Posted on 08/08/2010 7:54:20 PM PDT by shibumi
((MyFoxDetroit.com Staff)) - Do you know what this is? Joel from Bloomfield Township says this animal started showing up in his backyard yesterday.
He took a few photos and sent them to us to help identify the animal. Please scroll through them. We've sent them off to Veterinarian but until we hear back, what's your call?
Add your ideas in the comment box below. We'll post the answers from the experts once we get them. See if you're right.
UPDATE: Some quick research has our staff thinking it's a mangy fox or a coyote. Still, what do you think?
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I still think it is a fish.
Something humblegunner would catch and eat.
Pool?
Or pond...............pond would probably be better for me...
How stupid are people?
It is a fox with mange and little bit of pond scum.
I was badly spoofing Caddy Shack................
That is my vote too.
"Crypto-Beasts?
Naw. We ain't seen none of them 'round here!"
It’s a fox with severe demodectic mange and it’s probably suffering terribly.
Long term doses of Ivermectin would cure it but no one will likely treat it.
How sad for the poor, hurting thing.
They could easily leave out some canned dog food with Ivermectin in it.
They’d have to do it daily for months, though.
Wow, you are a real animal lover. If that showed up in my yard in TX, I would help it get to coyote heaven very quickly.
It’s a hybrid. Note the stripes on the legs.
Maybe a coytote and Tasmanian Wof.
That was a nice post and I agree with you. It sure has a long tail even for a fox don’t you think? No normal coyote has a tail that long.
Definitely a snipe, you can tell by the markings
Definitely a snipe, you can tell by the markings
This is what happens when taxpayers flee a dying region. Obviouly welfare could have spared the poor animal this terrible fate. We can only hope that Obama will have Congress sneak in a few table scraps from Michell`s recent party in Spain.
Maybe even share some of Bo`s food.
Fox with mange.
Its very clear the fox is ill. Whether mange or a genetic flaw that stopped fur growth, no way the poor thing makes it through a Michigan winter without a coat.
You are a very kind person. Most people would have tossed the mouse into the field—at best. Mice make very sweet pets. I didn’t know they live as long as five years, though.
It’s a fox with a bad case of mange. I’ve seen them before and up close like this one.
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