Re: Visitor
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  • Subject: Re: Visitor
  • From: j* s* <i*@q.com>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:02:09 -0800
Share, share.

On Nov 15, 2010, at 2:53 PM, Pam Evans wrote:


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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