Re: War Zone

Hmmm, I wonder what the raccoon is up to. My dogs will bury their rawhides
in my pots but raccoons don't bury food for later do they? Of course it
sounds like this one is just on a rampage. Maybe it's using the soil as a
litter box. I think Jesse had hers trained for a litter box.  Who knows,
animal behavior befuddles me sometimes. 
let us know what happens! 

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC 


> [Original Message]
> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 3/29/2005 8:30:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] War Zone
>
> Armadillo was my first guess, too, Andrea. Except it would have to be 
> able to leap up on the potting bench [4 feet off the ground]. And 
> pest-catcher-killer guy couldn't find any boroughs or digs to give one 
> access to the back yard.
>
> On Mar 29, 2005, at 8:15 PM, A A HODGES wrote:
>
> > OK, laughed out loud at that one Jim. Don't let Jesse read that
> > message.........
> >
> > I wonder if raccoon scat and armadillo scat look similar. Maybe your
> > pest-catcher-killer guy is mistaken.
> >
> > Andrea H
> > Beaufort, SC
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> >> To: Chat <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Date: 3/29/2005 5:55:24 PM
> >> Subject: [CHAT] War Zone
> >>
> >> We have become beset by a raccoon. It [sex unknown] has been marauding
> >> our back patio for a few weeks now, ripping up nearly every newly
> >> potted plant. It leaves alone those plants that have been potted long
> >> enough for the soil to firm up, but if the soil is somewhat loose, it
> >> tears it up. Ms Fatma spent a good part of yesterday repotting some
> >> cacti, a Madagascar palm, and other miscellaneous stuff--only to find
> >> them overturned, ripped out, and soil scattered everywhere this
> >> morning. Like a child had a tantrum.
> >>
> >> Pest-catcher-killer guy has just left. He scoured the yard and found
> >> raccoon scat [that's how we ID'd the creature], and is coming back
> >> tomorrow with a trap. I suppose it will be one of those have-a-heart
> >> traps, which is okay as long as once the raccoon is inside, he throws
> >> it in a lake.
> >>
> >>
> >> Island Jim
> >> Southwest Florida
> >> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >> Hardiness Zone 10
> >> Heat Zone 10
> >> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >>
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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