guess this should be a new thread but wanted to put in what I recently heard. Out here in the northeast, we are building more and more into the habitats of wildlife so every now and then you hear stories about coyotes eating cats, small dogs...
The most recent I heard from QueenScoopalot was that a pomeranian was let out on his back porch, and once he stepped off the porch, a pack of coyotes were waiting for him and, yes got him/killed him. These creatures (and I say "creatures" with love for them) are hungry scavengers. When we push out the small prey- they have nothing. A hundred years ago, they ate what wolves left behind, the food chain was balanced. Out here, we killed all the wolves by blasting their dens and building pits with spikes at the bottom. When an alpha went in the pit, the rest followed unknowingly.
So back on the topic- let us know how the vet visit goes!!!!