site and see you around!

Bluebell wood · #11 (**permalink**) 15-01-2008, 01:07 PM

Hi goosey
The cafe is very quiet. Saw one blackbird yesterday.. on the ground... under the table. I replenished stocks this morning, but the weather is terrible with wind and rain. Its not fit to send a bird out.
Bluebell wood