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Old 27-07-2013, 18:57
Elanor
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My outdoor cat has a little hidey hole under the rosebushes, where he often sleeps and shelters. Today I noticed that he had a dead bird in there - now usually he leaves his dead birds on the doorstep, and I get rid of them, but he obviously took this one into his hidey hole to eat.

It looks as though it's been there a few days and is covered in flies and stuff, and looks nasty, so I don't particularly want to be picking it up. But does anyone know roughly how long it might take to rot down to just feathers and bones so that I can clear them up? There's not a lot of body left, but there is some, and a bit of head and blood and so on, and of course the flies.
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Old 27-07-2013, 22:00
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And the maggots. Don't forget the maggots. Sorry! That was mean!
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Old 27-07-2013, 22:11
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Just bag it up and chuck it in the bin.
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Old 27-07-2013, 22:44
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That is going to stink to high heaven before it rots down in this weather. When I have to remove bodies I tend to grab it with my hand inside a plastic bag so its already bagged and ready to go to a hole or in the bin (if its near bin day).
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Old 28-07-2013, 08:10
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Get a shovel if you don't want to handle it.
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Old 28-07-2013, 13:18
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Oh god, I know you're right, I'm going to have to get rid of it. It's vile though, all fallen apart and moving...
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Old 28-07-2013, 13:27
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Put some bleach on it and leave it for a few minutes. Then when you shovel it up you won't be shooing all the flies away.
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