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Screaming in backyard last night - not cats
I woke at 2 am to some horrible screaming in the backyard. It sounded
like a cat fight but it didn't sound like cats. I never heard anything like it before but it sounded like something was being killed. I didn't know if it was my yard or a neighbor and couldn't see anything. It went on for several minutes. My backyard is pretty well fenced in so the cats can go out but not leave the yard, and I was worried that something was trapped in the yard. I got dressed and went downstairs, opened the back door a crack (didn't want the cats getting out) and flicked on the 500 watt halogen. Two raccoons were on the fencing, one perched on top where it overhangs, the other with front paws on the fence and the rears on an evergreen. I've known that the cats could theoretically get out by climbing one of the evergreens that is taller than the fence but they've never figured that out, so I haven't done anything to close off that route, just so other critters can get out. I have the fencing loose where it touches the house on one side so neighborhood kids, and critters, can get in and out and it had been jammed by a tree branch. So I opened it up while the raccoons watched, just so that they could exit that way if there was some sort of problem and they couldn't get out over the fence. I have no idea what the problem was last night but they were gone this morning. I suspect, being springtime, that romance was in the air. It sure sounded like rough sex though. |
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Screaming in backyard last night - not cats
dgk wrote:
I woke at 2 am to some horrible screaming in the backyard. It sounded like a cat fight but it didn't sound like cats. I never heard anything like it before but it sounded like something was being killed. I didn't know if it was my yard or a neighbor and couldn't see anything. It went on for several minutes. My backyard is pretty well fenced in so the cats can go out but not leave the yard, and I was worried that something was trapped in the yard. I got dressed and went downstairs, opened the back door a crack (didn't want the cats getting out) and flicked on the 500 watt halogen. Two raccoons were on the fencing, one perched on top where it overhangs, the other with front paws on the fence and the rears on an evergreen. I've known that the cats could theoretically get out by climbing one of the evergreens that is taller than the fence but they've never figured that out, so I haven't done anything to close off that route, just so other critters can get out. I have the fencing loose where it touches the house on one side so neighborhood kids, and critters, can get in and out and it had been jammed by a tree branch. So I opened it up while the raccoons watched, just so that they could exit that way if there was some sort of problem and they couldn't get out over the fence. I have no idea what the problem was last night but they were gone this morning. I suspect, being springtime, that romance was in the air. It sure sounded like rough sex though. When rabbits are being attacked they make the most godawful noise you can imagine. -mhd |
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Screaming in backyard last night - not cats
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:52:14 -0400, -mhd
wrote: dgk wrote: I woke at 2 am to some horrible screaming in the backyard. It sounded like a cat fight but it didn't sound like cats. I never heard anything like it before but it sounded like something was being killed. I didn't know if it was my yard or a neighbor and couldn't see anything. It went on for several minutes. My backyard is pretty well fenced in so the cats can go out but not leave the yard, and I was worried that something was trapped in the yard. I got dressed and went downstairs, opened the back door a crack (didn't want the cats getting out) and flicked on the 500 watt halogen. Two raccoons were on the fencing, one perched on top where it overhangs, the other with front paws on the fence and the rears on an evergreen. I've known that the cats could theoretically get out by climbing one of the evergreens that is taller than the fence but they've never figured that out, so I haven't done anything to close off that route, just so other critters can get out. I have the fencing loose where it touches the house on one side so neighborhood kids, and critters, can get in and out and it had been jammed by a tree branch. So I opened it up while the raccoons watched, just so that they could exit that way if there was some sort of problem and they couldn't get out over the fence. I have no idea what the problem was last night but they were gone this morning. I suspect, being springtime, that romance was in the air. It sure sounded like rough sex though. When rabbits are being attacked they make the most godawful noise you can imagine. Then I'm definitely not attacking any rabbits tonight. |
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Screaming in backyard last night - not cats
On Apr 30, 10:52*am, -mhd wrote:
dgk wrote: I woke at 2 am to some horrible screaming in the backyard. It sounded like a cat fight but it didn't sound like cats. I never heard anything like it before but it sounded like something was being killed. I didn't know if it was my yard or a neighbor and couldn't see anything. It went on for several minutes. My backyard is pretty well fenced in so the cats can go out but not leave the yard, and I was worried that something was trapped in the yard. I got dressed and went downstairs, opened the back door a crack (didn't want the cats getting out) and flicked on the 500 watt halogen. Two raccoons were on the fencing, one perched on top where it overhangs, the other with front paws on the fence and the rears on an evergreen. I've known that the cats could theoretically get out by climbing one of the evergreens that is taller than the fence but they've never figured that out, so I haven't done anything to close off that route, just so other critters can get out. I have the fencing loose where it touches the house on one side so neighborhood kids, and critters, can get in and out and it had been jammed by a tree branch. So I opened it up while the raccoons watched, just so that they could exit that way if there was some sort of problem and they couldn't get out over the fence. I have no idea what the problem was last night but they were gone this morning. I suspect, being springtime, that romance was in the air. It sure sounded like rough sex though. When rabbits are being attacked they make the most godawful noise you can imagine. -mhd Like a baby being killed! |
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Screaming in backyard last night - not cats
On Thu, 1 May 2008 20:28:28 -0700 (PDT), chatnoir
wrote: On Apr 30, 10:52*am, -mhd wrote: dgk wrote: I woke at 2 am to some horrible screaming in the backyard. It sounded like a cat fight but it didn't sound like cats. I never heard anything like it before but it sounded like something was being killed. I didn't know if it was my yard or a neighbor and couldn't see anything. It went on for several minutes. My backyard is pretty well fenced in so the cats can go out but not leave the yard, and I was worried that something was trapped in the yard. I got dressed and went downstairs, opened the back door a crack (didn't want the cats getting out) and flicked on the 500 watt halogen. Two raccoons were on the fencing, one perched on top where it overhangs, the other with front paws on the fence and the rears on an evergreen. I've known that the cats could theoretically get out by climbing one of the evergreens that is taller than the fence but they've never figured that out, so I haven't done anything to close off that route, just so other critters can get out. I have the fencing loose where it touches the house on one side so neighborhood kids, and critters, can get in and out and it had been jammed by a tree branch. So I opened it up while the raccoons watched, just so that they could exit that way if there was some sort of problem and they couldn't get out over the fence. I have no idea what the problem was last night but they were gone this morning. I suspect, being springtime, that romance was in the air. It sure sounded like rough sex though. When rabbits are being attacked they make the most godawful noise you can imagine. -mhd Like a baby being killed! No first hand knowledge of that, nor rabbits. However I am now able to validate that raccoons can make a very loud noise. |
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Screaming in backyard last night - not cats
On May 2, 8:37*am, dgk wrote:
On Thu, 1 May 2008 20:28:28 -0700 (PDT), chatnoir wrote: On Apr 30, 10:52*am, -mhd wrote: dgk wrote: I woke at 2 am to some horrible screaming in the backyard. It sounded like a cat fight but it didn't sound like cats. I never heard anything like it before but it sounded like something was being killed. I didn't know if it was my yard or a neighbor and couldn't see anything. It went on for several minutes. My backyard is pretty well fenced in so the cats can go out but not leave the yard, and I was worried that something was trapped in the yard. I got dressed and went downstairs, opened the back door a crack (didn't want the cats getting out) and flicked on the 500 watt halogen. Two raccoons were on the fencing, one perched on top where it overhangs, the other with front paws on the fence and the rears on an evergreen. I've known that the cats could theoretically get out by climbing one of the evergreens that is taller than the fence but they've never figured that out, so I haven't done anything to close off that route, just so other critters can get out. I have the fencing loose where it touches the house on one side so neighborhood kids, and critters, can get in and out and it had been jammed by a tree branch. So I opened it up while the raccoons watched, just so that they could exit that way if there was some sort of problem and they couldn't get out over the fence. I have no idea what the problem was last night but they were gone this morning. I suspect, being springtime, that romance was in the air. It sure sounded like rough sex though. When rabbits are being attacked they make the most godawful noise you can imagine. -mhd Like a baby being killed! No first hand knowledge of that, nor rabbits. However I am now able to validate that raccoons can make a very loud noise.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I could not believe the extremely loud scream of the rabbit my cat chased who got stuck in a wire fence in my back yard. I went runnng out of the house thinking something horrible was happening. The cat was totally noneplused and sitting on the porch wiggling his ears around. The rabbit really frightened him with the screams. It was a pretty large rabbit with long legs. I was afraid of it too. I picked up a stick and adjusted its legs so it freed itself and off it ran. I have no idea where it lives. The sound was very high pitched. |
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