If you come across a sheep lying on its back with its legs up, it is 'cast'. Please be so kind as to tip/roll it back over; if left like this they can die as they cannot get up. Please be kind enough to share.
Pumpkins.
Halloween is one night.
If you have to waste a food item (and I strongly suggest you don't), please put it out for one night, then dispose of it.
Please DO NOT put it out for the wildlife.
Once you've handled it, cut it, left it out in the open, unrefrigerated, it will not be hygienic or safe for anyone to eat.
Pumpkins are a low-acid vegetable, so once they are cut and left at room temperature, pathogens will rapidly grow on the flesh.
Our precious wildlife do not have any magical properties that protect them against food poisoning.
Additionally, pumpkin has a laxative affect so it would be particularly cruel to leave it out for starving wildlife to eat in desperation, causing them to lose precious fluids that may make the difference between life and death.
So no matter what you read elsewhere, please DO NOT put your discarded decoration out for the birds or any other wildlife.
It's waste, fit only for the bin.
@Malcolm_theCat So much going on - where to begin. I think even the animal behaviour people would have difficulty with this scenario! ( Mummy typed this for me & used the big words....)
@BaronHarryPuss It took my mummy and daddy two years to decide to get another cat after Felix died - he was a tuxedo. They said they wouldn’t have a black & white as it would remind them too much of the old fella. But hey they got me - mostly black with a bit of white! Sending lots of purrs 💕