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Aerows

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16. It could be both?

Reply to magical thyme (Reply #14)

Sun Nov 17, 2013, 04:02 PM

Nov 2013

Fishers are one of the only natural predators of porcupines. Porcupines are herbavores, too, so I don't see them getting rabies, but the fishers might be a different story. You likely have a combination!

I had a raccoon problem recently. I think I'd take a fisher cat and a porcupine problem over those suckers.

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anybody here familiar with fisher cat behavior? [View all] magical thyme Nov 2013 OP

Is there a fish and game or wildlife service or animal control agency you can contact? NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #1

Perhaps you should call Animal Control? enlightenment Nov 2013 #2

All I know is their screeching can send shivers up this camper's spine. aikoaiko Nov 2013 #3

A fisher cat ate my aunt's cat Freddie Nov 2013 #4

According to wiki, they hunt at dawn and dusk. FarCenter Nov 2013 #5

Just 'cause wiki says so 2naSalit Nov 2013 #9

Is it really bothering anything or anyone? 2naSalit Nov 2013 #6

turns out it was a porcupine... magical thyme Nov 2013 #11

Indeed. 2naSalit Nov 2013 #12

I headed up that way -- not too close. It's a porcupine, not a fisher! magical thyme Nov 2013 #7

Maybe it was Oscar. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #8

That's a good one! 2naSalit Nov 2013 #10

until it puffed out its quills, I couldn't be sure if it was a male fisher or porcupine... magical thyme Nov 2013 #13

Yet oddly Fishers are the primary predator of porcupine intaglio Nov 2013 #15

oh there's no question there are fishers in the area... magical thyme Nov 2013 #17

craps, it's come back... magical thyme Nov 2013 #14

It could be both? Aerows Nov 2013 #16

herbavores can get rabies. any mammal can. magical thyme Nov 2013 #18

Actually no, not all of them have the propensity to get rabies. Aerows Nov 2013 #19

from the mspca and petmd magical thyme Nov 2013 #20