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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 596684" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Maggie reacts that way because she knows that you talk to them. Ditto the cat. By rubbing her face on the chick, she marked it with her scent as belonging to the family and thus NOT being prey or a danger or an intruder. Cats do this. They have glands in their faces that give off scent and they mark territory that way. Generally parent birds will NOT take a baby back that a cat has marked EXCEPT if they are in the same 'family' the way all your animals are. </p><p></p><p>Those who say dogs and cats are color blind are nuts, in my opinion. My parents have ALWAYS told their animals that the red birds and the blue birds are off limits unless they attack, and ALL of our animals have ALWAYS not hunted them. EVER. The dog we had growing up went so far as to let them eat her food before she had any, and she shared her doghouse with birds and squirrels and now and then an armadillo in cold or wet weather. Freaked me out the first time I came home from college and went to visit her after it was dark. Three sets of eyes looking at me from her house was NOT expected,lol.</p><p></p><p>But your animals are family and they know it, so they act like it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 596684, member: 1233"] Maggie reacts that way because she knows that you talk to them. Ditto the cat. By rubbing her face on the chick, she marked it with her scent as belonging to the family and thus NOT being prey or a danger or an intruder. Cats do this. They have glands in their faces that give off scent and they mark territory that way. Generally parent birds will NOT take a baby back that a cat has marked EXCEPT if they are in the same 'family' the way all your animals are. Those who say dogs and cats are color blind are nuts, in my opinion. My parents have ALWAYS told their animals that the red birds and the blue birds are off limits unless they attack, and ALL of our animals have ALWAYS not hunted them. EVER. The dog we had growing up went so far as to let them eat her food before she had any, and she shared her doghouse with birds and squirrels and now and then an armadillo in cold or wet weather. Freaked me out the first time I came home from college and went to visit her after it was dark. Three sets of eyes looking at me from her house was NOT expected,lol. But your animals are family and they know it, so they act like it. [/QUOTE]
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