Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ChicoryBlue]

Anyone have any clue what this is?

Apologies for the really short and really poor quality video. It is from the cameras that normally record the foxes getting their squirrel dinners.

Wrong ears for a deer and too small.
Legs look too long for a fox.
Coyote maybe?

WDYT?

I see the still you posted but e video is private. How is everyone viewing it?

 

[RoyalChick]

I see the still you posted but e video is private. How is everyone viewing it?

Does this work?
I think I fixed it in the original post too. Having some tech issues - would value your opinion if you can now see it.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Dirt update.

Good news and bad news. The good news is he was not choking thank god. The bad news, he has pneumonia. I swear this horse was perfectly fine yesterday. Today he is coughing his head off, with just a slightly elevated temperature. A couple penicillin shots and I think it is maybe bute to keep his fever down and he will be fine. The vet went ahead and checked the other 2 boys, so far perfectly fine but will have to watch them as well now for signs of illness. I would love to know how the heck he got sick since he has not be around any other horses besides Russ and Louis since October.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Anyone have any clue what this is?

Apologies for the really short and really poor quality video. It is from the cameras that normally record the foxes getting their squirrel dinners.

Wrong ears for a deer and too small.
Legs look too long for a fox.
Coyote maybe?

WDYT?

Guessing eastern coyote by your still and some research. The ear appearing rounded is striking but it’s hard to tell from the still. Ear shape varies slightly in images I’ve been looking at. It’s too early for pups but could be a yearling. This could be a solitary individual, not a family group necessarily. Are your squirrels active now? Ours are sleeping. They do eat mice though, and in the lean part of winter (now) they’re looking for garbage, carrion and failing deer. They probably smell the chickens and the feed, and your neighbors may have trash about, or are feeding wild birds (that also attracts mice). I’m afraid they are successful in suburbia and even cities, but they control deer, rats, raccoons and other urban / suburban animals. They will go for small domestic animals if they judge it possible.

 

[featherhead007]

How are they at driving nails?

They drive their nails into my arm or shoulders sometimes. But they can keep me company, and fan me with their wings if I get hot.

 

[lightm]

Everyone please keep Dirt in your thoughts and prayers. Vet has been called and will be coming out soon. We are not at a emergency yet but getting close. Think he is in the process of a choke situation.

Will keep Dirt in good thoughts.

 

[bgmathteach]

Everyone please keep Dirt in your thoughts and prayers. Vet has been called and will be coming out soon. We are not at a emergency yet but getting close. Think he is in the process of a choke situation.

 

[RoyalChick]

Guessing eastern coyote by your still and some research. The ear appearing rounded is striking but it’s hard to tell from the still. Ear shape varies slightly in images I’ve been looking at. It’s too early for pups but could be a yearling. This could be a solitary individual, not a family group necessarily. Are your squirrels active now? Ours are sleeping. They do eat mice though, and in the lean part of winter (now) they’re looking for garbage, carrion and failing deer. They probably smell the chickens and the feed, and your neighbors may have trash about, or are feeding wild birds (that also attracts mice). I’m afraid they are successful in suburbia and even cities, but they control deer, rats, raccoons and other urban / suburban animals. They will go for small domestic animals if they judge it possible.

Thank you! I will see if it comes back - last night it didn't return and there was just the usual squirrel traffic and a very fat looking Opossum.
Don't think the neighbors feed the birds and they have large dogs. But I have mentioned before that I am very close to a wildlife reserve and we have pretty much everything you can imagine! I have seen a coyote a couple of times over the years (once too close for comfort) but given how many foxes are around I assumed the coyotes had moved on.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Does this work?
I think I fixed it in the original post too. Having some tech issues - would value your opinion if you can now see it.

Yeah I’d still go with a dog type, so coyote. The long legs and neck are really evident. If you can place the camera more to the right so that the bush isn’t reflecting the light so much you’ll get a better image.

 

[featherhead007]

Thank you! I will see if it comes back - last night it didn't return and there was just the usual squirrel traffic and a very fat looking Opossum.
Don't think the neighbors feed the birds and they have large dogs. But I have mentioned before that I am very close to a wildlife reserve and we have pretty much everything you can imagine! I have seen a coyote a couple of times over the years (once too close for comfort) but given how many foxes are around I assumed the coyotes had moved on.

You know what I think!