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Thu, Jul 14, 11 at 8:22
| I thought they were safe in the two pavilions I had them, they had just recently hatched the day before. I am bummed, they did not get a chance to fly or live very long. The mouse chewed a whole in the two pavilions I had them in, I was going to release them today!
Needless to say I am getting mousetraps today. |
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- Posted by butterflymomok (My Page) on Thu, Jul 14, 11 at 10:28
| Wow, that is unreal. I didn't know mice would eat butterflies--thought they were herbivores. |
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| It seems like most herbivores will turn into omnivores, including caterpillars, when given the chance. There are videos of cows eating rabbits and chickens that have been making the rounds. Rodents will definitely eat insects. At my last house, I used to sit my mothel/modified bird cage on my deck when I was attracting male moths. Mice started eating my females so I ended up putting mouse traps on the floor of the cage before I figured out a way to get the cage off the deck floor. KC |
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- Posted by christie_sw_mo Z6 (My Page) on Thu, Jul 14, 11 at 12:34
| How sad Minrose. I'm so sorry. I didn't know a mouse would eat a butterfly either. |
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- Posted by misssherry Z8/9MS (My Page) on Thu, Jul 14, 11 at 12:54
| 'So sorry, Minrose! Years ago, when I first started raising caterpillars, a mouse chewed through two of the mesh coverings of cages on my porch and ate several monarch chrysalides. But I didn't know they'd eat an adult butterfly. Sherry |
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| Thank you for your kind comments, it was a very sad sight to see. I am putting all my Monarchs up high in another room where we do have 2 good mousers cats roaming around. It is high enough cats can get them but they can keep an eye on the mice. I have mice traps set in the room I did have them in. |
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