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WOW, I think that is an old wives' tale about them smelling babies, but how creepy huh ???!!!
On line here, both cougars and bobcats have territory, up to 5 miles square, and they walk it every day, all year except in the coldest areas, like Quebec...so be careful ALL year !
Living where I live I have to be watchfull year round! We have stray dogs, "dont trust any of them, they are all reservation dogs." Coyotes, pretty sure we have coydogs too, oposumn, bear cougar, Ive seen dead coons, but no live ones yet... With all the kids, my neighbors goats, my chickens, my mothers cats... Im always paying attention to whats going on around here. My neighbors are great, they watch out for us, and we do the same for them. Its really the best way to do it.
So far the we've only had problems with oposumn and coyotes. My horses chase the dogs away from the pastures, and my dogs keep dogs and people they dont know at bay... And there is always someone here watching the animals.
I didnt think that the cougars smelling the baby was real, but having it right outside my bedroom was creepy! And OH so very real. Hopefully I wont have to deal with that, now that the horses pasture runs right next to my house.
I am curious as to what kind of troubles you have had with opossums? We had a mama one have babies under our deck about 2 years ago. It was a real pain after they started toddling around. My first Yorkie hated them, and would bark hysterically at them in what seemed to be the middle of the night. We live right in the middle of a sub-division, and are very close to neighbors, so I have to be careful with barking dogs. (I have to many animals, and I don't want animal control called) We were able to relocate the family of opossums to a less populated area. What I found while researching opossums is that they are fairly safe to have around. Specifically they don't carry rabies, and they are mostly vegetarians. I still didn't want them in my yard. I would rather have opossums than raccoons. At my sister's house in the Ballard area of Seattle she has lost a number of chickens to the raccoons. I saw a Cougar with-in a mile of our house late one night, but I haven't heard any coyotes in a long time. Though no long ago I saw one at my son's home in Buckley. My theory on loose dogs is that you can't trust any of them. If a dog starts working with another one, they will form packs and can kill almost any kind of animal. That is also true about pet dogs. The most trouble I ever had was with someone else's pet dog. I am still sorry I didn't shoot it that night. With cougars as long as there is enough small prey available for them they should for the most part leave humans alone.
I just saw your pictures. Your birdies are really cute. I am going to guess on the red headed chickie is probably a Buff Orpington. I just love the Polish and Silkies.
