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Old 03-10-2008, 09:13 PM
 
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Gotta wonder how that turned out in the end for them.....
That made me laugh out loud!
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Old 03-11-2008, 07:03 PM
 
Location: 80904 West siiiiiide!
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That made me laugh out loud!
Me too. Stupid Racoons will eat anything. I had 2 of them come in my house while I was on vacation, and ate all the cat food I had set out for my cat.

Poor thing went for 4 days with no food.
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Old 03-11-2008, 07:23 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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How did they get in the house? One got in our neighbors' house through the cat door.
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Old 03-11-2008, 07:49 PM
 
Location: 80904 West siiiiiide!
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I used to live in a trailer, and they came up through a hole under the sink
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Old 03-11-2008, 08:23 PM
 
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When I was a kid, a very mischievous neighborhood raccoon crawled up top of my garage door when it was open. I had no idea it was there and hit button to close the door. The raccoon panicked and bolted toward the opening where it got stuck between the frame and the garage door. I have never heard such a racket in my life! Half the neighborhood came running to see what was happening. Eventually, my Dad and a friend managed to get it free, but by that time the blasted thing had evacuated its bowels all over the place. Darn coons!

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Old 03-11-2008, 09:46 PM
 
Location: Aurora
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rofl! I'm sorry, those racoons sound pretty smart to me . I think they're pretty cute. Of course, they've not come into my house, lol.

in CA I didn't have the cats get a rabies shot, but here I may do so. who knows what cute little beasties may come in and try and "play" with my kitties.
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Old 03-11-2008, 09:57 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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Oh, they're smart all right. One summer we were growing sweet corn in our garden. We decided one night we would harvest it the next day. The raccoons got to it first. They knew when it was ripe! We know it was raccoons because we have seen them up on our roof, etc.
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Old 03-12-2008, 09:39 AM
 
Location: Aurora
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lol, we just checked out a book from the library about racoons and ripe corn! my 3 yr old daughter loves it .
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Old 03-14-2008, 08:03 PM
 
Location: Denver
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We left Colorado for a few years to go to Illinois and there was a HUGE opossum that used to come up to the dog food on the patio at night and eat. It was the size of a bulldog, I kid you not. In Ohio I used to see badgers-they were scary critters. I haven't seen anything in Colorado scarier except of course Bears and mountain lions.
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Old 03-21-2008, 08:17 AM
 
Location: Mid-West Willamette Valley Oregon
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We just moved to Aurora, Colorado from the rural lands of Oregon about a week ago. We have 3 cats (10,4,2 yrs old) the 10 yr old is one tough cat (he is a Maine coon). He has cost me over 1000 dollars in vet bills from fighting with other cats, dogs, racoons and opossums throughout his life.
After reading this thread, and the mention of foxes, it makes me wonder how he would fair against one. I would rather not find out, but being he has been an indoor/outdoor cat his life, I could not keep him inside 24/7. We have been here a week now, and I just let him outside for his first night, last night. For the past week, I was only letting him out during the daytime, letting him get used to his new surroundings. I have been hesitant to let him out for an overnighter, I took the chance, and am still weary of continuing this routine. I met another cat from the neighborhood last night, and he seemed to be a pretty tough looking tomcat, so I am hoping the two of them can fend off a predator (if they decide to get along).
The other two cats we have, (4yr old is a calico, 2yr old is a seal point ragdoll) will be allowed outside only during daylight hours, while I/we are home. The ragdoll will, and has, been pretty jealous of the other two getting more "outside time" than he has, but tough cookies for him.

To touch on another topic mentioned in this thread, about travelling with the cats. We took our time getting here, 6 nights, 7 days, and the cats did fine throughout the trip. We had separate cages for each of them, stayed in pet friendly hotels (La Quinta, Red Lion), and only fed them at the end of the days drive. The litter box was set up in the rooms, and after a day or so of travel, they figured out quick to use the box in the morning before the travel started again. A little bit of whining the first two days, but after that, they just slept while in motion.

The only thing I can say about the indoor/outdoor debate is this, only the owner knows his/her cats abilities. I am pretty sure my 10 yr old cat is smart enough to be cautious around an animal taller then he is, although he has attacked pitbulls, and won , and that concerns me about a confrontation with a fox. I guess I should do some research on the predatory habits of foxes, and advise my cat of what he can be up against .
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