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    Any suggestions on keeping weasels safe from cats and dogs in our yard?

    I have actually heard of weasels winning fights with cats. One post (which annoyed me) showed someone's barn cat with a dead weasel, and commended the cat as "brave" because they claimed that their other barn cats prior couldn't defeat them and actually died (I believe they kept chickens, so...
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    Any suggestions on keeping weasels safe from cats and dogs in our yard?

    Hopefully, Herman doesn't starve to death and can access the outside if necessary to search for more mice and other small prey. Short-tailed weasels can starve to death in a single day and can't survive without water for long either. A bowl of wet cat food and a bowl (or bottle) of water might...
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    Any suggestions on keeping weasels safe from cats and dogs in our yard?

    There aren't any laws about keeping cats off of the lands of other people, nor restricting neighborhood cats from killing birds, but there is something seriously wrong with cats being allowed to venture into other people's yards and "steal" wildlife from their own properties when they aren't...
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    Any suggestions on keeping weasels safe from cats and dogs in our yard?

    I agree. Why in the world would you get into legal trouble and give your neighbors no reason to respect you when you could use the law to your advantage? If you don't want cats that aren't yours on your property, then tell the neighbors that they need to confine their cats! I wouldn't even call...
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    Any suggestions on keeping weasels safe from cats and dogs in our yard?

    The weasel has probably gone off to hunt more mice by now. They usually hunt for food every few hours in the winter. They will certainly eat cat food (especially wet) when starving, but as long as the weasel isn't trapped, it will probably prefer to search for more mice and meadow voles...
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    Any suggestions on keeping weasels safe from cats and dogs in our yard?

    That suggestion was for me. The pipes are supposed to be protection from cats, dogs, and foxes, not martens. There is a difference between squeezing through a gap and running through a tunnel or burrow. A 2" pipe should stop most martens. Weasels are much better adapted to running through...
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    Any suggestions on keeping weasels safe from cats and dogs in our yard?

    The concept of the small mammal camera trap shelter for our backyard is more complex than that. Ideally, it should resemble something similar to a "hedgehog house." (These are not my pictures.) https://i.pinimg.com/originals/35/75/87/357587daeaec9f71bf413fe2f12f833d.jpg...
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    Any suggestions on keeping weasels safe from cats and dogs in our yard?

    I hate how dogs are restricted but cats are allowed to roam anywhere. I don't believe that all cats should be deprived of outdoor activities, but "catios" and cat-proof fences should be built in those cases. I appreciate the efforts of TNR, and feral cats don't bother me as much as the...
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    Any suggestions on keeping weasels safe from cats and dogs in our yard?

    Weasels are often more abundant than they appear. I've only ever seen tracks, but one of my dad's coworkers saw and trapped one in a supermarket. They are almost impossible to capture on camera. They move too fast to set off motion sensors, and spend too much time under the cover of debris...
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    Any suggestions on keeping weasels safe from cats and dogs in our yard?

    Fortunately, no more evidence of bird casualties were noticed or made obvious. The sparrow, which was found dead near our window, may have been killed by a collision rather than a cat in our backyard. But I did see a cat, a domestic cat, carrying a dead junco in our neighborhood. They've also...
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    Any suggestions on keeping weasels safe from cats and dogs in our yard?

    It would be quite intimidating to confront our neighbors about their cats and dogs. Maybe I could just put a sign up near our driveway? I honestly doubt that many would be interested in preserving weasels. They are usually seen as vermin, even though no one has poultry here. I can definitely...
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    Any suggestions on keeping weasels safe from cats and dogs in our yard?

    I've heard of those Egyptian weasels. But in Europe and North America, weasels seem to be restricted to rural habitats. It figures that they would adjust the same as the Egyptian ones to hunting for city rodents and human rubbish, but they just never did. I know that I'd have to attract rodents...
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    Any suggestions on keeping weasels safe from cats and dogs in our yard?

    Miraculously, I have never seen rats in our town, only white-footed mice and short-tailed shrews. I do believe that white-footed mice sometimes cause problems as well, though? I believe we once had a winter infestation of them way back at our old Connecticut house. Any shrub or plant...
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    Any suggestions on keeping weasels safe from cats and dogs in our yard?

    Hello, folks! Those who've read my previous posts may be acquainted with my interest in weasels. In a former thread, I discussed the question about their elusiveness, and why they seem to have adapted so poorly to urbanized areas. (This question was never clearly answered.) I had already posted...
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