Little Theif in the Night!

Like probably most of you, I feed strays and ferals (in fact I think cats
come from miles around to our "kitty spa" - eight foot fence to keep out
d*gs, food and clean water, a deck they can crawl under in winter and
snuggle up to the heater on the hot tub).

There's on little black and white girl who's a real sweetie (I think she
actually belongs to the neighbors across the street, but she likes the food
we put out better). She comes right up to me to be petted and weaves around
my feet as I bring the food to the end of the deck.

However, tonight there was a *HUGE* raccoon waiting for me at the top of the
stairs on the end of the deck. And *HE DIDN'T RUN AWAY*!!! I stamped my
foot and shouted but he just sat there looking at me, waiting for me to put
the foot down for him.

Little black and white cat hissed at him to go away and I stomped my foot
harder. He moved down three steps and as soon as I put the food down he
came back up and tried to shove little Miss B&W out of the way. She hissed
some more and I threw a little of the water from the water bowl at him. He
retreated down the stairs but them climbed up the side of the deck and tried
to get to the food bowl from the side.

I went back inside to get a broom to keep him at bay while Miss B&W ate her
fill. As soon as she had enough and moved away from the bowl he was
instantly there chowing down. Here's a couple of pictures I snapped of this
cheeky little rascal: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Racoon/

He's almost tame (of course I wouldn't try to test that theory by getting
close enough for him to bite me - I don't fancy going through rabies
treatment any time soon!!).


--
Hugs,

CatNipped
http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/

CatNipped wrote:
cheeky little rascal: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Racoon/

I get a "page not found" error.

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Victor M. Martinez
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Victor Martinez wrote:
CatNipped wrote:
cheeky little rascal: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Racoon/

I get a "page not found" error.

Me, too. And I so want to see the cheeky little critter!

"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
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CatNipped wrote:
cheeky little rascal: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Racoon/

I get a "page not found" error.

Oops, I spelled raccoon wrong in the URL, try
http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Raccoon/

Hugs,

CatNipped

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Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
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Sorry, typo!

http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Raccoon/

It helps if one knows how to spell!!! ;

Hugs,

CatNipped

"CatNipped" wrote in message
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Like probably most of you, I feed strays and ferals (in fact I think cats
come from miles around to our "kitty spa" - eight foot fence to keep out
d*gs, food and clean water, a deck they can crawl under in winter and
snuggle up to the heater on the hot tub).

There's on little black and white girl who's a real sweetie (I think she
actually belongs to the neighbors across the street, but she likes the
food
we put out better). She comes right up to me to be petted and weaves
around
my feet as I bring the food to the end of the deck.

However, tonight there was a *HUGE* raccoon waiting for me at the top of
the
stairs on the end of the deck. And *HE DIDN'T RUN AWAY*!!! I stamped my
foot and shouted but he just sat there looking at me, waiting for me to
put
the foot down for him.

Little black and white cat hissed at him to go away and I stomped my foot
harder. He moved down three steps and as soon as I put the food down he
came back up and tried to shove little Miss B&W out of the way. She
hissed
some more and I threw a little of the water from the water bowl at him.
He
retreated down the stairs but them climbed up the side of the deck and
tried
to get to the food bowl from the side.

I went back inside to get a broom to keep him at bay while Miss B&W ate
her
fill. As soon as she had enough and moved away from the bowl he was
instantly there chowing down. Here's a couple of pictures I snapped of
this
cheeky little rascal: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Racoon/

He's almost tame (of course I wouldn't try to test that theory by getting
close enough for him to bite me - I don't fancy going through rabies
treatment any time soon!!).


--
Hugs,

CatNipped
http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/

CatNipped wrote:
Sorry, typo!

http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Raccoon/

It helps if one knows how to spell!!! ;

Hugs,

CatNipped

"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
Like probably most of you, I feed strays and ferals (in fact I think
cats come from miles around to our "kitty spa" - eight foot fence to
keep out d*gs, food and clean water, a deck they can crawl under in
winter and snuggle up to the heater on the hot tub).

There's on little black and white girl who's a real sweetie (I think
she actually belongs to the neighbors across the street, but she
likes the food we put out better). She comes right up to me to be
petted and weaves around my feet as I bring the food to the end of
the deck.

However, tonight there was a *HUGE* raccoon waiting for me at the
top of the stairs on the end of the deck. And *HE DIDN'T RUN
AWAY*!!! I stamped my foot and shouted but he just sat there
looking at me, waiting for me to put the foot down for him.

Little black and white cat hissed at him to go away and I stomped my
foot harder. He moved down three steps and as soon as I put the
food down he came back up and tried to shove little Miss B&W out of
the way. She hissed some more and I threw a little of the water
from the water bowl at him. He retreated down the stairs but them
climbed up the side of the deck and tried to get to the food bowl
from the side.

I went back inside to get a broom to keep him at bay while Miss B&W
ate her fill. As soon as she had enough and moved away from the
bowl he was instantly there chowing down. Here's a couple of
pictures I snapped of this cheeky little rascal:
http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Racoon/

He's almost tame (of course I wouldn't try to test that theory by
getting close enough for him to bite me - I don't fancy going
through rabies treatment any time soon!!).


--
Hugs,

CatNipped
http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/

He's a cute little rascal... er, raccoon

Jill

CatNipped wrote:
Like probably most of you, I feed strays and ferals (in fact I think
cats come from miles around to our "kitty spa" - eight foot fence to
keep out d*gs, food and clean water, a deck they can crawl under in
winter and snuggle up to the heater on the hot tub).

There's on little black and white girl who's a real sweetie (I think
she actually belongs to the neighbors across the street, but she
likes the food we put out better). She comes right up to me to be
petted and weaves around my feet as I bring the food to the end of
the deck.

However, tonight there was a *HUGE* raccoon waiting for me at the
top
of the stairs on the end of the deck. And *HE DIDN'T RUN AWAY*!!!
I
stamped my foot and shouted but he just sat there looking at me,
waiting for me to put the foot down for him.

Little black and white cat hissed at him to go away and I stomped my
foot harder. He moved down three steps and as soon as I put the
food
down he came back up and tried to shove little Miss B&W out of the
way. She hissed some more and I threw a little of the water from
the
water bowl at him. He retreated down the stairs but them climbed up
the side of the deck and tried to get to the food bowl from the
side.

I went back inside to get a broom to keep him at bay while Miss B&W
ate her fill. As soon as she had enough and moved away from the
bowl
he was instantly there chowing down. Here's a couple of pictures I
snapped of this cheeky little rascal:
http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Racoon/

He's almost tame (of course I wouldn't try to test that theory by
getting close enough for him to bite me - I don't fancy going
through
rabies treatment any time soon!!).

Great pics! I love those critters :-) We used to have an outdoor cat
when I was a kid and the raccoons would always come to the deck and
eat the cat food. It's so neat how they use their hands.
Your link needs another c in raccoon:
http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Raccoon/
Also, it's thief not theif.
--
Britta
"There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

"badwilson" wrote in message
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Great pics! I love those critters :-) We used to have an outdoor cat
when I was a kid and the raccoons would always come to the deck and
eat the cat food. It's so neat how they use their hands.
Your link needs another c in raccoon:
http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Raccoon/
Also, it's thief not theif.

LOL! I can program like a MF, but apparently I can't spell!!! ;

Hugs,

CatNipped

--
Britta
"There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 02:28:43 GMT, "CatNipped"
yodeled:

Like probably most of you, I feed strays and ferals (in fact I think cats
come from miles around to our "kitty spa" - eight foot fence to keep out
d*gs, food and clean water, a deck they can crawl under in winter and
snuggle up to the heater on the hot tub).

There's on little black and white girl who's a real sweetie (I think she
actually belongs to the neighbors across the street, but she likes the food
we put out better). She comes right up to me to be petted and weaves around
my feet as I bring the food to the end of the deck.

However, tonight there was a *HUGE* raccoon waiting for me at the top of the
stairs on the end of the deck. And *HE DIDN'T RUN AWAY*!!! I stamped my
foot and shouted but he just sat there looking at me, waiting for me to put
the foot down for him.

Little black and white cat hissed at him to go away and I stomped my foot
harder. He moved down three steps and as soon as I put the food down he
came back up and tried to shove little Miss B&W out of the way. She hissed
some more and I threw a little of the water from the water bowl at him. He
retreated down the stairs but them climbed up the side of the deck and tried
to get to the food bowl from the side.

I went back inside to get a broom to keep him at bay while Miss B&W ate her
fill. As soon as she had enough and moved away from the bowl he was
instantly there chowing down. Here's a couple of pictures I snapped of this
cheeky little rascal: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Racoon/

He's almost tame (of course I wouldn't try to test that theory by getting
close enough for him to bite me - I don't fancy going through rabies
treatment any time soon!!).


What a little Visigoth!



Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

"CatNipped" wrote in message
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Here's a couple of pictures I snapped of this
cheeky little rascal: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Racoon/


Bummer I can't see him!