Coyote Caught on Camera Sitting on a Resident's Car in Arizona

The Pet Zealot ^ | January 11, 2023 | James Alain L.

[rdl6989]

Very well fed.

[FamiliarFace]

Saw this fella and two of his friends in my backyard a few years ago, February 2019. They were sniffing around exactly where our two cats liked to hang out in the daytime. So we had to build them a cat enclosure after that. It’s on our deck, and they can go hang out whenever they want. They love it.

[Right Brother]

He is quite a handsome beast.

[Allegra]

Wow - I know that’s a dangerous animal, but he is beautiful.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Dang, that is one fine play pen for cats.

(I noticed you called it a cat enclosure…not a cat house)

[metmom]

I would be so ticked that it scratched up the paint finish.

[Blennos]

Well done with the cat playpen.

[metmom]

Nice!

[jjotto]

Goats and wild turkeys tear up auto paint too.

[FamiliarFace]

They live inside but can access the “catio” through the window. We have a cat door that is attached to a tunnel that opens into it. We fashioned a roof from plastic lattice and tied it down with zip ties. I used some clear heavy duty shower curtains to make a weather guard, so they can go out in inclement weather, which they do.

When we took out a tree one year, I kept one section with branches aside and let it weather for a few years. Then I scraped off the bark and used a marine varnish to weatherproof it some. We added a variety of levels for them, and a loft at the top that they really love. It’s been the best $500 Saturday project we’ve ever done.

[FamiliarFace]

Thanks! It’s been a winner here. Now we can go out of town, and not worry that they are stuck inside the whole time. We have only occasionally had a chipmunk or bird be brought inside, and all have been rescued and returned alive, though I admit, it was tough to let the chipmunk go. They are so destructive. Lucky for them they are cute.

[Nifster]

Good looking coyote

[Nifster]

Indeed

[Sunsong]

kewl

[ByteMercenary]

Looks to me like he is taking his morning sun ... after dining on a particularly plump Chihuahua.

[MayflowerMadam]

Beautiful animal.

[M_Continuum]

He does 🦴

[Varda]

That is one fat coyote. Probably one of the neighbors is feeding it (something other than cats).

[gloryblaze]

Nice work! Watson says, “Take that, you murdering marauder.”

[NautiNurse]

That is one healthy coyote!

My thought too. The ones around here look moth-eaten and downtrodden.