popcornbird
04-08-2006, 12:45 AM
:(
As many of you know, we have two little kitties that have been coming to our backyard for several months now, and have claimed our home as *their's*. It has come to the point that one of them has attained complete 'pet status', and is here ALL the time...day and night. We bought a little plastic covered box for her and turned it into a cat-house, to protect her from the rain at night. She doesn't feel very comfortable coming inside the house. Anyhow, the cat LOVES her new house, but there is a problem.
Every night, I look outside to see if she's sleeping there. Very often, she is. Today, I checked...and the cat, who we call Emmy, was sitting at the door with airplane ears, looking at her 'house' in fear...then, ran off. I looked into her house, and THIS is what I found..........
:eek:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/popcornbird/0a5dd38e.jpg
:eek: :(:(:(
Gosh...I've seen the darn possom several times, but NEVER so close. I'm assuming Em's food is attracting it, but we also put food out for the sparrows, and it was eating that too. There is no way we're going to stop feeding our backyard animals...but this oppossom...
Some of you might disagree, but I find oppossoms to be the dirtiest, smelliest, weird, ghost-looking, and most horrible animals ever. I don't know WHY, and sometimes feel guilty for hating the poor guy so much, but I just can't bear to look at it and think how UGLY it is. Gosh! In this picture, you only see its face, which *can* be 'okay-looking', and possibly 'cute' to some, but its body is NASTY! GROSS!!!! Its TAIL...OMG...I feel like I'm going to throw up...:o
How do I get rid of this creature. I tried to scare it by banging on the window, but it seems to be deaf. :rolleyes: I don't want it here. What to do?
My heart hurts after seeing Ems so scared. :( Its ghost-like face glowing in the middle of the night is just so creepy.
As many of you know, we have two little kitties that have been coming to our backyard for several months now, and have claimed our home as *their's*. It has come to the point that one of them has attained complete 'pet status', and is here ALL the time...day and night. We bought a little plastic covered box for her and turned it into a cat-house, to protect her from the rain at night. She doesn't feel very comfortable coming inside the house. Anyhow, the cat LOVES her new house, but there is a problem.
Every night, I look outside to see if she's sleeping there. Very often, she is. Today, I checked...and the cat, who we call Emmy, was sitting at the door with airplane ears, looking at her 'house' in fear...then, ran off. I looked into her house, and THIS is what I found..........
:eek:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/popcornbird/0a5dd38e.jpg
:eek: :(:(:(
Gosh...I've seen the darn possom several times, but NEVER so close. I'm assuming Em's food is attracting it, but we also put food out for the sparrows, and it was eating that too. There is no way we're going to stop feeding our backyard animals...but this oppossom...
Some of you might disagree, but I find oppossoms to be the dirtiest, smelliest, weird, ghost-looking, and most horrible animals ever. I don't know WHY, and sometimes feel guilty for hating the poor guy so much, but I just can't bear to look at it and think how UGLY it is. Gosh! In this picture, you only see its face, which *can* be 'okay-looking', and possibly 'cute' to some, but its body is NASTY! GROSS!!!! Its TAIL...OMG...I feel like I'm going to throw up...:o
How do I get rid of this creature. I tried to scare it by banging on the window, but it seems to be deaf. :rolleyes: I don't want it here. What to do?
My heart hurts after seeing Ems so scared. :( Its ghost-like face glowing in the middle of the night is just so creepy.