[AlpacaTalk] Re: Bobcat! We have a Panther in Northeastern Oho
A panther has been sighted not far from our farm. We have heard them
along time ago, but nothing for quiet a few years. Now at least one
is back. Our dog has been carring on a lot at night. I keep telling
my husband that we need a second dog, but he keeps saying No.
I am glad we have Luke. I think he scares animals away with his bark!
Reynne
Alpaca Dreams Farm
Louisville OH
--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
wrote:
>
> Janice,
>
> It was a difficult choice to kill her, she'd been stalking our
> property for a month or two and had already killed one chicken,
> however, when I found her in the barn... That said--it is very
> unlikely that a bobcat would go after a full grown alpaca. They
> primarily eat rodents, rabbits, and things of that size. However,
if
> the alpaca tried to stomp the bobcat, it would defend itself, which
> is likely how yours got hurt. If the bobcat was inside the
fenceline,
> I'd do some serious walking of the line to find out how it got in--
> mine came in under the fence where my house cats dug themselves an
> indentation to get more easily to the catnip which decided to grow
> outside the fence... Holes under the fence, gates, and overhanging
> tree branches are the most likely routes. Fix 'em and the cat
likely
> won't bother--it isn't hunting the alpacas but the rodents and
birds.
> In my area, the only reason the bobcat was so close to the house
was
> we are overrun with them and hunting is scarce--a barn with
> scrumptious mice/chipmunks seems like an easy meal. The rodents are
> there b/c it is safe and there is grain spill since I've had the
> housecats (rodent hunters) and chickens (grain spill cleaners)
locked
> up since I saw the bobcat--an evil circle :)
>
> Anyway, IMO, you have more to fear from the wrong type of dog (no
b/c
> it is a pound dog, but b/c of the prey drive most breeds that end
up
> in the pound have) than the bobcat. Work on securing the property.
>
> Just a thought..
> Morgen
>
> --- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
> >
> > <<I've gotten slightly more practiucal since. We had to shoot a
> bobcat
> > that was IN MY BARN!!! the other night. My bf and a friend did
skin
> > that and now it's (ugh!) in my freezer until we find a tannery.
> > Still, the emotional connection isn't there...
> > >>
> >
> >
> > OK, speaking of bobcats, just before/almost dusk last night,
> standing at
> > the kitchen sink I saw something I could not quite identify
walking
> the
> > back horse pasture fence. Alarmed enough to grab my binoculars
and
> lo
> > and behold just as I feared it was a sizable bobcat strolling
just
> > inside the fence line headed towards the woods. Holy cow. I no
> longer
> > have any doubts about what happened to my duck and alpacas this
> summer
> > (the horrible neck wounds and the eye slashed a few weeks later).
> >
> > I remembered Morgen saying this (above); but this guy was gone
> before I
> > could have gotten it together to even find my gun, ammo, and get
> out
> > there. It's been so long since I shot a gun anyway I couldn't
have
> hit
> > him. But not sure I have could actually done it anyway. I have
> never
> > killed a living creature and used to care for exotic cats at an
> exotic
> > animal sanctuary in S FL. But if it had to come down to a choice
> > between my alpacas and the bobcat, well that is a no brainer.
> >
> > Every outside light I have was left on last night. I didn't
sleep
> a
> > wink and couldn't wait to get up and out this morning to check on
> > everyone. All is well. But I will not rest easy now. Back to
> > considering pasture dogs; but what info I gathered this summer
> after the
> > severe injuries was so mixed as to make to stop considering.
> Wonder if
> > just some yard dogs from the Rescue would work good enough, and
not
> risk
> > having something actually in with the livestock?
> >
> > I am wondering about seeing him out and about before dark? Once
I
> saw a
> > fox cross my property in broad daylight and was told he was
likely
> rabid
> > as foxes don't normally come out in the daytime; or that he was
> starving
> > and seeking food for him/herself or babies.
> >
> > Warmly, Janice
> >
>
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