Fox? I'm thinking Bobcat... ***Pics added***

[newchickmom09]

Wolk-Kim: So male urine would be higher levels of testosterone and would be easier to "dispense" fresh into the yard.

So maybe have some male guests over and offer them plenty of water and other liquids, then point them in the correct direction.

I yard "marking" party.

 

[Bettacreek]

Foxes walk in a straight line. The footprints should be in an exact straight line instead of "beside" each other.

 

[speckledhen]

No claw marks at all usually means feline, so I'd say bobcat.

 

[tofuranch]

I am up north in AZ...those tracks are just like my bobcat tracks in my yard....I would love to catch and relocate the bobcat somewhere else.

I have only seen the bobcat 2 times....but I sure know that he is here. Yes they dig too and bury things for later. The 2 times that I have seen it are when the sun is setting and it is checking out my yard for anything that it might get.

 

[Hopeful Peacock]

If you mark with urine, mark fairly high (on fenceposts, trees, etc. if you have any). It (supposedly) makes the animals think you are BIG. Good luck!

 

[mikeksfarmer]

It is for sure a cat. Now its either a small bob cat or a large domestic cat. I am betting that since it burried the rabbits its a bob cat. domestic cats do burry but not as often as they got kitty chow at home. You have a Bob Cat.

 

[phoenix rooster]

I lost 10 hens to a bobcat over a 3 month stretch. finally saw it attacking my free ranging birds while i was out there too. had to see it to believe it. i have foxes, raccoons and coyotes, but the bobcat was the most stealth quickest enough to sneak attack. fenced them in using 6 foot tall fencing with deer fencing and electric fencing, never lost one again, just be sure to make sure the predator can't get under the fencing, or over! here's a pic of the run that has work well and is cheap/quick to install. best to do electric fencing with all the predators in my area.

 

[BantyRooster]

I would say it isn't a cat track at all. A bobcat's track is wider than it is long. A cat has three lobes on the back of its heal pad and two at the front. The toes are more splayed in a cat track and the heal pad is more forward in relation to the toes.

The track in your pic is a K9. It looks like the left hind foot of a coyote. Notice the smaller heal pad impression and the larger toes on the left side, middle left toe being forward on the left side. The track is longer than it is wide and the toes are closer together. There is no large cresant shape between the toes and pad that a cat leaves.

As far as the rabbits being covered, that has me puzzlled. Usually a cat will cover with debris. A K9, especially a fox, will dig a small hole and bury it's uneaten kill.

Usually a K9 will try to dig in, but will scale a fence. A cat usually climbs, not digs.

With only one pic of a track it's hard to say for sure. Either way, good luck with your predator.

If you're interested I can show you a diagram on where to set a trap to catch a cat.
Chances are nil on catching an aduly wild K9 in a live trap.

Hope this was of some help.

 

[babalubird]

Next time, use real rabbit wire 1"x1" preferably but at least 1"x2", on your cage instead of chicken wire or netting, top and sides, and the 1/2" x 1" on bottom. Double wire the whole thing with some space between the two layers. But AT LEAST Double wire the bottom, some space between the two layers, as so many preditors get under the cages and chew off feet/tails.

Doors will have to be strong too as preditors can bend wire doors in half.

Connie

 

[koifarm]

Have a look at these....
Cat

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...nw=111&prev=/images?q=bobcat+track&hl=en&sa=G

fox

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...mage_result&resnum=5&ct=image&ved=0CBYQ9QEwBA