We got a baby Coyote

[Guest Mutts4Me]

Don't freak out... It's not a pet.

A few days ago a baby coyote was brought to the refuge. Her mother had been hit by a car, or at least that's what we were told by the woman who brought her in.

She's very cute, looks just like a puppy really... she's about 7 weeks old. While it's very cool to be able to see the cutie, it's very sad that she's here. Not only because her mommy was killed, but because we probably don't have the abilities to rehabilitate her to the point of being released back into the wild. We're a refuge for Big Cats and other wildlife that can't be released, so we don't have the facilities to keep an animal so that it doesn't get too attached to human beings.

Right now, she's still rather nervous, but eventually I'll get a picture of Cheyenne to share with you.

It's been an interesting week. A few days before the coyote, we got a white duck who'd been shot (we named it Geico), and Saturday on my birthday we got a baby goat, who - despite some lobbying to name it Amber - was named Jello.

[Aroura]

This may seem like a silly, out there question, but can she go to a responsible home that understands her needs? I know how it can be owning a wild animal, and if you do you always have to keep that in mind, that they are a WILD animal, but if there is nothing else that can be done with her it could be an option, someone with alot of time and money and a really big yard with no children or other pets. I don't know much about Coyotes, but I know some people keep dingos here, and I've heard of people keeping foxes, even Basenjis are half wild and we used to have a basenji cross.

Is it an option? Or am I just being crazy?

[courtnek]

here is a link for Coyote rescue...it's in Indiana, but maybe they will help you. They're all over the place here...

http://www.wolfpark.org/ICRC/

[Guest Anonymous]

This may seem like a silly, out there question, but can she go to a responsible home that understands her needs?

It's never a good idea to keep an animal such as a coyote in a home. Coyotes & Wolves once mature are not good pets and will go with their instincts which would not be fit for living in a home. They are also very smart and can escape from the best kennels :wink:
If any thing if the animal cannot be released back into the wild it should go to a reserve specifically for Coyotes. They can be sweet when they are pups...but, once mature they are more in tune with their instincts.

They do not make good pets, unless they are from the scavenger variety like our domestic dogs, crows, rats, pigeons etc. scavenger animals can and do make good pets. this is why alot of wild dogs are so easy to cross over to being domestic due to their being scavengers this is not the same thing for Coyotes and wolves.

[mouseatthebusstop]

there were not many options open for her when she was found without a mother, I hope her future turns out ok

[imported_Kat]

I would love to see pics of her, being the mad wild canid fanatic that I am :P

[imported_Debbie]

[quote name='DivineOblivion19'][quote name='Mutts4Me']It's been an interesting week. A few days before the coyote, we got a white duck who'd been shot (we named it Geico),

HEY! The Gecko is Geico! The duck is Aflac!!!!! :wink:

(Yes I watch too much TV!.... :oops: )

You beat me to it Divine !! I thought exactly the same thing......
I guess we all watch too much T.V !!! :oops:

[Guest Mutts4Me]

Aroura napisał(a):

This may seem like a silly, out there question, but can she go to a responsible home that understands her needs?

I get what you mean, but we just do not support private ownership of wild animals at all... lions, tigers... coyotes. It just shouldn't be done, and as we won't home a tiger to someone (even if they have lots of money and space), we won't home the coyote, either.

We got another baby coyote today, a little bit older than Cheyenne. This one was taken straight to a local wildlife rehabilitator because we knew we'd be in over our heads with two baby coyotes.... My hope is that Cheyenne will be taken there as well, but I don't make the decisions, so we'll have to wait and see.

Cheyenne is getting more and more used to people. She doesn't seem nearly as scared, and actually looks at you now. That's encouraging if you think of her as a puppy, which she looks like, but it's bad when you think of her as a wild animal, which she is. To be released, she needs as little contact with people as possible, and certainly not a fondness for us.

No matter how conflicted I am at having her, she's certainloy a cute little thing, and I will get a picture asap.

[Aroura]

How is she going? Have you got pic yet?

[Guest Mutts4Me]

She's doing all right. Getting more used to people, which is good and bad at the same time.

As for pictures, the best bet for me and pictures is Mondays, because that's my only day off and the only time I have to upload stuff off of my camera.