A year or so ago - one the the cats here decided to tangle with a skunk - the skunk won. S'te says it took weeks for her (Coco the Cat) to smell better!! :)
Well, the last couple of weeks we've noticed that towards evening - after the kids are in bed and all is quiet - Coco will come streaking into the house. If she needs to use a window - she will. Whatever it takes. She has a pet door from the outside into the laundry room (it used to be big enough for the Grant the Great Dane but was downsized when the kids were using it for access) and another thru the door in the library. They love thier doors although they would very much rather someone get up and open a door for them.
The other night S'te was in the kitchen and noticed movement in the laundry room. Then the next night Rod noticed black and white movement in the laundry room. Since Rod has been underway - we've been kinda watching and ~ each evening we see various SKUNKS eating the cat food, drinking thier water, wandering in and around the tools stored there. Rod has tried taking pictures since they don't seem to be the same ones!! Twice the skunk I've seen was just a baby one. They really are sort of cute in an odd, stand-offish sort of way - hehe. Since he (Rod) didn't really want to open the door and go out - the pics didn't turn out well (I don't think). But I know they are there!! If I get ahold of one - I will certainly post it!!
The neighbor has been trapping them - he's trapped 6 and each time his back yard has been sprayed - so I think he gave up. But there are more!!
Last night - after dinner - I picked up the cat food and water and brought it inside - saw a bigger guest come to see what was for dinner - ooops - nothing. He scouted around - found nothing and left.
Fast forward to about 10:30 - I went out front - and there were 2 BIG ones standing in the flower bed that we just finished planting and cleaning - S'te hollered "what do you think this is - Burger King - ?" to the population of the front yard!!! :) She is so funny! So what it looks like is that the Mommy and Daddy skunks are showing baby skunks how to use a pet door. . . . I'll bet the rest of the neighborhood is glad of that!!
So that is my funny for the day.
Still no baby.
Well, the last couple of weeks we've noticed that towards evening - after the kids are in bed and all is quiet - Coco will come streaking into the house. If she needs to use a window - she will. Whatever it takes. She has a pet door from the outside into the laundry room (it used to be big enough for the Grant the Great Dane but was downsized when the kids were using it for access) and another thru the door in the library. They love thier doors although they would very much rather someone get up and open a door for them.
The other night S'te was in the kitchen and noticed movement in the laundry room. Then the next night Rod noticed black and white movement in the laundry room. Since Rod has been underway - we've been kinda watching and ~ each evening we see various SKUNKS eating the cat food, drinking thier water, wandering in and around the tools stored there. Rod has tried taking pictures since they don't seem to be the same ones!! Twice the skunk I've seen was just a baby one. They really are sort of cute in an odd, stand-offish sort of way - hehe. Since he (Rod) didn't really want to open the door and go out - the pics didn't turn out well (I don't think). But I know they are there!! If I get ahold of one - I will certainly post it!!
The neighbor has been trapping them - he's trapped 6 and each time his back yard has been sprayed - so I think he gave up. But there are more!!
Last night - after dinner - I picked up the cat food and water and brought it inside - saw a bigger guest come to see what was for dinner - ooops - nothing. He scouted around - found nothing and left.
Fast forward to about 10:30 - I went out front - and there were 2 BIG ones standing in the flower bed that we just finished planting and cleaning - S'te hollered "what do you think this is - Burger King - ?" to the population of the front yard!!! :) She is so funny! So what it looks like is that the Mommy and Daddy skunks are showing baby skunks how to use a pet door. . . . I'll bet the rest of the neighborhood is glad of that!!
So that is my funny for the day.
Still no baby.
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