*I live in town but have 2 lakes and woods behind my home so all kinds of wildlife so I go out with grandsons and fur babies. We have lots of beautiful deer.* *But large birds are my worst fear * *Ann * On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Joan Croft <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > When I lived in California (Escondido) I was eating dinner one night and > saw this huge thing walking along the rail of the backyard fence. Then I > saw it another day and another. It was a possum. Our neighbor was killing > them with a stick (supposedly) and they disappeared and some were dead in > the street…probably got hit by a car. I think that I would be scared to > even go near them. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *[email protected] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 16, 2011 7:31 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: LYNN/ Carol Smet > > > > > > I live in an urban area but have a creek across the street, so lots of wild > life. The possums are my biggest worry they are mean and destructive. > One went after a much larger dog down the street from me, my neighbor saw it > and went after it with a tree limb, she said it stopped and tried to charge > her, until she hit it and it ran off. We were told that it probably had > babies near by and that was what it was defending, at any rate, they are > mean! > > > > Gloria > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: moonivy2852002 <[email protected]> > To: Chihuahuas <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Feb 15, 2011 10:13 pm > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: LYNN/ Carol Smet > > > > Yep, good advice to heed for sure. It's unlikely Elmo could get out of my > yard but I worry about what can get in so I always go out when he does. I > also live in an urban area with a surprising amount of wildlife. The possums > and racoons in particular are worrisome - I've seen some that are quadruple > his size and he's on the large side for a chi. > > > > No iguanas here but that's sure a scary story. Glad your pet was able to be > healed, Rose. > > -Beth > "The heart is a bloom, shoots up through the stony ground." U2 Beautiful > Day > > --- On *Tue, 2/15/11, meccarose <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: meccarose <[email protected]> > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: LYNN/ Carol Smet > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 4:40 PM > > > > > I know what you mean about supervising our little pets outdoors. Where I > live in Miami there is a canal that runs in back of our neighborhood. We've > had gators, iguanas, ducks, possums, frogs, rats, sometimes come into our > yard. We have the back yard entirely fenced off (chain link fence), but this > doesn't stop them from coming in. My little Chihuahuas have been confronted > by possums many times, usually during summer. Not little possums, but big > ugly nasty ones. They like to run along the top of the fence and taunt my > babies. They aren't so quick to come back once I swat them with a broom. > The big black birds aren't so friendly either. I've caught them swooping > down on my dogs, or taunting them from the trees, cackling and squawking at > them. We have a lot of wildlife here for us being in the city. But then > again, this neighborhood we live used to be their home at one time. I guess > they feel we moved in on them. Luckily we haven't had any tragedies from > them as yet. The worst that has happened was many years ago when we had pet > iguanas. We'd bring them in the back yard every day to walk around and do > their business. One day a really huge wild iguana came up from the canal > into our yard and attacked one of our pet iguanas. It was no contest, the > wild one was overpowering and much stronger. In the attack he just about > ripped off his front arm, it was hanging and bleeding. We rushed him to the > vet and amazingly they saved his arm. Sewed it back on and in a few months > it was in good shape. Not as strong, but it was working. That was a $500 > vet bill. > > I have to repeat that last sentence from the previous post.. > > * " Predator animals and predatory birds are everywhere. " * Yes.. > they are. > > ~Rose > > > > > -- Ann
