Tracks on driveway - for the 3rd time

Vixen1982 · #1 (**permalink**) 24-12-2009, 02:02 PM

Hello people! I wondered if you could help me identify some tracks that have been on my drive, taking the same route, for the 3rd night on snow. OK i dont have a pic..but heres how im gunna discribe them small mammel, Fox/Cat BUT its the way there spaced out there like Rabbit! Which is all fine and dandy i hear you say but i liven in the middle of blackpool where grass is rare

Not even a grassy garden close by! I will use the letter "o" each "o" been one paw print. to try n explain HOW the tracks are laid out. Here we go. oooo oooo oooo its like theres 4 paw prints in a straight like then a 16inch gap then again 4 more prints, another 16in gap ecp and they take the same route each time....ideas please. I know cats have a "uneven" trail and foxes have one just a nice neat straight line of prints (he visits regulary but we never see him due to the cats eating his supper we put out)

Any ideas on this strange foxy/rabbit/kangeroo style leaping creature? lol sorry shudda got pics!

davecatt · #2 (**permalink**) 24-12-2009, 03:17 PM

Hi Vixen Welcome to WAB

Difficult to say what the tracks may be without a picture, but, have you considerd the possibility of it being a squirrel? They tend to move around in leaps and bounds. Do you have any trees near you that might be home to squirrels?

Dave

Vixen1982 · #3 (**permalink**) 24-12-2009, 03:41 PM

Hi Dave

Nope not a Tree in sight im afraid, chance would be a fine thing lol just concrete and sand... I really am beggining to wonder could it be a domestic rabbit that someone has dumped?

Oh i hope not poor little scrap...tonight many red bulls, ciggys and a steak out at the kitchen window i think? Because it really is bugging the hell outta me

danthekeeper · #4 (**permalink**) 24-12-2009, 05:22 PM

A dog fox and a vixen have different tracks a vixens is in a nice straight line but a dog fox has a offset track it is because his rear legs have a pair of B????between them making it difficult to keep in a straight line also it will depend on the speed of the fox when moving quickly but not running both rear paws fall very closely together giving a track similar to a huge rabbit.

Good luck waiting for the animal and please let us now what you see.

Dan

RobynRainbow · #5 (**permalink**) 04-01-2010, 05:19 PM

members of the mustiladae family move in leaps and bounds often, such as weasels and otters. If you live in a non rural area could it be an escaped/dumped ferret? They will scavenge for food in urban areas, but unfortunately they can't really survive in the wild after domestication so if you think this is a possibility please keep a look out.