| Title: | Equine Notes Conference |
| Notice: | Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151 |
| Moderator: | MTADMS::COBURN IO |
| Created: | Tue Feb 11 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2080 |
| Total number of notes: | 22383 |
The other morning when I went in to feed my 8 mos old colt, I found a
hole had been dug in his floor (clay). The strange thing is, this hole
is about 1 1/2' - 2' square, it's not round, and almost a foot deep.
Now I know what rat holes look like, and this isn't one.
A friend of mine use to be a forest ranger and she looked at it last
night and is baffled. She said it looks like something, probably in
the dog family, bedded down there. There is a window in his stall
about 5' off the ground, and he has two doors, both 5' high. So
whatever it is had to go over the doors or thru the window.
I'm really curious as to what this is, mostly because of my colts
safety.
Any ideas?
Kathy
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| 1136.2 | Try another notes file | COGITO::HARRIS | Wed Dec 13 1989 12:10 | 2 | |
Perhaps a note in IOALOT::SMALL_ANIMALS would get an answer. If
you find out, let us know. I'm curious.
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| 1136.3 | How about raccoons?? | BOSOX::LCOBURN | Wed Dec 13 1989 12:30 | 9 | |
Could it have been a raccoon?? We have tons in the woods behind
our house, and I know that they are not afraid of much, certainly
not a horse. And they are real agile, enough to scurry through a
open window or over the top of a door. And shavings (if that is
what you use?) are very warm if you burrow your hand down in them...
my cats spend a lot of time in my horses' stall curled up in the
bedding. Just a guess....
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| 1136.4 | JUPITR::MENARD | Wed Dec 13 1989 15:03 | 12 | ||
A raccoon is what I'm guessing, but not really sure. What doesn't make
sense is that my shavings bin (8'x20') is on the backside of the barn,
and much more private than coming into the barn. Or if it was looking
for warmth, it could have cuddled up with 200 bales of hay in my empty
stall.
Whatever is was is pretty strong, because it dug down into the ground,
which is already frozen.
If I see signs that its been back a 2nd time, I'll try the havahart.
Kathy
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| 1136.6 | USADEC::MENARD | Wed Jan 10 1990 14:27 | 8 | ||
No, I never found out what it was, and it never came back. I have
since finished closing the barn in - at the time I had the "visitor"
the aisleway was still open, so it would be more difficult to get in.
My dogs, however, are obsessed with a large pile of trees/brush. I
wonder if it moved there....
Kathy
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