On a fox hunting mission

[Brute]

Trying to catch the neighbourhood feral cat usually ends up with someone's labrador in their

[Arth]

Mmmmm, good eating

[Xerox]

Oh yeah.... Labrador Masala.... Everyone likes a curry

[Bourt]

Gagging just thinking about it...

[tom604]

just an update.................(crickets chirping) ...................nothing so far,,,,,,,........... getting good at catching his cat, not so much his dog ...

[rummer]

Thanks for keeping us up to date with the crickets

[tom604]

update no 2.....two neighbour hood dogs have been put down after attacking old mates dog , no more chooks gone missing

so,, no fox but mission completed,, at least for now,,,,oh and it looks like the dogs might of got the cat (missing) oops i mean

[Usurper]

How bad was the attack on old mates pup?

[tom604]

$180 ish vet bill so not too bad ,mainly stiches, he will be fine

[lole]

Had a couple round here lately where irresponsible owners have let their dogs get out and run amok

Sucks a bit to see them put down, owners fault, not the dogs, really.

[Gwion]

Yep... early winter about 1/2 doz houses all had their chooks demolished. Everyone was blaming a quoll. I trapped a quoll in a cage and relocated it over the river in the hills, where a mate who works with wildlife say's there's a good population. They're cool little critters close up. Bloody cranky things, though!

Anyway... turns out some local Jack Russel was causing all the carnage. The owner was told about the dogs issues and no-one has lost a chook since.... haven't seen the dog around either.....

[sarki]

A quoll would take a chicken?

[Gwion]

Yep....

[Rakk]

A quoll would take a chicken?

They manage to eat echidnas somehow

[sandgroperbill]

they found a dead quoll last year. when they did the autopsy they found it had eaten a drop bear

[Title_II]

A quoll would take a chicken?

They manage to eat echidnas somehow

I have no idea what you are talking about. I THINK I might still know what a chicken is, but after that I am lost

[sandgroperbill]

Chicken. You know, smallish bird, medium size wings, beak, fangs, tasty drumsticks. Just a plain old chicken.

here's a link on another one of our marsupials.
They're believed extinct, but not confirmed. They found tracks in sw WA about 30-40 years ago that were sent off to university of WA and this was the closest match.
There's still regular livestock kills that the locals put down to strange cats or the Nannup tiger.
https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&sour ... 4_ojRUEw2A

[Title_II]

The real world is scary enough, I don't want to worry a cartoon will eat me!

[Sender]

I have no idea what you are talking about. I THINK I might still know what a chicken is, but after that I am lost

Here, imagine trying to eat this... They walk along like that and when you get near lock onto the ground and curl up into a ball like the second picture. I've seen dogs that have tried to take them and all they end up with is a face full of holes.

echidna

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echidna 2

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[Title_II]

Mate, we've got 40 kg porcupines that oceanic grizzlies won''t mess with. Not impressed with a little rolly polly. I'd just kick the lil bastard or blast him

[tom604]

Mate, we've got 40 kg porcupines that oceanic grizzlies won''t mess with. Not impressed with a little rolly polly. I'd just kick the lil bastard or blast him

dont kick him with sneakers on ,those spines are sharp,you may find it stuck to your foot the natives say that they are great eating

[Title_II]

Yeah, that'd be my luck for sure

[Norton]

You'd be amazed how well they can hold onto hard ground.

Giving one a kick would be like kicking a cinder block covering in bone spikes

[Chronos]

I'd rather take on an echidna than a porcupine. At least echidnas don't go offensive and start swinging their tail around. My brother in-law had a dog with some good scars from the time he decided a porcupine would make a good play toy.

Chronos

[Bourt]

My brother in-law had a dog with some good scars from the time he decided a porcupine would make a good play toy.

Dog intelligence is real hit and miss hey.

They can learn and do things which seem amazing at times for an animal, then they can be reaaaal stupid

[Title_II]

My friend's dog eats rocks and his own poop. And that's not the half of it!

[Harts]

It's called recycling

[tom604]

three pages on a failed fox trapping mission thats covered porcupines, quolls to poop eating dogs

imagine if i had caught a fox

[Usurper]

imagine if i had caught a fox

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