creekbend
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www.pbase.com/eriksamwel/baby-coyotes Check the yellowstone gallery June 2007
Found a coyote, I think
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nybirdman
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Lesson learned here;let nature take it's course.The female may have just been moving the pups to a new den.It does happen.
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MMagis
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Yep, sure looks like a coyote. Hopefully there’s a zoo or someplace that can take it. They sure look cute, but one thing they are not is pets.
A casual friend of mine shot a coyote 10-12 years ago. Realized afterward that she was nursing, looked around and found the den. Brought pups home, 3 survived to adolescence....and that's when the trouble began. Following is from him, I have not verified. Issue 1---vet told him he (vet) was required to report to ODNR if someone brought in a wild animal for treatment, and ODNR would confiscate. Issue 2---once he had "harbored" them, he had apparently committed additional misdemeanors. Issue 3---they are WILD animals and around adolescence that became painfully apparent...no one, including him, could get close to them (they were penned), they howled a LOT, and behaved very aggressively. What to do? Killing them now was going to be far more difficult for him emotionally, he couldn't in good conscience let them loose (neighbors with sheep/goats), no good options...and they darn sure didn't become pets. Not sure how he ultimately resolved it, though I heard he took a long road trip to a very wooded area hundreds of miles north of here.
RobertBrown
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If you type in coyote pup at google images you'll see that what you have certainly resembles same.
It seems that the confirmation part is complete.
I'm pretty sure that the longer you keep it, the longer your list of regrets will be. It easy to confuse this animal with a domesticed dog at this point in it's life, and for me, it would be difficult to just part ways with it.
It's doubtful you will ever find a suitable home for it. It'a a coyote, few people want them and even fewer are equiped to deal with one.
Can you tell what sex it is yet?
Perhaps if you limit contact and give it access to food until it starts to catch it's own, It will eventually leave. What happens to it after that is left to fate and that's how it wound up in your house in the first place. Seems like it's lucky song dog so far......
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I've done some research and found others that have raised coyotes. I know a bit about dogs and have done some research in the past about this issue. Believe me, I'm not confused about wether she's a wild animal or not.
My neighbor originally found her and called us after she had brought her home. At first we thought she was part of a domestic litter that had been dropped off by some low life to become bird feed. We live on five acres backed up to BLM land. All the parcels around here are 5-10 acres and there are no big towns for 20 miles or so. It's country living, but not real remote. We are at about 5,000 feet elevation. It's mountainous high desert with pinion and sage.
When we became convinced this dog was a coyote we began to look for options and even took her back to the spot where she was found. But of course, it was too late for her mother to find her and she was doomed if we left her there any longer. So we brought her home again.
I found a zoo/sanctuary that will take her and raise her. They have foxes and coyotes now and are registered with the state, etc.
I must admit I'm a sucker for helpless animals and especially dogs. This pup has imprinted with my wife and I've been out of town a few days. I'm not going to kill her or toss her out in the night to be eaten.
I just wanted to be sure she was not a domestic dog and now I want an exit strategy that is as humane as possible. We've found it in the sanctuary. If she was a domestic dog we would keep her.
This way we can make a donation to help with her needs and go visit her from time to time. It will be interesting to see if later she remembers my wife, who has fed her from a few days old and became her recognized mother.
There are a lot of coyotes around here. We hear them all the time and see them sometimes. Dogs, in general, fascinate me and I've wanted to know more about coyotes and foxes for a long time. This was an accidental encounter that has taken on a life of it's own. Now the neighbors are all interested and offering advice. It won't be long before the sheriff or the game warden shows up. And in the mean time, the little pup is squirming around helplessly and squeaking like a baby coyote. The sanctuary is about 160 miles from here and we are preparing to go. My wife wants to keep her for a few weeks more, but we'll probably go on Monday.
These are controversial animals and I figure by next week, probably a hundred people will know about her and the cops will be paying us a visit. All to protect the area from a helpless pup. And, again, I harbor no illusions about a mature coyote being a LOT of trouble and a danger to the neighbors animals, or to our other two dogs and our cat.
As I write this she is in my wife's lap, sucking on a baby bottle, squeaking with pleasure, a full stomach, barely awake, safe and warm.
I'll follow up with our next step, and thanks to those of you that gave thoughtful and reasonable responses.
My neighbor originally found her and called us after she had brought her home. At first we thought she was part of a domestic litter that had been dropped off by some low life to become bird feed. We live on five acres backed up to BLM land. All the parcels around here are 5-10 acres and there are no big towns for 20 miles or so. It's country living, but not real remote. We are at about 5,000 feet elevation. It's mountainous high desert with pinion and sage.
When we became convinced this dog was a coyote we began to look for options and even took her back to the spot where she was found. But of course, it was too late for her mother to find her and she was doomed if we left her there any longer. So we brought her home again.
I found a zoo/sanctuary that will take her and raise her. They have foxes and coyotes now and are registered with the state, etc.
I must admit I'm a sucker for helpless animals and especially dogs. This pup has imprinted with my wife and I've been out of town a few days. I'm not going to kill her or toss her out in the night to be eaten.
I just wanted to be sure she was not a domestic dog and now I want an exit strategy that is as humane as possible. We've found it in the sanctuary. If she was a domestic dog we would keep her.
This way we can make a donation to help with her needs and go visit her from time to time. It will be interesting to see if later she remembers my wife, who has fed her from a few days old and became her recognized mother.
There are a lot of coyotes around here. We hear them all the time and see them sometimes. Dogs, in general, fascinate me and I've wanted to know more about coyotes and foxes for a long time. This was an accidental encounter that has taken on a life of it's own. Now the neighbors are all interested and offering advice. It won't be long before the sheriff or the game warden shows up. And in the mean time, the little pup is squirming around helplessly and squeaking like a baby coyote. The sanctuary is about 160 miles from here and we are preparing to go. My wife wants to keep her for a few weeks more, but we'll probably go on Monday.
These are controversial animals and I figure by next week, probably a hundred people will know about her and the cops will be paying us a visit. All to protect the area from a helpless pup. And, again, I harbor no illusions about a mature coyote being a LOT of trouble and a danger to the neighbors animals, or to our other two dogs and our cat.
As I write this she is in my wife's lap, sucking on a baby bottle, squeaking with pleasure, a full stomach, barely awake, safe and warm.
I'll follow up with our next step, and thanks to those of you that gave thoughtful and reasonable responses.
rsewill
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This could be an opportunity to drop off two wild critters. ;-)
nybirdman
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I commend for doing the right thing.That's a tough situation for sure,it happens all the time people find young wildlife alone and feel it was abandoned.Whitetail fawns are taken all the time by people,just a mistake.
Kyle241
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That is great you found a place for him/her. I think what you're doing is very commendable as well. I would have done the same thing. Thanks for the pics, never seen a baby coyote before.
