Small Cat-like Tracks in the Snow.....
 

Anyone know which creature could have made small cat like paw prints on the snow on our deck - the prints are almost identical to a cat print - but much smaller - say a third of the size.

Any ideas?

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A kitten?

Sorry, couldn't resist. I'll get my coat..............

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We have rabbit prints all over our yard - they look a little like cats but smaller and different pattern.

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LOL it would be just my luck to have yet another kitten appear in my bloody garden....lol

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Nope - not rabbit prints. Checked those already!

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A Moose on tippy toes?

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This is not helpful - though the kids are hoping this answer is the correct one..:rofl:

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Some kind of weasel maybe.

You know a picture would be helpful.

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a cougar kitten? That would be super cuuuuuuuuuuute.

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how many toes? if you can see claw marks then it's not a cat. A fisher maybe??

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Raccoon? Opossum?

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I am tempted to mention the ten foot wolf....

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But you are fighting it? Not the wolf but the temptation.

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I think it was just...a small cat..lol My cat is a large cat so has massive paws...I think it was probably just a lady cat...OH is not convinced. No idea what he thinks it is!

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Well, we've had it mentioned now twice in the last 24 hours - I guess you guys are trying so hard to scrape the barrel for a cheap laugh, but now that you mention it again, it was 5 feet not 10, and I guess you'd have to be out of the city, office and out of your own arses to have seen it:)

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oooh oooh - where was the other mention - I missed it ! :rofl:

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A five foot wolf with tiny tiny paws? Someone's having a laugh.;)

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barrel. scrape. yawn.:)

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On tippy toes, trying to be quiet!

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No one likes my cougar kitten idea, even though it would be much cuter than the other options.

Fine.

*sniff*:thumbdown:

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:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: love it :rofl::rofl::D:D

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Cos it didn't want to scare people into being which is not a nice state to be in, though it would be understandable if you saw a 10 foot tall wolf on tippy toes. Or even a cougar kitten. ;)

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Rat?:rofl:

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Not even a teeny bit funny (run's away to google "rat footprints....") lol

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hah, they leave a tail trail behind them.

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There are just as many 10 foot wolves in NS as there are wild cougar kittens. Maybe it was a small dinosaur?

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ooh I hope so. My OH loves anything dinosaur related and it is his 40th Birthday next week - I could capture it and stick a bow on it's head.

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In that case, get him to watch the Dinosaur train - you'll even get a 5 minute lowdown at the end by Dr. Scott the Paleontologist:)

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Lets all paws for thought on this one. :rofl:

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Only if they are dragging it, they could be holding it up out of the snow, :D

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oo a finicky rat

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Well I can understand them being finicky who in the right mind would want to drag their tail through cold snow:confused:

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a rat with a hot tail?

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It could freeze and snap off!

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Amy we have seen both lynx and bobcat in poters lake although both are much bigger than a domestic cat!

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Have you - oh crikey! Whereabouts? Over near your house? We had coyote tracks in the garden a couple of years ago...eek!

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In our garden we watched them trying to catch the squirrels and birds on the feeders.not seen any signs of cottoyes though so that's a bonus I suppose.

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Who are you calling a Cougar?