new dogs and cat

[WildDog]

Thanks for that Ian.

[thecfarm]

Speaking of porcupine my dog found one the other day. We went for a walk,I did not take a gun,I know better and he starts his, I got something bark,PaPa.Was hoping not a skunk. Was a porcupine. No way he was going to leave his prize. I move right along down to the house,jumped on to the tractor for the ride back and off I go with my trusty 22. The porcupine had moved quite a bit,but I just followed his barking and found him. Still no quills in Boo Boo. The porcupine was under a rock,so a few shots and he was all done for. Took alot of "Good Boys" and "Thank-you" to get him from his prize. The wood chunks I let him chew on them some. He got quills from 3 so far.One was a real young porcupine. The small ones has quills as thin as the hair on your head. He had to go to a vet to get them all. I even went and bought another pair of pliers because all of mine would not close tight enough. Had 3 more down by his gums inside his month. The quills are all black at that age and so fine I could not see them.The inside of his gums are black too. The other 2 were not bad. One I had to carry him back home because he got some in his paw. Than once I let him in the house and he had some in his nose and face,something like 60 of them. This was when my step son girl friend was here. She's a city girl and had a fit when I started to pull them.It was 11 0'clock at night,have to do something. She got a lesson on country living. ;D Did not have any inside his month and they was not deep so I got them all that time. This was also an old one,they was bigger and easier to pull out. Just for you guys from the other end of the planet,they do not throw quills. They will thump their tails as a warning and to loosen up the quills so when they hit you with their tails they come out of their tail better.

[SwampDonkey]

Fishers make short work of them quill dogs.  ;D

[isawlogs]

300$ later we got the dog back from the vet.

Isawlogs no doubt a silly question, what do the porcupines do to dogs, have their spines got venom? our echidnas have plenty of spines but they don't cause any harm, Wilddogs/Dingoes roll them into water so they unroll and then theyy can get to their soft unprotected bellies.

Not a silly question, The porcupines deffends itself, the stoopid dog only wants to p^lay with it , until the porky slaps him with his tail    Then the stoopid dog wants revenge from the slap and then really gets slapped around  : He came home with a black and white face, not any place on his face that had no quills. He was brought to the vet to remove them and had so many they kept him over night to check him over the next day. The quills attache to the skin and have air pocket and the little hoocks make that they always move forward, so they work there way in and infection gets in and if not treated it just gets worst.

[pigman]

Well, I must be luckiest guy in the world. 8) A new stray cat showed up this evening. He seems pretty tame, but I couldn't get close enough to pet him before he moved away. I think if I put some food out I should be able to pet him in a short time.
 

[WH_Conley]

Pretty sure Bob. Those cats are usually pretty gentle, don't run away very much. I had one in the live trap in the garden. You want to move reeeaaal slow, so you don't scare them, they are kind of timid.

[Mooseherder]

You're gonna like your new kitty.
That variety likes to snuggle and has lingering effects. ;D

[SwampDonkey]

They keep your lawn manicured to. ;D

[sprucebunny]

Wildlife is getting cozy at my friend's house .....

[SwampDonkey]

Baby coons are cute, but I bet they get into everything with them dexterous hands. :D

Is she house trained? ;)

[WDH]

Bob,

The best way to catch a timid cat like that is to corner it and try to catch it in a big fish net  .

[Norm]

The best way to catch those kind of cats is to sneak up behind them. 

[treefarmer87]

i had one spray me when i was younger :D. i had foot traps set for coons and fox, it was in a thicket and i walked up on him

[Dan_Shade]

I had to stand in the corner when I was in the first grade for saying I liked the smell of a pole cat. 

[SwampDonkey]

 :D :D :D :D


Got new potted plants out around, so the coons love to get up into them and dig and knock them over. I also suspect a dog to, which is about to get my boot. >:(