Originally Posted by
PurplePansies
I take the thread off and wad it into a tighter knot and put it in a baggie. In the Spring, I put the wads outside and the birds use it for their nests. They like cotton batting cut into small strips, too.
I read somewhere that we need to cut the thread into short lengths when doing this as apparently someone found a baby bird entangled in a longer piece of thread...makes sense this could happen while the baby birds are moving around in the nest. Since I read that I wrap all discarded thread around my fingers and then cut both ends.at least...sometimes more. Also when I remove bottles and stuff from plastic packaging, I make sure I cut each "loop" in them as critters have gotten their heads and limps caught in them and if they are babies, it strangles the circulation as they grow. Just read about a bear that had a plastic jar over his head for a month before they were able to get it off. Different issue...but yeap, I make sure I put as many jars in the recycle instead of the trash.