I love ducks
when I lived on a farm the babies always used to fall into the cattle grid at the end of the drive, I was forever having to rescue them. Hedgehogs used to fall in there too, and no gardening gloves are strong enough to withstand hog prickles.

EDIT: the exciting thing happening in my workplace today is that the office shuts at 2pm :D This makes me a very happy kitty.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:35, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

my sister sat on a hedgehog
2 layers of clothing are also not enough to withstand hog prickles :D
( ascorbate, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:37, Reply)

I bet the hedgehog didn't fare much better either.
I once stood on a headless vole that the cat had left in the lounge. All its innards squirted out all over the place, it was minging.

More delighful tales from when I lived on a farm.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:44, Reply)

she was only 4
and stood up pretty damned fast - I don't think the hedghog was harmed, just a little shocked!
I worked on a farm for a while, so have plenty of delightful tales. Like the cow that exploded when the farmer couldn't afford the get it carted off for cremation. Just left it in the corner of a field. The smell was alarming.
( ascorbate, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:51, Reply)

oh that's rank. I remember once when a sheep died
and it was raining really hard so the farmer couldn't get his trailer down into the gulley to collect it so its stomach swelled up and my dog kept bouncing on it, I was waiting for it to explode all over her.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 11:01, Reply)

There's a hedgehog who trundles by my flat some times
Brave little fella, robbed the neighbour's cat's food from the bowl.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:43, Reply)

We used to have a shrew that lived in the fireplace
Dad named him Rambo because he used to run around the lounge when the cats were alseep in front of the fire.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:46, Reply)

we had a cat called Dinner for Two
because the 2 dogs would dribble the moment they set eyes on him. We only had him for 2 weeks before we rehomed him with someone who didn't have two ravenous hounds.
( ascorbate, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:47, Reply)

That is funny.

( girlinthehole, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:48, Reply)

Was that First Blood or Rambo V?
Rambo stays at home in front of the fire.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:49, Reply)

It was First Blood style, one of the cats pissed him off so he destroyed the whole living room.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 11:01, Reply)