Comments on: Friday Cat Blogging

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:02:03 +0000

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

By: oldwhitelady

oldwhitelady — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:47:39 +0000

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

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:55:02 +0000

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

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:56:50 +0000

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.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:59:23 +0000

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.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:30:02 +0000

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?

By: cookiejill

cookiejill — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:03:22 +0000

She could pass as “Rocky the Raccoon”