Friday Cat Blogging

by Bryan

7 comments

1 cookiejill { 09.16.11 at 8:03 pm }

She could pass as “Rocky the Raccoon”

2 Badtux { 09.16.11 at 9:30 pm }

Except with a beard, CookieJill. As befitting her namesake who was reputed to have a hollow ring filled with poison to off enemies of the family.

Just curious, Bryan, have you had a problem with raccoons raiding your feeding stations? Or do the times you put out the food attract sufficient feline attention that any marauding raccoon would feel distinctly unwelcome?

3 Bryan { 09.16.11 at 9:59 pm }

She is more into the underhanded, that the open confrontation, Jill.

We used to have a raccoon problem, but it was with my Mother’s water garden. The average cheap goldfish will grow to 6-8 inches in a year in a large pond, and the raccoons would raid the pond and eat them.

I have a friend who lives by a creek, and he had a heck of a time with raccoons raiding his cat food. He kept it in a garbage can in his greenhouse [he bought the huge bag of kibble at Sam’s Club], and they would break in, pop the lid, and wipe him out overnight.

These days it is rare to see any evidence of a raccoon, but we have ‘possums.

4 Steve Bates { 09.18.11 at 9:56 am }

In the apartments of my youth (i.e., 35 years ago or so), I had the same problem with raccoons, because I lived across the street from one of Houston’s larger parks, Hermann Park. One day I left my front door pulled to but not latched while I chatted with a neighbor. A raccoon managed to sneak past me, down the hall, into the apartment and pop the lid on a large covered metal canister containing cat food. She had pretty much eaten her fill by the time I managed to chase her off. Feeding the cats outdoors was simply not an option; the food would vanish as if by magic.

5 Bryan { 09.18.11 at 12:55 pm }

The ‘possums aren’t greedy, so I don’t worry about them, but an adult raccoon can wipe you out.

6 oldwhitelady { 09.18.11 at 7:47 pm }

Nice costume! She certainly is a pretty raccoon. The tip of her tail sure is striking, too! Beautiful.

7 Bryan { 09.18.11 at 8:02 pm }

Well, not up to the standards of Rocky Girl’s Rottweiller costume, but pretty close when she hunches over.