Leftover Maggots

[Fredastaireschair]

My Father is an angler..he has just told me he has lots of leftover maggots.. And asked if I'd like them as I have several bird tables. I'm unsure. I do love to feed the struggling birds, but ...they're alive. If I leave them for him to chuck out, they'll probably die anyway? Wwyd

Do you expect the birds in your garden to be vegan because you are?

Give them to the birds, better than have them die in his rubbish bin. That may be a few less worms eaten by blackbirds and robins.

Feed them. They haven’t been bought for that reason and will go to waste otherwise

Okay thanks

@LockdownIsDragging

Do you expect the birds in your garden to be vegan because you are?

No. More wasn't sure me feeding an animal to an animal was something I would or should be happy with.

More wasn't sure me feeding an animal to an animal was something I would or should be happy with

What else do you expect birds and animals to eat? Lots of animals are carnivores.

I have no idea how you will persuade a lion to eat a nut roast.

id suggest that he deals with them himself, putting them out for the birds etc, then its not your issue.
Interested though, if you have issue with maggots etc and their right to life, how would you deal with things like headlice or fleas in the house?
Im not fully vegan yet btw, id never considered how far this could go in that respect

@MrsFin

More wasn't sure me feeding an animal to an animal was something I would or should be happy with

What else do you expect birds and animals to eat? Lots of animals are carnivores.

I don't expect them to eat or not eat anything. I don't usually feed them living things though.

@Branleuse

id suggest that he deals with them himself, putting them out for the birds etc, then its not your issue. Interested though, if you have issue with maggots etc and their right to life, how would you deal with things like headlice or fleas in the house? Im not fully vegan yet btw, id never considered how far this could go in that respect

I draw the line at parasites. I think most vegans do.

Veganism, It's as far as is possible (It's impossible to never harm an animal as we harm them by just being alive).

@Northernsoullover

I have no idea how you will persuade a lion to eat a nut roast.

Damn. That was going to be my next question.

Damn. That was going to be my next question

😂😂

Ah so you're a level 5 vegan?!(Google it)

Me and my DP agree that pest control should be acceptable but we don't agree about what that looks like.

Pmsl. I can clearly remember going to a spiritual retreat in my twenties and a rather highly strug vegan crying over the ants that people were sweeping off of their dinner tables before they put their food on there for lunch.

My face was a picture 🤭

That's my DPs argument! I'm a vegan not a Buddhist!

@AppleJane

Damn. That was going to be my next question

😂😂

Ah so you're a level 5 vegan?!(Google it)

Me and my DP agree that pest control should be acceptable but we don't agree about what that looks like.

Am I 'eck (Just googled) no I can lapse in various ways if I am honest!

@justanotherneighinparadise

Pmsl. I can clearly remember going to a spiritual retreat in my twenties and a rather highly strug vegan crying over the ants that people were sweeping off of their dinner tables before they put their food on there for lunch.

My face was a picture 🤭

I'd not kill an ant, but I'd not want them crawling on my food I ate one by mistake once

Sometimes I think the food we eat is the easy part of being vegan!

Take a wormery. Do the worms care you are using their poo as long as you care for their needs?! My dogs never complain about me picking up their poo 😂

AppleJane I'd LOVE a wormery!

Me too!

I've also got some old hens from before being vegan and I can't decide whether rescuing hens would fit in to being vegan. It's complicated!