I did not raise Charlie because I thought it would be “way cool” to have a pet coyote I did it as the only recourse against a young death. But, I have not left my town in the past year that I have had Charlie. I am lucky that MC can watch Charlie if I should need to go out of town. It also means that I can’t bring him with me if I were to visit friends or family, and I can’t leave him with a pet-sitter and go on vacation. This means visitors must be dealt with accordingly to keep dangerous situations from even having the chance of occuring and to minimize stress on Charlie. Charlie has never accepted anyone but MC and I. Luckily, I am able to make a living from home, which has allowed me to stay close to Charlie and attend to him throughout the day and go on hikes with him, work with him, or play with him all throughout the day.įrom everything I have read and everyone I have talked with, coyotes generally do not accept more than one or two people. Luckily, I live adjacent to hundreds of acres of BLM (untouched public land) where I can walk Charlie for hours and never cross a road, never pass another house, never encounter another person. I don’t mind driving a beater truck I don’t mind living in a tiny, rustic cabin with really low rent. Luckily, I have an extremely low standard of living. Raising Charlie and giving him a high quality of life while keeping him safe and protected, and also keeping my neighbors and their animals safe and protected from him, has been expensive and time consuming – more expensive and time consuming than one would ever imagine.
However, it is not all peaches and roses. This Spring, I recieved emails along the lines of “I want a coyote pup,” or “I found a litter of coyote pups and brought one home,” or “my husband shot a coyote, found her den, and we brought home all seven pups and we’re going to raise them and some of my neighbors want some too,” all ending in “do you have any advice?”Ĭharlie has changed my life in incredible ways he has brought me joy and wonder and wisdom and has provided me with lessons I probably would not have learned any other way.
0 kommentar(er)
