So what animals do you have on your property?

[Alien]

I never knew you had panthers in Australia, so do the spines on the echidnas come off in you like a porcupine?

Yes, they can, but nothing like a porcupine. Can penetrate car tyres though.

 

[MikeFarm]

Hi all

I never knew you had panthers in Australia, so do the spines on the echidnas come off in you like a porcupine?

We shouldn't It's very controversial as we have had reported sightings over many decades, intensive searching for them, their scat or hair in the bush, and yet no one yet has been able to find any physical evidence. It's still just sightings. Some sightings may be very large feral cats or thir could be panthers - maybe. Until someone catches one there will be skeptics.

Mike

 

[Alien]

Yes it is hard to prove and I wasn't aware of them until one crossed the road in front of me just near my home. The body was about a meter long and the tail almost the same and very thick. It was a magnificent looking animal. I got home and said to my wife that I just saw something and the only thing it could have been was a black panther. Later at work, (I'm retired now) a fellow colleague whom I confided in said, "oh yes, they are everywhere". I felt a lot better... lol
anyway, research shows that they are in every state in Australia and even been seen in New Zealand.
It seems Circus's and American Army mascots from WW2 are being blamed. Apparently they could bring them here but were not allowed to take them home again.
They don't worry humans unless they are trapped and feed on small game and goats. One of our neighbours has found his goat carcasses up in trees. I know my horses often panic and run around and just stare down into the bush as if they are watching something. They won't go down near there. One paddock in particular they do not like and it has heaps of feed. I intend getting a game camera someday. Maybe get a prize winning pic. lol

 

[JDGREEN4ME]

She's an animal in the bedroom :dance1:

Hey Now!!! :thumbsup::laughing:

 

[phiferpharm]

Feed on purpose:

11 Dogs ( 5 are rescues)
Cat
Miniature Pig
5 Ducks
4 Chickens
2 Macaw Parrots
2 Cockatiels
Mini Horse

On their own:
Deer
Turkey
Rabbit
Otter
Hawks
Owl
Cranes

Occasional visitors who are discouraged when possible:
Snakes - General, Rattler, and moccasin
Alligator 2 both removed by FWG
Bear Wife thought it was a "Big Dog"

 

[toppop52]

Besides our 2 cats, known critters are Gray squirrels, fox squirrels and Wicomico Red Fox squirrels (a local sub species), rabbits, fox, Canada geese, turkey, groundhogs, deer, several different snakes and lizards, hawks, owls and multiple birds. Have yet to find evidence of coyotes but they are nearby so a matter of time I feel sure. In the county are known as are cougars, bobcats and black bear. The bears are just coming back and the cat population is small and has been for 50+ years. Forgot the ever present moles!

 

[xtn]

Chiggers and fire ants.

 

[jwstewar]

Currently we are feeding:

• 1 female Black Lab mix
• 1 female Mal-Shi that has 15 beds of her own but yet sleeps in ours
• 1 hermit crab
• 1 female Alphine Goat that thinks she is a dog
• 1 female Boer Goat
• 2 wether Boer Goats.
• who knows how many Koi and gold fish in a stock tank. These all used to be in our ornamental pond that Monica decided this spring that she didn't want any more, but didn't want to get rid of the fish.:confused2:

The female goats be with us for quite awhile, but the wethers will only be with us until August and the county fair and then they will become pepperoni.

Items that are here semi-regularly and we don't feed on purpose:

• deer - only at night though, they tear the heck out of my trees and I almost hit one last year while mowing the grass
• turtles
• moles - just had one to drown when it destroyed my pool liner
• rabbits
• chipmunks
• Snake or 2 a year - deadly, if they ever touch me, I'll probably die - but I usually get them with the tractor, mower, or weedeater:laughing:
• field mice
• recently had a family of rats move in under the concrete of the pole barn (I have been feeding them, unfortunately they don't seem to like the food to well as I usually find them a couple days later on their side not breathing:laughing.
• Various birds and bats. I watched a Cardinal for quite awhile last night.

 

[JamesHW]

Critters I've seen on my property:

Chipmunks
Squirrrels
Deer
Coyotes
Chipmunks
Puff Adders
Black snakes
Garter snakes
Wild Turkeys
Chipmunks
Feral cats
Red Foxes
Squirrels
Birds
Chipmunks
Geese
Rabbits
Voles
Toads & frogs


Did I mention chipmunks?

 

[Alien]

Critters I've seen on my property:

Chipmunks

Did I mention chipmunks?