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Title: Small pet warning
Post by: Townsend on November 18, 2009, 09:24:24 AM
I meant to post this yesterday but last night reminded me.

Anyone around the 21st and Yale area with small pets that go outside (Steve, Conan, et al)...the wife and I have noticed a very un-shy fox running around our neighborhood across Yale from Lortondale in Mayo Meadow.

It's larger than most I've seen in the area so if you have a pet that looks like fox food (Butch, cough cough), keep an eye on them.
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: Conan71 on November 18, 2009, 10:10:35 AM
Quote from: Townsend on November 18, 2009, 09:24:24 AM
I meant to post this yesterday but last night reminded me.

Anyone around the 21st and Yale area with small pets that go outside (Steve, Conan, et al)...the wife and I have noticed a very un-shy fox running around our neighborhood across Yale from Lortondale in Mayo Meadow.

It's larger than most I've seen in the area so if you have a pet that looks like fox food (Butch, cough cough), keep an eye on them.

Thanks Townsend, I don't think his leopard print urban assault cammo will shield him very well, either.  I listen when I hear these things, two of his puppies (when they were full grown) were killed by coyotes out near 101st & Sheridan about six years ago.

I hadn't seen a fox around the area for about a year or so and kind of forget about our "urban wilderness".

Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: Townsend on November 18, 2009, 10:38:33 AM
Oh geez dude, you're baiting the fox.
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: sgrizzle on November 18, 2009, 10:38:56 AM
Hate to tell you, but if you drive through midtown at the right times, there is a fox every few hundred feet. It' the racoons the size (and shape) of bean bag chairs that worry me more. The foxes are likely after the rabbits, which are thick in midtown.
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: Townsend on November 18, 2009, 10:41:22 AM
Quote from: sgrizzle on November 18, 2009, 10:38:56 AM
The foxes are likely after the rabbits, which are thick in midtown.

Tell me about it.  My youngest and fastest decided it was a good time to kill a rabbit in my back yard this morning.  I was "ending the suffering" at 5:30 AM with the back side of a shovel.  Works better than coffee.
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: Conan71 on November 18, 2009, 11:49:59 AM
Butch is about rabbit size Scott, just not as meaty, I would assume.
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: Red Arrow on November 18, 2009, 12:39:12 PM
Some smaller pets may also be looked upon as food by owls and hawks.
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: Conan71 on November 18, 2009, 01:46:49 PM
Quote from: Red Arrow on November 18, 2009, 12:39:12 PM
Some smaller pets may also be looked upon as food by owls and hawks.

We had a neighbor lose a small Shih Tzu to an owl or hawk when I lived out at 105th & Yale. 
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: patric on November 18, 2009, 02:08:34 PM
Quote from: Townsend on November 18, 2009, 09:24:24 AM
I meant to post this yesterday but last night reminded me.

Anyone around the 21st and Yale area with small pets that go outside (Steve, Conan, et al)...the wife and I have noticed a very un-shy fox running around our neighborhood across Yale from Lortondale in Mayo Meadow.

It's larger than most I've seen in the area so if you have a pet that looks like fox food (Butch, cough cough), keep an eye on them.

Was it about the size of this fox, on the other side of the expressway?
http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/index.php?topic=5550.0
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: Townsend on November 18, 2009, 02:33:01 PM
Quote from: patric on November 18, 2009, 02:08:34 PM
Was it about the size of this fox, on the other side of the expressway?
http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/index.php?topic=5550.0

Tough to tell from the pic but it was about the size of a medium schnauzer.
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: Steve on November 18, 2009, 04:09:10 PM
Quote from: Townsend on November 18, 2009, 09:24:24 AM
Anyone around the 21st and Yale area with small pets that go outside (Steve, Conan, et al)...the wife and I have noticed a very un-shy fox running around our neighborhood across Yale from Lortondale in Mayo Meadow.

Thanks Townsend.  My current new cat Aruba, as well as my 18 year old cat Zingo that I recenty lossed, are exclusively indoor pets, never let outside.  In my opinion, any cat owner that lets their cats roam around outside unleashed are irresponsible owners and do not deserve to have a cat.  And they are in violation of city pet laws too.

I live in Lortondale on 26 street east of Yale, and have seen foxes, racoons, rabbits, all multitude of wildlife in the neighborhood over the past 25 years.  I had a racoon in my back yard last winter, and have seen a grey fox or two many times.  
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: Conan71 on November 18, 2009, 04:44:17 PM
And then there's this Foxx:

(http://www.ukuleleman.net/uploaded_images/Redd_Foxx1-753176.jpg)
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: OpenYourEyesTulsa on November 19, 2009, 11:21:54 AM
I live in east Tulsa (barely, almost in Broken Arrow) and there are coyotes that are snatching up small dogs.  One night I heard them scratching on the fence wanting to eat my little weiner dogs.
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: Townsend on November 19, 2009, 12:08:49 PM
Quote from: OpenYourEyesTulsa on November 19, 2009, 11:21:54 AM
I One night I heard them scratching on the fence wanting to eat my little weiner dogs.

Anyone else fight back the urge to make a comment on this one?  C'mon, show of hands.
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: Conan71 on November 19, 2009, 12:17:23 PM
Quote from: Townsend on November 19, 2009, 12:08:49 PM
Anyone else fight back the urge to make a comment on this one?  C'mon, show of hands.

I saw this originally on Argus' Facebook page

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_buH1ows6EAA/SRs71003aiI/AAAAAAAAAFE/x2McWBpDVDQ/s400/dog-in-bun.jpg)

Here's another

(http://funny.picturepie.com/images/Weener_Dog_Hotdog.jpg)
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: sgrizzle on November 19, 2009, 12:44:58 PM
Quote from: Townsend on November 19, 2009, 12:08:49 PM
Anyone else fight back the urge to make a comment on this one?  C'mon, show of hands.

I plead the fifth.
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: Conan71 on November 19, 2009, 12:53:53 PM
Quote from: Townsend on November 19, 2009, 12:08:49 PM
Anyone else fight back the urge to make a comment on this one?  C'mon, show of hands.

Well, I did wake up to the sound of a stalker ex-girlfriend scratching on my screen one night back in college...
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: custosnox on November 19, 2009, 09:43:36 PM
I'm in east tulsa, and have a chihuahua and a german shepard mix.  The bill engvall routine comes to mind "That little one is a setup"
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: Hawkins on November 25, 2009, 11:42:02 PM
Don't Coyotes eat small pets too?

I've seen some big ones running around 25th & Sheridan. Seen smaller ones everywhere. Anywhere there is a nearby field or park they tend to roam out in the open at night.

Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: Red Arrow on November 26, 2009, 09:41:29 AM
Quote from: custosnox on November 19, 2009, 09:43:36 PM
I'm in east tulsa, and have a chihuahua and a german shepard mix.  The bill engvall routine comes to mind "That little one is a setup"

One strange mixed breed or a mix of two dogs?
Title: Small pet warning
Post by: vawpeant73 on December 04, 2009, 01:02:42 AM
im sorry

but my logic says that if something says, contact the admin, then i would contact the admin
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: Townsend on December 04, 2009, 10:07:04 AM
Quote from: vawpeant73 on December 04, 2009, 01:02:42 AM
im sorry

but my logic says that if something says, contact the admin, then i would contact the admin

What with the what now?
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: kylieosu on December 04, 2009, 10:09:39 AM
Quote from: Townsend on December 04, 2009, 10:07:04 AM
What with the what now?

My thoughts exactly.
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: Hoss on December 04, 2009, 11:14:56 AM
Quote from: vawpeant73 on December 04, 2009, 01:02:42 AM
im sorry

but my logic says that if something says, contact the admin, then i would contact the admin
(http://img72.exs.cx/img72/9428/PlayboyBunny.jpg)
Title: Re: Small pet warning
Post by: Conan71 on December 04, 2009, 11:23:10 AM
Quote from: Hoss on December 04, 2009, 11:14:56 AM
(http://img72.exs.cx/img72/9428/PlayboyBunny.jpg)


Hah, much better than the other bunny!