anyone know what this is

[chooniecat]

I third it- a squirrel-so you still have marauding predator. I have NEVER lost fowl in 7 years and I keep havaheart trap set 24/7/365 and HAVE caught coons etc(cats get neutered) and coons get spray painted(to see if they repeat offense,never have) and thoroughly scared by me before I turn them loose. I swear by it and we have only shot 2 coons because they were ill.

 

[animals1981]

please just help me understand how can u guys tell it is a squirrel tho and not a brown rat or a chipmonk

 

[BorderKelpie]

I am guessing mostly by size and maybe color. Rats are usually more of a brownish color, that apears (to me) to have a chestnut color to it. Just a wild guess though. and Wow, your cat is awesome. I would love to see a picture of your squirrel (or whatever) hunter. Good kitty, good!

 

[animals1981]

funny thing is something killed a large squirrel a few months ago i did not think it was her i thought it was my old male tom cat but hes not here anymore so it had to of been her that killed the other one and it was huge

 

[fushalilly]

Squirral

 

[Wolf-Kim]

If that was my cat, she'd be kept far away from the chickens! If she can do that to a squirrel, I don't think it's far fetched that she'd "chew on" a chicken. Guess it depends on what "chewed on" means.

You'd have better luck figuring out what your predator was, by showing us pictures of the "chewed on" chickens.

 

[animals1981]

not true this cat would never hurt even a baby chicken she sleeps in the same room i keep new born chicks shes done it for years

cats know what a pet is and what an animal is just like dogs do

if she sees a crow or a sea gull in my flock of chickens she will go after it right away

 

[animals1981]

also the back foot would be to big for a rat i always thought rats can get the size of a squirrel

 

[ErieSpurs]

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It could be a rat. I've had rats so big, that they barely fit on a regular digging shovel.

My rats are definitely bigger than squirrels.

 

[ybmagpye]

That's a squirrel your cat dragged home. My cat did that once too. Rat feet aren't that long. How do I know? Uh... I see lots of rats and squirrels and just know. Squirrel.

Those feet you found do not belong to a possum. Possums have weird little black feet with white toes.