What is this? Found it dead thankfully!!!

[chickenlisa]

the long tailed weasel on the website I saw has a black tip to it's long tail...and the dead one we found was real skinny like a baby chipmunk, and only 5-6" long (+ the long tail..)
whatever it was, I"m glad to find out its an adult, could've been killed by my cats, can be easily killed using liver and a rat trap under a box, and they are sometimes solitary animals other than when breeding...I hope I never see any others- a predator is a predator and still is a pain no matter what name it goes by. Was really hoping it was a baby ferret .
Thanks everyone!
Lisa

 

[sourland]

Though it could be that American weasels & stoats are different to British ones so maybe the differences between the two are not so obvious and great, idk
at least we know it's of that family haha

Fact.

 

[aart]

I know what it is......IT'S A ROTTEN RODENT!!!

All the animals discussed here are very closely related and it really doesn't matter exactly what it is..... cause they all eat chickens and need 1/2" x 1/2" hardware cloth to exclude them from coop and/or run...and nicely baited 'weasel' trap to end their existence. <evil grinning smiley>