Rolfe 2 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 I found this bitch stoat curled up fast asleep in one of my squirrel cages tonight, this is the second one i have had in this particular cage.....They will be feeding youngsters now so i expect she was foraging for food and the scent of a squirrel lured her in..........unless she was partial to hazel nuts..! Quote Link to post
fish 148 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 I found this bitch stoat curled up fast asleep in one of my squirrel cages tonight, this is the second one i have had in this particular cage.....They will be feeding youngsters now so i expect she was foraging for food and the scent of a squirrel lured her in..........unless she was partial to hazel nuts..! like the pic rolfe had one myself a week or so ago in a coypu trap. i let it go.geting soft in me old age. 4 Quote Link to post
Wolfie 106 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 I had a moggie in my squirrel cage trap last week Quote Link to post
Rolfe 2 Posted March 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 I found this bitch stoat curled up fast asleep in one of my squirrel cages tonight, this is the second one i have had in this particular cage.....They will be feeding youngsters now so i expect she was foraging for food and the scent of a squirrel lured her in..........unless she was partial to hazel nuts..! like the pic rolfe had one myself a week or so ago in a coypu trap. i let it go.geting soft in me old age. Me too..... Quote Link to post
moley 115 Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 its a bit early round here for stoats feeding young, had one last week and she had 10 very small nubs in her, probably a few weeks off yet Quote Link to post
Rolfe 2 Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 its a bit early round here for stoats feeding young, had one last week and she had 10 very small nubs in her, probably a few weeks off yet This one had very pronounced teats so i am pretty sure she is suckling some kits somewhere. There are lots of old hollow sweet chestnut trees full of rabbit holes at the base around here........and i have seen stoats there on a regular basis, my hunch would be she has some youngsters stashed there. As a follow up to this ............I had a dog stoat in the same cage tonight, they say the best attractant is the scent of the same species........especially the opposite sex Quote Link to post
bushing lad 114 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 i had a little robin in my cage trap today intended for squirrel! Quote Link to post
Fat-Ferret 857 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) I only ever caught one in a cage, years ago in our loft at home, we thought it was a rat at the time, until we went up for the cage after hearing it go off. That was probably the last one I saw, very scarce round here now. Edited April 1, 2012 by Fat-Ferret Quote Link to post
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