Trying to identify an animal? (loan, home, live)

[maineborzoi]

Originally Posted by slyfox2

Snipe. Everyone thinks they are imaginary, but they fit the imagination of everyone who sees them.

An alternative is a large beaver. That can grow to 4 feet high when standing up.

silly wabbit- snipes are a bird...

[Maine Writer]

How did it move and did it make any sound?

[slyfox2]

Originally Posted by maineborzoi

silly wabbit- snipes are a bird...

For you they are a bird. At YMCA camp in 1956, we were on a snipe hunt and it was a little furry animal. Of course I was only 7 at the time.

[slyfox2]

You sure it wasn't a beaver? They can get pretty big. And they can be aggressive. Go to YOUTUBE and look up beaver attacks.

[Zymer]

Originally Posted by take it all

That was probably a Lepage Skunk

Hey, Penguin, don't expect this one to last too long either.

Originally Posted by maineborzoi

Fishers are big and I was shocked how big. I had imagined before like a 'big ferret" but surprised when I saw 'the real thing'.

Yeah, I have a rather large Fisher skull, it's about 50% larger than the published 'average'. Some folks thought it was a bear skull, but it slopes too smoothly. The freakin' canines on that thing are *nasty*. They are related to minks and martens, much different body shape than porkies or possum.

[maineborzoi]

Originally Posted by Zymer

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Yeah, I have a rather large Fisher skull, it's about 50% larger than the published 'average'. Some folks thought it was a bear skull, but it slopes too smoothly. The freakin' canines on that thing are *nasty*. They are related to minks and martens, much different body shape than porkies or possum.

I was shocked when I saw one in the yard as I had no idea they were that big.
We have now seen 3 different ones- ranging in size but even the smallest one was probably the size of a medium size dog in height. ( ie 16-20" tall ).
They also say they are a high killer of domestic cats and that I would believe. We use to have quite the feral colony around here and we do not anymore.
We also saw one fisher attack two turkeys that wondered in after the fisher had appeared to have left. That was one Fast ambush, with only one of the turkeys able to fly away. ( though hap-hazardly )

[PAhippo]

keep in mind, critters are getting ready for winter by growing longer thicker fur. They might look bigger than in summer.

[Zymer]

Originally Posted by maineborzoi

They also say they are a high killer of domestic cats and that I would believe.

Yeah, I had a fairly large Siamese that disappeared. We were mystified, at first, I was completely ignorant about Fishers. Then the dog brought back the skull. I got quite the education figuring out what it was.

I still miss that damn cat, he was my most favorite cat ever, well, him AND his sister. He and his sister were very tightly bonded, she became noticeably despondent, then grew sickly and died. We went to great lengths to [try to] keep her alive but it was no use. Nobody can tell me that animals can't 'feel'- as far as I'm concerned, she just didn't have the will to live without her brother. Yeah, I miss her just as much.

[slyfox2]

Yes.... in our area, its the coyotes that eat the cats.

[Maineac]

Quillpig.