Quote Originally Posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
Oh no!

I know this sounds like an odd way to deal with this, but is it possible to start leaving food for him/her further out somewhere? That way he/she would be well fed and wouldn't need to stalk the cats, and if fed further away, would keep him/her away from your site altogether?

Of course, then who's going to pay for the food, and if you start feeding one, you know more are going to show up possibly making the problem worse...... Anyway animal control can come in and remove him/her to a more "appropriate" setting?

I wouldn't suggest feeding a coyote. Coyotes are very common where I live. They are fascinating animals in their own right,but they are predators to smaller animals. Coyotes habituate extremely quickly to humans and often rapidly loose their fear of people if they are fed. They are highly adaptive, extremely smart creatures. For example, there was a lady up here a couple winters ago who was leaving food (meat) out for a coyote. She thought he looked skinny and believed she was helping him. After a few weeks, the coyote got used to her, expected food to be available in her yard for him. One day she didn't set the food out at the usual time; the coyote took her small dog instead.

The fastest way to get rid of a coyote is to scare the daylights out of him--make as much noise as possible, bright lights ect. Make your ferals' food hard to get to for a bigger animal.

He looks pretty healthy. He may have just been passing through. Coyotes can cover a lot of ground and have huge territories.

I hope your ferals stay safe.