Re: Raccoons

I have 5 male cats, all 11 to 18 pounds (what IS large ?) Four are smart
enough to leave a raccoon alone. Slugger, though, I'm not sure about; I
haven't had him as long and only saw him in one encounter w/a raccoon.
He kept a reasonably safe distance but did demonstrate his anger with it
invading his territory.

I haven't had any female cats for about 30 yrs so I can't attest to one
sex being smarter than another, but my boys are all pretty darned smart,
but each in different ways.


Kitty

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> In a message dated 12/08/2004 1:05:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> mtalt@hort.net writes: 
> Highly territorial cats who are a brick shy of a load will go after 
> critters too large for them to handle, and those cats can get into 
> big trouble. 
> 
> 
> I have had large male cats (males are always less intelligent 
> than females) tangle with raccoons several times - always 
> with disastrous results. The outcome is usually a paw with 
> a deep puncture wound that gets infected. Once it was the 
> tail that was bitten. We were sorry for the poor guy, but he 
> did look funny with his tail hanging at half-mast. Our current 
> dim male is such a pussy-cat that he rarely leaves the house 
> and anything strange sends him into a panic. The girls are 
> quite sturdily courageous, but watch from a distance. When 
> they are safely inside behind a window or glass door, however 
> they express themselves quite noisily. 
> Auralie 
> 
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