possible to tell how many litters a coyote has welped over the years?

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SlickerThanSnot

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killed an old toothless female yesterday. looked like she had been rode hard and put away wet many times. much like nancy pelosi.

i know there is a way to tell how many pups a female gave birth to at a given time.

but got to wondering if there would be any way to tell how many litters she might have welped over her life time?

answer is likely no, but just thought i would throw it out there.
 
Not that I know of. Wouldn't be greatly surprised if it were somehow possible, using a lab test of something or some sort? But I've never heard of it being done.

I've been shown a couple times how to count the placenta scars for a recent litter count, but also understand that's not totally accurate either. It's possible and even common to count more scars than there were actual pups born.

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You'd have to presume that she was a normal, estrus cycling coyote. As opposed to dogs, they come into heat only once a year and if bred would have one litter a year. Then you'd have to assume she had normal sized litters (4?). Tooth wear would be the best way of estimating age but I don't know to guage that. I could tell young, middle, and old age. You could look closely at the nipples and it they looked pigmented and protruding a bit you'd know that she had nursed. You'd have to know what a younger coyote's nipples looked like after one, two, & 3 litters to compare. If they were barely visible or hard to find it could be she'd never had pups at all.
 
On rats you can tell by looking at the uterus. They get scars from where the umbilical cords attach. I'm not a veterinarian, but I did see a documentary on some Indonesian island that had cycles of rat infestations
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Originally Posted By: jcs271Have you tried slicing through one of her teets and counting the rings inside?

yep. that's the first thing i did. but i got confused when some teets had 2 rings, others had 6 and yet others had 9 rings.

maybe add them all together and divide by 6?
 
Originally Posted By: SlickerThanSnotkilled an old toothless female yesterday. looked like she had been rode hard and put away wet many times. much like nancy pelosi.

that's a WIN!!
 
Originally Posted By: SlickerThanSnotOriginally Posted By: jcs271Have you tried slicing through one of her teets and counting the rings inside?

yep. that's the first thing i did. but i got confused when some teets had 2 rings, others had 6 and yet others had 9 rings.

maybe add them all together and divide by 6?

I just don't know. I was never very good at math.
 
There is to many variables to give num by how old she is.in a area with low numbers they can have up to ten then the next year lots of coyotes but low food supply she may only has 2 or so.but there has to be a way to tell by the uteras how many she did have that year.the reason in know they can have at least 10 is the one in my avatar was one of 10
 
Yes there is.

There is a small nodule just inside the opening on the upper wall of the female coyote girl part. Each birthing cycle it grows 2 cm. So you need to stick your finger in and measure by the length of your fingertip. The only caveat is the coyote has to be alive as it shrinks instantly upon loss of blood pressure.


$5 to the first person that can PROVE it not true....lol
 
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