hendersons Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 While out shooting today i spotted on a number of occaisions blue snow where it would appear something had been urinating. The patches had all the required things for me to be fairly certain e.g. melted bit in middle few splash marks around abouts. was quite a lot of tracks around (fox, deer and rabbit) does anybody know which animal does this just to satisfy my curiosity realy nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebarrels Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 While out shooting today i spotted on a number of occaisions blue snow where it would appear something had been urinating. The patches had all the required things for me to be fairly certain e.g. melted bit in middle few splash marks around abouts. was quite a lot of tracks around (fox, deer and rabbit)does anybody know which animal does this just to satisfy my curiosity realy nick Bottle it and sell it as screenwash BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 any potatoe farmers nearby? waste potatoes used for animal feed get covered in a blue/purple dye, maybe a deer got into a feeding trough close by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 no potato farmers nearby just wheat, osr and livestack nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 no potato farmers nearby just wheat, osr and livestacknick maybe the livestock are being fed potatoes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boromir Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 any crop circles about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambu13 Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 i saw the same but red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA-airgunner Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 incontinant donkeys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Fudd Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 one of these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 i saw the same but red. That's blood, kidney failure possibly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Fudd Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 its ok, ive worked out what the blue wee is heres the solution :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 going out again tommorow if the girlfriend ill lend me her new camera will take a photo then we can start the big blue wee debate not sure she will though last time i borrowed her old camera i ended up in a river hence new camera just a thought is it possible rabbits would eat rat poison and would this dye wee nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretertom Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 maby there all ****** up on a bit of wkd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 this is the cotswolds sir our animals do not drink wkd just earl grey tea with a slice of lemon, chateau petrus or vintage port nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codling99 Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 (edited) the redish wee stains are rabbits,some are are darker than others,apparently,redder when coming into season. just found this,might explain it The gist of it, is this: Our native rabbits (the eastern cottontail) have been browsing on an alien shrub (European buckthorn). The buckthorn contains a chemical that passes out with the urine, which comes out yellowish to brownish, but after exposure to sunlight, turns a lovely blue color. This effect is visible, of course, because the urine in question is suspended in snow. You would think that the cottontails are eating the berries of the buckthorn, because they are purplish, but according to the second reference above, the effect occurs after the rabbits eat other parts of the plant. Buckthorn holds its leaves long after most native deciduous plants, and in winter cottontails subsist largely on bark and twigs. The second reference also emphasizes that buckthorn is not a favored browse plant of North American herbivores, and that they have to be driven to feed on it out of desperation. I'm not sure about that; my workplace has enough Norway maple saplings to sustain a cottontail factory farm. Urinary system Rabbit kidneys are unipapillate. Urine is the major route of excretion for calcium. Serum calcium levels in rabbits are not maintained within a narrow range, but are dependent largely on dietary intake, with excess excreted via the kidney. Rabbit urine is often thick and creamy due to the presence of calcium carbonate crystals. It can also vary in colour from pale creamy yellow through to dark red (often mistaken for haematuria by owners), due to the presence of porphyrin pigments thought to be derived from the diet. Edited January 14, 2010 by codling99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 so they eat buck thorn this turns them into crazed zombie rabbits with blue wee like bazerkas of the animal world nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 just had a look at european buckthorn on google images definately none of that there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codling99 Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 no probably not,but what i meant was ,its rabbits that have eaten something that causes the blue tinge when it hits snow and fresh air basically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felly100 Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Ivy berries perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 can't remember seeing any berries in those fields apart from brambles and they are long gone sloes maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Sorry won't do it again The Doctor told me the antibiotics should clear it in 24 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Interesting, I saw blue poo the other day. I think it was fox poo but was amazed by the extent of the strong blue.... now that is not from bushes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev 1 Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Might of been a toilet duck..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoughton Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 I suspect that it was dropped by a bird. They have been eating what they can get and some berries could result in blues/purples. I have something similar on the side of my car that I think was dropped from the sky by birds. Interesting though. The snow has revealed all kinds of things to us - like the route the rabbits take to the mother-in-law's allotment. We had no idea that they were coming from quite so far away! Similarly we have never had a problem with foxes around the hens (good fencing etc) - but it's now clear that Charlie does indeed visit regularly and circles the hen house every night - just waiting for a mistake. We saw some massive bird foot prints too - I still need to check what they were made by. Looked somebody had been messing around pressing 'arrow shapes' into the snow as if directing the traffic. Each toe of the bird's foot looked to be a good 4" long. Heron? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codling99 Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 basically you are what you eat surprising what animals will eat when starving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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