So a few years back (pre-blog, evidently, since I don’t find anything in the searches), we had a raccoon problem. As in, raccoons coming in the house and eating the cat food, etc. Like mama and her three kits, wandering in and out, bold as brass. We resolved it by going into a nightly curfew for the cats and closing the cat door to the outside up tight.<\/p>\n
So this evening, I’m sitting here at the breakfast table, tap-tapping away, when I hear a crunch-crunch of the cat food about five feet around the corner. And something sounds funny about it, so I poke my head around the corner. Nothing. It occurs to me I’ve been hearing cat door noises, so I go to the back door, open it, and look at the outside cat door, and there’s what looks like the Standard Raccoon Tail exiting.<\/p>\n
I went over and dropped the blast door*, went hmmmm<\/i>, and returned to my typing.<\/p>\n
Not a minute later, I hear a scratching at the back door, and I glance over, and it’s not one of the cats, but a raccoon, at the back french doors, stretching up and trying to push his way in.<\/p>\n
I went over and clap-clap-clapped, and he waddled away, not slowly, but not quickly.<\/p>\n
And, a few minutes later, I heard him scratching at the blast door on the outside cat door. Again.<\/p>\n
So … indoor kitties at night for a week or two. How annoying. At least it’s cold enough they usually want <\/i>to be in. <\/p>\n
* Since the outside cat door is between two two-by-fours, the “blast door” is a largish piece of ¾” ply that drops between other ply brackets and the cat door. Nothing’s likely to push it out of the way.<\/small><\/p>\n
UPDATE<\/u>: And now I know what the dog next door is barking so furiously about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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