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Post by downbutnotout on Aug 14, 2010 8:11:16 GMT -5
We've been seeing a couple coming closer to our house from way in the back near the woods and yesterday we saw a yote snatch a ground hog one of a family of them that lives under a little tool shed. We're concerned about our outdoor cats. I did some research and found that the only thing that repels them is wolf urine. Anyone have any experience with this? And NO we will NOT shoot them/hunt them, trap them or harm them in any way. This is a PETA household. Mostly my cat Piglet stays in the garage and/or around the flower beds, our next door neighbor's outdoor cat Blacky however had some puncture wounds that got infected, they took him to the vet, and the vet said from the way the puncture wounds were placed it was a larger animal than another cat that had grabbed him. He's fine now, on the mend. He travels into the back more. All the cats that hate it across the street at the house where they collect cats but don't care for them come over HERE where they know we're suckers and we feed them, give them blankets and shelter and food and water twice a day, we let Pig in the house now, and now we have a NEW kitty who's hanging out at our houses, we call her Screaming Mimi cuz she can be really sweet but she's super bi polar and she'll bite the crap outta you while you're petting her. My cat Mina does that lol. Then if she sees Piglet or any other animal she yowls her head off. Hence the name.
Sorry to babble I love my little kitty world. So if any of you have experience let me know.
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Post by All American Dave on Aug 15, 2010 21:46:12 GMT -5
Where I grew up we had a problem with Mountain Lions (Cougars) coming down and grabbing pets and stuff... there was a big story about how my dog Bear (rought/germansheppard/husky/wolf mix) *(Also the greatest dog ever to walk the planet, God rest his soul) chased off a cougar that was after a little kid walking home from school. It was pretty cool actually! The solution, I'm afraid you'll hate me for this, is HUNTING them... oops.
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Post by downbutnotout on Aug 17, 2010 8:54:55 GMT -5
Where I grew up we had a problem with Mountain Lions (Cougars) coming down and grabbing pets and stuff... there was a big story about how my dog Bear (rought/germansheppard/husky/wolf mix) *(Also the greatest dog ever to walk the planet, God rest his soul) chased off a cougar that was after a little kid walking home from school. It was pretty cool actually! The solution, I'm afraid you'll hate me for this, is HUNTING them... oops. Aw sounds like you had an awesome dog! With a great heart! I bet he was beautiful. Nah, the answer isn't to kill them. It's to trap them and take them far away from populaces. We don't have many left and we can't go endangering all this wild life for our own purposes and satisfaction. But, I'm not gonna argue the hunting thing. I've stood up for animal rights on soooo many boards and gotten kicked off. Thing is, if you've never loved or respected an animal, a part of your soul remains black as pitch. A lot of these guys have/had bad, nasty souls with no respect for life. |
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Post by All American Dave on Aug 19, 2010 4:39:28 GMT -5
I like the trapping idea if it works...
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Post by downbutnotout on Aug 19, 2010 5:30:47 GMT -5
I like the trapping idea if it works... It sometimes works but that's up to wildlife rangers to do that if the coyotes are causing damage, etc. Killing a woodchuck is considered within the normal boundaries but being this close to people isn't. So we'll give them a call. They need to be up in the Adirondacks. TONS of woodland space there, bigger than Yosemite. They're so very much like dogs in certain ways that it's not tough to understand their "psyche" and trap them safely. We had a black bear wandering around the city. He'd pop up at the resevoir, or the river on the bike/running path, then he'd wander somewhere else. Didn't do any harm, didn't hurt anything or anyone. It was just funny he was so cute. |
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Post by hossjob on Aug 19, 2010 7:58:10 GMT -5
We actually have a den of coyotes less than a mile from where I live. I've only seen 2 of them. One was in my backyard at night and my dog chased it out...it was crazy. The other one came out of the corn field across the street from our house at about 1 PM. I was mowing. I stopped...it stopped in the middle of the road...and it just pranced into the cornfield beside my house...
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Post by downbutnotout on Aug 19, 2010 8:48:09 GMT -5
We actually have a den of coyotes less than a mile from where I live. I've only seen 2 of them. One was in my backyard at night and my dog chased it out...it was crazy. The other one came out of the corn field across the street from our house at about 1 PM. I was mowing. I stopped...it stopped in the middle of the road...and it just pranced into the cornfield beside my house... Yeah they have very little fear of humans. They're kinda the canine outcasts of wildlife. They basically just say "eff you I'm gonna do what I wanna do". They have their place in the whole system, keep rodent populations down, but they have brass balls and will come right up to your house to see if you've got "food". I think we and our neighbors are gonna buy some wolf urine in bulk and just spray it all around our houses and back yards. |
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Post by scar on Aug 22, 2010 12:23:52 GMT -5
We actually have a den of coyotes less than a mile from where I live. I've only seen 2 of them. One was in my backyard at night and my dog chased it out...it was crazy. The other one came out of the corn field across the street from our house at about 1 PM. I was mowing. I stopped...it stopped in the middle of the road...and it just pranced into the cornfield beside my house... Yeah they have very little fear of humans. They're kinda the canine outcasts of wildlife. They basically just say "eff you I'm gonna do what I wanna do". They have their place in the whole system, keep rodent populations down, but they have brass balls and will come right up to your house to see if you've got "food". I think we and our neighbors are gonna buy some wolf urine in bulk and just spray it all around our houses and back yards. Yeah, theyre scavengers and opportunists. But theyve got pups to feed also...  Im not a hunter unless one threatened my family. Then we'd have coyote stew for dinner... ;D |
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Post by downbutnotout on Aug 23, 2010 7:03:15 GMT -5
Yeah they have very little fear of humans. They're kinda the canine outcasts of wildlife. They basically just say "eff you I'm gonna do what I wanna do". They have their place in the whole system, keep rodent populations down, but they have brass balls and will come right up to your house to see if you've got "food". I think we and our neighbors are gonna buy some wolf urine in bulk and just spray it all around our houses and back yards. Yeah, theyre scavengers and opportunists. But theyve got pups to feed also... Im not a hunter unless one threatened my family. Then we'd have coyote stew for dinner... ;D HAHA watch it, animal activist to the extreme here. We're a PETA hoiusehold. And yes, like all animals, they have babies to care for. They've just got more balls to go up and take what's easy to get. But I know a woman who works with rehabbing them after they've been baited and trapped then hunted and left for dead. She said they do really have a sweet side and are very protective of their young. Domesticate one enough and it's basically a dog. Hey donkey's and zebra's are mating now creating a new breed. You gotta see them it's hysterical. |
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Im not a hunter unless one threatened my family. Then we'd have coyote stew for dinner... ;D