kaza46 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 If foxes weren't enough to contend with i know have a stoat/wessel problem. My cat and myself got attacked by one yesterday - neither got hurt, but they are vicious little critters. Has anyone had to deal with these, not so cute creatures? If so how do i go about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millie Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Not sure how to deal with it, but friends had 2 fresh call ducks and an unhatched egg taken the other day. It got through a tiny hole in the hutch, which is now blocked off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millie-Annie Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Is it definitely a stoat or weasel? It's not a mink? I only ask as I thought it was unusual for stoats or weasels to attack humans and my friend had a mink on top of her rabbit hutch and she had to hit it with a spade to get it off. She rang the RSPCA and described it and they said there are lots of mink about because people have released them from fur farms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckmum6 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I wondered the same as Millie-Anne, stoats and weasles are shy and small, mink are another matter though bigger and certainly much more aggressive. Not to sure what to suggest, other than contacting RSPCA or you local pest control for advice, so good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaza46 Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 I can't be 100% sure what it was i was told it was a stoat so i think it was (?). My Cat had been attacking it and so it wasn't happy when i came toward it. It was small thin and light brown in colour. Not sure about tail length as i wasn't hanging around to look . I have been told that they will take a fully grown rabbit as well as my hens and chicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmastar Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 We had one walk into work the other day we traped it twice and let it go but we thought it must have been a pet the third time it came back in and walked past a que of about 5 people without a care in the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindafw Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Could the one walking past people be someones polecat/ferret? A young one is only about 8 to 10- inches long...offer it a meat sandwich and if it takes it happily without fear I suspect it is a pet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debaser Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Hello, I saw a stoat the other day, but as far as I'm aware there've left my girls alone. You could try a live cage trap? If it's a stoat or weasel you could release it a long way away, if it's a mink then legally your have to dispatch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmastar Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 It took food and went into a pet carier happly so it is someones pet we think , someone from work has taken it home as it was scaring people ( not the normal thing to see walking about a shop ) it may have been a working one as we have lots of fields round work . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckmum6 Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 We I was young, we lived next door to boy who kept pole cats, they got out and killed two of my brothers duck and left one with a twisted neck for the rest of it's life. Cute looking but deadly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaza46 Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 Thanks for the advice everyone. I don't know what a pole cat looks like so i think back to google image. Glad the one walking around the work place has a lovely new home, that one doesn't sound evil like the one in my garden, it sounds very sweet. Interesting topic though as i come from Australia and i have never seen any of these little creatures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
