I done something unusual the last night
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Went through to the kitchen and ran a sink of dishes. Left them to steep and headed back through to the living room.
Went back through to the sink and noticed in the basin full of plates on top of the foam a small moth. He was stuck and looked drowned/soaked and was lifeless. For whatever reason I carefully lifted him out of the foam with a spoon without taking a load of suds and using a cup of fresh water and cotton bud I cleaned the soap off him. I then left him on the window sill to see if he came round. I decided after seeing a slight bit of movement collect my girlfriends hairdryer from the bedroom and from a distance blow some warm air on the moth to see if I could dry him off.
Trying not to blow his wings off from a distance I dried the moth off as best as I could. I then moved him to the kitchen unit near the radiator with the kitchen window wide open and waited. Half hour later he was still there and after a small poke he flapped about a bit.
I returned later and he was on the wall and his wings appeared to be moving normally. Later on I went through and he was gone.
I felt great. Seriously. A f**king old moth and I had saved it. Has anyone ever one something good for an animal for no reason? The thing is, I go fishing and shooting so I kill them as well.
I can`t work myself out.
Went back through to the sink and noticed in the basin full of plates on top of the foam a small moth. He was stuck and looked drowned/soaked and was lifeless. For whatever reason I carefully lifted him out of the foam with a spoon without taking a load of suds and using a cup of fresh water and cotton bud I cleaned the soap off him. I then left him on the window sill to see if he came round. I decided after seeing a slight bit of movement collect my girlfriends hairdryer from the bedroom and from a distance blow some warm air on the moth to see if I could dry him off.
Trying not to blow his wings off from a distance I dried the moth off as best as I could. I then moved him to the kitchen unit near the radiator with the kitchen window wide open and waited. Half hour later he was still there and after a small poke he flapped about a bit.
I returned later and he was on the wall and his wings appeared to be moving normally. Later on I went through and he was gone.
I felt great. Seriously. A f**king old moth and I had saved it. Has anyone ever one something good for an animal for no reason? The thing is, I go fishing and shooting so I kill them as well.
I can`t work myself out.
bigkeeko said:
Went through to the kitchen and ran a sink of dishes. Left them to steep and headed back through to the living room.
Went back through to the sink and noticed in the basin full of plates on top of the foam a small moth. He was stuck and looked drowned/soaked and was lifeless. For whatever reason I carefully lifted him out of the foam with a spoon without taking a load of suds and using a cup of fresh water and cotton bud I cleaned the soap off him. I then left him on the window sill to see if he came round. I decided after seeing a slight bit of movement collect my girlfriends hairdryer from the bedroom and from a distance blow some warm air on the moth to see if I could dry him off.
Trying not to blow his wings off from a distance I dried the moth off as best as I could. I then moved him to the kitchen unit near the radiator with the kitchen window wide open and waited. Half hour later he was still there and after a small poke he flapped about a bit.
I returned later and he was on the wall and his wings appeared to be moving normally. Later on I went through and he was gone.
I felt great. Seriously. A f**king old moth and I had saved it. Has anyone ever one something good for an animal for no reason? The thing is, I go fishing and shooting so I kill them as well.
I can`t work myself out.
You and the moth had something in common, you both come from a two billion year unbroken line of winners. Every one of your ancestors and the moths ancestors, all the way back to single cell organisms, lived long enough to reproduce. If that moth hadn't got round to finding a mate yet, you could be the one that kept the unbroken line going, perhaps for another two billion years.Went back through to the sink and noticed in the basin full of plates on top of the foam a small moth. He was stuck and looked drowned/soaked and was lifeless. For whatever reason I carefully lifted him out of the foam with a spoon without taking a load of suds and using a cup of fresh water and cotton bud I cleaned the soap off him. I then left him on the window sill to see if he came round. I decided after seeing a slight bit of movement collect my girlfriends hairdryer from the bedroom and from a distance blow some warm air on the moth to see if I could dry him off.
Trying not to blow his wings off from a distance I dried the moth off as best as I could. I then moved him to the kitchen unit near the radiator with the kitchen window wide open and waited. Half hour later he was still there and after a small poke he flapped about a bit.
I returned later and he was on the wall and his wings appeared to be moving normally. Later on I went through and he was gone.
I felt great. Seriously. A f**king old moth and I had saved it. Has anyone ever one something good for an animal for no reason? The thing is, I go fishing and shooting so I kill them as well.
I can`t work myself out.
Moths will continue to evolve as the planet moves on, perhaps into creatures we can't even imagine. In a billion years time, there might be an individual creature more intelligent than humans that descended from the moths of today, that wouldn't be alive if you hadn't rescued your moth.
On the other hand, it may have flow out of the window and into the headlights of an oncoming car, and you completely wasted your time!!!
Have done similar. I was working at a car dealership and was out in the wash bay where I noticed a huge moth soaked on the floor. I used a spare numberplate to scoop him up. He was as big as the letters on the plate!
I left him sat on the plate in the sunshine and an hour later he was gone.
I don't know if he went of his own accord or if he made a feast for a passing bird but I felt I had done my bit.
I left him sat on the plate in the sunshine and an hour later he was gone.
I don't know if he went of his own accord or if he made a feast for a passing bird but I felt I had done my bit.
A couple of years ago I bought a Christmas tree and was trimming off some of the branches and a ladybird fell out. It had obviously been hibernating in there and it started to come around when it began to warm up. I knew that if I put it outside in the middle of winter it would probably die, so I put it in an envelope and kept it in the fridge over Christmas. After new year I put it outside in a sheltered spot where he would be safe. I'd like to think it survived the winter 
I have recently found a caterpillar whilst cleaning the car that I then rescued and put in a jam jar with a grass bed.
This then became a chrysalis and as a family we watched it turn into a beautiful brown moth.
This then went to live on the shelf in the lounge in one of two hand painted bird boxes lovingly created by the OH's daughter......
The beautiful moth then spent saturday afternoon sunbathing on the window in the lounge, no doubt thinking that life had turned out well for him with his two houses on "Moth Street" and his handmade grass bed........
Then the cat ate him
I am sad at our loss.
This then became a chrysalis and as a family we watched it turn into a beautiful brown moth.
This then went to live on the shelf in the lounge in one of two hand painted bird boxes lovingly created by the OH's daughter......
The beautiful moth then spent saturday afternoon sunbathing on the window in the lounge, no doubt thinking that life had turned out well for him with his two houses on "Moth Street" and his handmade grass bed........
Then the cat ate him
I am sad at our loss.
Mobile Chicane said:
If I see a bee outside that's landed on a wall, and is looking out of puff, I put a tiny blob of honey on the end of a moistened cotton bud for it to lick off, and hopefully gain the energy to get going again.
I did this last week. One on the patio in trouble. I mixed a bit of sugar with water & tried to get him going. Little feller died. So I put him in the dustbin.
Well done OP and others who've done similar.
I was on holiday earlier this summer and was just walking back from the train in Dungeness (it is a nature reserve).
I spotted a great big caterpiller, the size of a thumb but longer.
Pointed it out to the 3 grandkids, girls 6 & 7 and boy of 3.
we watched as it shuffled its way off the path we moved on until i saw the young lad get ready to stamp on it as we passed.
I stopped him just in time and he got quite a lecture on live and let live, how would you like it etc (that got a bit monty pythonesqe so left it there).
Got back to my car and there sunning itself on the door was a beautiful big butterfly.
That was definantly some kind of karma going on there.
I was on holiday earlier this summer and was just walking back from the train in Dungeness (it is a nature reserve).
I spotted a great big caterpiller, the size of a thumb but longer.
Pointed it out to the 3 grandkids, girls 6 & 7 and boy of 3.
we watched as it shuffled its way off the path we moved on until i saw the young lad get ready to stamp on it as we passed.
I stopped him just in time and he got quite a lecture on live and let live, how would you like it etc (that got a bit monty pythonesqe so left it there).
Got back to my car and there sunning itself on the door was a beautiful big butterfly.
That was definantly some kind of karma going on there.
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