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<blockquote data-quote="BadgeBunny" data-source="post: 2630967" data-attributes="member: 1242"><p>We had a coon and an possum that used to come up and eat at night. There are several older folks <img src="/images/smilies/lookaround.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lookaroun" title="Lookaround :lookaroun" data-shortname=":lookaroun" /> who leave cat food out for the entire neighborhood's cats to munch on whenever they feel the urge. You can sit out on the front lawn at dusk and watch the cats make the rounds ... Anyway, one of the neighbors called me one evening and said "Hey, I just saw a coon go over your side fence ... but that's not the funny thing ... you gotta come outside and see this." So ... outside I go and my three cats (at the time, we've lost one since then, RIP, Little Boy <img src="/images/smilies/frown.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-shortname=":(" />) have that coon out in the middle of the street and are, for lack of a better term "herding" that racoon back down to the end of the block. They aren't pushing him hard, there's no hissing, no bushy tails, no posturing ... just the coon will take a few steps, turn and look to see if the cats are all still there and then amble a few more steps. The cats would stand up and match him step for step while he was walking but the second he stopped and turned to look at them they would sit down and look away ... Like they were just watching the world go by ... <img src="/images/smilies/rotflmao.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rotflmao:" title="Rotflmao :rotflmao:" data-shortname=":rotflmao:" /></p><p></p><p>The neighbor and I watched them until they had the racoon at the end of the block ... pretty fascinating stuff, the way critters interact ... </p><p></p><p>I hung some rain chains on the fence. Haven't seen the coon or the possum (or any evidence of them) in quite a while. Probably helped that I put up a kennel for the dogs and fenced them over on that side of the yard too ... <img src="/images/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":P" title="Stick Out Tongue :P" data-shortname=":P" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BadgeBunny, post: 2630967, member: 1242"] We had a coon and an possum that used to come up and eat at night. There are several older folks :lookaroun who leave cat food out for the entire neighborhood's cats to munch on whenever they feel the urge. You can sit out on the front lawn at dusk and watch the cats make the rounds ... Anyway, one of the neighbors called me one evening and said "Hey, I just saw a coon go over your side fence ... but that's not the funny thing ... you gotta come outside and see this." So ... outside I go and my three cats (at the time, we've lost one since then, RIP, Little Boy :() have that coon out in the middle of the street and are, for lack of a better term "herding" that racoon back down to the end of the block. They aren't pushing him hard, there's no hissing, no bushy tails, no posturing ... just the coon will take a few steps, turn and look to see if the cats are all still there and then amble a few more steps. The cats would stand up and match him step for step while he was walking but the second he stopped and turned to look at them they would sit down and look away ... Like they were just watching the world go by ... :rotflmao: The neighbor and I watched them until they had the racoon at the end of the block ... pretty fascinating stuff, the way critters interact ... I hung some rain chains on the fence. Haven't seen the coon or the possum (or any evidence of them) in quite a while. Probably helped that I put up a kennel for the dogs and fenced them over on that side of the yard too ... :P [/QUOTE]
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