Re: Visitor
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  • Subject: Re: Visitor
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:53:22 -0600
they were just too cute!   I've still got pictures of that weekend
somewhere....

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:

> I had a pet skunk growing up.  It lived in our house.  It used the
> litter box just like a cat, took naps on my bed, just like a cat.
> They are related, somehow, to the cat family.  I can see why they get
> along.  Our cats got along with it.  So did our pet racoons.  They
> only spray when they feel they are in danger.  A lot of times they
> just act like they will spray...turn the tail to you and raise it..and
> stamp their front feet...but never spray.  Usually that's enough to
> warn other animals.
> Pam was out at our place once when we rescued a bunch of baby skunks
> (the mother had been killed).  They nestle into you just like a
> kitten.  So cute.
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 9:54 PM, BONNIE_HOLMES
> <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> wrote:
> > Skunks love yellow jackets and rattle snakes are afraid of them. They
> will only spray when absolutely necessary.
> >
> > B
> > ETN Zone 7
> > Remember the River Raisin, the Alamo, the Maine, Pearl Harbor, 911.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Aplfgcnys@aol.com
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 9:40:18 PM
> > Subject: [CHAT] Visitor
> >
> > We have been feeding a cat for several weeks now. We think she
> > belonged to a family down the road where the husband/father had a
> > terrible accident some months ago. Anyway, she has appeared at
> > our door, obviously hungry and avid for attention, but very skittish.
> > She has been living in our garage some time, and we have been
> > closing her in for warmth as the nights have been pretty cold. We
> > don't want to bring her in with our two pampered pets until we can
> > get her checked by a vet, and she is still so skittish that I am not
> > sure I could get her into a carrier yet. I hate to think that she was
> > abused, or at least run off from her previous home - I know that they
> > have serious problems - but her behavior does suggest that.
> > Anyway, I have been feeding her twice a day - morning and evening -
> > in the breezeway near the garage door. For the last two evenings
> > when we started out to bring in the birdfood - do that every night - and
> > close up the garage, we have discovered a visitor finishing off the
> > remains of her supper and spilled birdfood from the tube feeder - a
> > very handsome skunk. This creature is really beautiful, with very
> > long, fluffy hair and the traditional black-and-white markings. Needless
> > to say, we have not gone out to encounter him. It appears that the
> > cat has no problem with the creature - there has been no odor at
> > all, and in the past we have been aware that such a creature was
> > around.
> > Ain't nature wonderful.
> >
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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