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Post by mole on Apr 11, 2014 5:18:23 GMT -5
I have caught cyotes that are really well furred and then along comes one that is almost bald on the back shoulder area. No mange , redness just real thin to almost no hair. What would cause this? Thank you.. Ed
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Post by woodsdweller on Apr 11, 2014 6:27:48 GMT -5
mole I have the same here. I thought it was from going under barbed wire fences and maybe in and out of dens. we have a lot of ledges around.
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Post by camohoyt340 on Apr 11, 2014 6:28:43 GMT -5
mole I have the same here. I thought it was from going under barbed wire fences and maybe in and out of dens. we have a lot of ledges around. Thats what the taxidermist told me.
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Post by rufus on Apr 12, 2014 5:55:59 GMT -5
I have caught several and shot several coyotes from different areas with the same condition. I got some in December, January , February and March. The ones I caught seemed to only have the guard hairs missing making it look like an big rubbed spot. Some were 60 miles apart so I would love to hear thoughts on this. I can say that some were taken in areas where no fencing was present or ledges. I find it hard to believe that coyotes are using dens all those months.
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Post by 160andup on Apr 12, 2014 6:40:54 GMT -5
Caught one the first week of November this year that had that, there were no fences on any nearby farms either.
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Post by mole on Apr 13, 2014 3:51:28 GMT -5
Guess I am not alone. Thank you for your participation.
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Post by camohoyt340 on Apr 13, 2014 10:47:33 GMT -5
The more i think about it, I believe it's from dens.
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Post by kbb on Apr 15, 2014 20:57:02 GMT -5
Could be from the ticks...
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Post by dinorocks on Apr 16, 2014 17:12:50 GMT -5
Gosh...I'm far from experienced regarding coyotes (and fox for that matter), but all the coyotes we caught (all two and one we picked up that someone shot) were losing fur or thin in the same areas (although not balding to the degree you mentioned...except the one with mange). Could the hair thinning be related to hereditary...kind of like the pattern of hair I'm losing on my head :-( In the area I trap there are no fences...I guess it is possible that they could be going in and out of dens but we had a constant 1+ feet of snow all year long and I cannot see them rubbing fur off like that. I will follow up with some biologists I know and let you know what I learn.
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Post by kirkwooder on Apr 16, 2014 19:46:35 GMT -5
Maybe they are rubbing it off while rolling around like a dog does. I'm just guessing, but we've all seen domestic dogs flopped on their back, thrashing back and forth. (I always wondered what the deal with that was.) Wild K9's must do the same thing, at least I would think so. Just a thought!
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