The Official Critter Thread

[CurSedVoyce]

Been a good rodent year here too.

 

[cory]

It would seem that the activity level varies year to year based on Idk what.

Oh I hate mice in vehicles and equipment!

 

[Burnham]

Yessir, they can cause untold grief.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Indeed.......

 

[BlackSmith]

 

[Burnham]

That's a lot of rats.

 

[cory]

Pet wart hog goes ballistic

His Best Friend Was a Warthog. It Decided to Kill Him. – Texas Monthly

archived 22 Dec 2024 22:38:02 UTC

archive.ph

 

[Burnham]

That seems like something almost certain to happen, with an animal like that.

 

[cory]

Evidently. With the hog in quesition, he was apparently the owners favorite animal buddy and they had a very close relationship for years until one day, for no known reason, sh*t went crazy. The animal was 250lbs of straight gristle and muscle with tusks. I bet it could withstand a baseball bat to the head

 

[Dave Shepard]

The deer have been bedding down by the house again. They must know I don't hunt. As soon as I dumped my can of fuel in the house and closed the car door, they dropped back down.

 

[cory]

This was hard to watch tho there's no blood etc.

 

[Nutball]

 

[FireFighterZero]

Got adopted by a little kitty.
Female we found at an abandoned homestead. Nice cat. Probably bred.
Ferret.

 

[cory]

 

[Mick!]

Got adopted by a little kitty.
Female we found at an abandoned homestead. Nice cat. Probably bred.
Ferret.
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Are the dogs ok with cats?

 

[FireFighterZero]

Are the dogs ok with cats?

No cat killers here.

None of the yard dogs or guard dogs bother cats.

 

[Mick!]

I follow some guardian livestock dogs on some platform or other, they work with Recon Cat protecting goats.

 

[Dave Shepard]

I was at my mother's house a few days ago, and my sister's blue heeler was licking my pants. There was a hole there, so I told my sister that her dog had attacked me, and chewed a hole in my pants. My sister ignored me, not surprisingly. I got thinking about it today, those pants shouldn't have had any holes in them. It turns out, the holes were from battery acid that had leaked out of the deep cycle batteries I had moved into my garage. My sister's dog was licking battery acid off my pants FOR FUN! Heelers are insane.

 

[Marc-Antoine]

Maybe not that insane. If it's a cotton pant, the battery acid destroys it by breaking the cellulose chains in glucose monomers. So, actually the area around the hole should have a somewhat sweet taste. Not eager to test it tough.

 

[davidwyby]

Yesterday some dogs killed a cat in our yard

:-/

 

[cory]

Didn't know where to put this- the latest hunting thread I could find is for 2016. I thought of a Taxidermy thread but that might not get much play over time. So here ya geaux

24 Incredible Photos from the Last Great Tannery in America

One of the last big tanneries in America receives up to a thousand hides every day. Here's how they turn them into capes and pelts.

www.outdoorlife.com

 

[cory]

 

[Burnham]

I did that once, too. Very similar situation.

I'd never have known the varmit was in trouble...I was sitting at home after bidding close friends farewell to continue on their trip to see their grandkids. A few minutes later the phone rang and L asked if I could go up the road and see if I could untangle the coyote they had just passed.

They call me "coyote whisperer" in jest from time to time .

 

[cory]

I carry wire nips n pliers should I ever be called upon as such