Silence Is Not Golden Here

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Zinjifrah said:
Yeah... I'm not fond of coons or possums. I've had a possum try to attack me for coming out of my house, and seen the results of them attacking cats. The same for coons - a coon will literally eat the limbs off a cat while it's still alive. I've found - and put down - the results. But if one is getting to my animals, or any other predator is... it's my responsibility to make sure they can't. Not to kill them off. I did kill the pocket gophers that were destroying my plants, but not until trying everything I could - short of ripping all the plants out! - to repel them from the area.

And I bought mouse traps to catch the deer-mouse that got into my house! But they failed. Instead it climbed into an empty dog food bag, and got stuck there. A lovely, healthy female... which, incidentally, should never be fed to pet reptiles, since wild mice carry diseases and parasites that a domestic-raised rodent does not have, unless it's been exposed to wild rodents. So I took her up the canyon and turned her loose. Figured ten miles was far enough she wouldn't be back, and a mouse relocation wouldn't do any harm to the local ecosystem - besides, there's a pair of nesting prairie falcons up there, which would be delighted with a hoppy snack.

Now, if I could just get rid of the cottontail living under my shed... though to my disgust, I recently found out some... unmentionable word... released a bunch of meat rabbits a few miles from here to 'free range', and they're breeding like crazy. I can only hope the coyotes wipe them out before they get this far.
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Oh yea, don’t get me wrong, I’ve shot raccoons in the chicken run and I’m the designated mouse trapper of the family. I was just discussing with my FIL how to trap the coyotes that are doing rounds on their land and picking off the cats.
Doesn’t mean I like it, yknow?
 
Tesumph said:
Oh yea, don’t get me wrong, I’ve shot raccoons in the chicken run and I’m the designated mouse trapper of the family. I was just discussing with my FIL how to trap the coyotes that are doing rounds on their land and picking off the cats.
Doesn’t mean I like it, yknow?
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Got a suggestion on the coyotes - have him get a llama or three. I've seen a llama chase down and kill large dogs and coyotes that were after lambs before anyone could even begin to get out there with a rifle to do anything about it. The only problem is... they'll also kill any pet dogs that are around. But I've never seen them go after a cat.
 
Tesumph said:
I keep falling asleep. It’s a dark rainy day.
Perfect for a good book and napping, not BBQs and deafening fire hazards. :sick
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Our Canada day was no better. High density rains, very cold temperatures, and lots of wind :hmm. Today's a heck of a lot hotter than normal, so I'm busy trying not to faint :lau
 

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