On Monday, June 04, 2012 02:09:42 PM Dave did opine: > You need a shop cat! Unfortunately shop cats are not effective > deterrents to raccoons and possums. > That depends on the cat. I met my first maine coon in about '61. My dog at the time, an 85 lb German Shepherd bitch, had a hate for cats that was not negotiable. This cat belonged to the neighbors across the street and was sized accordingly since they were both well over 6 foot tall, so their kitchen counters had been raised to about 44" high. Over for a beer, she was cutting up a tossed salad in one of those big green monster tupperware bowls. This cat was standing up at the counter with its front feet on the counter with its head poked under her arm & looking in the bowl. 35 lbs at least.
A week later this cat came walking across our side year as if it owned the place, while Lady, the GS, was napping with one eye half open on the front stoop. There was an apple tree, perhaps 12 foot tall in the middle of that side yard. Lady exploded and came down from a 1 bounce in 30 feet jump, where that cat _was_ when she aimed. That cat came back down in the middle of Ladies back and for 10 seconds or so I thought that cat was gonna put Lady up that tree. The 'Andy Capp' carton for real. When the 'festivities' ran down, Lady was bleeding from several places she wasn't supposed to bleed from, had a ear split about halfway to her skull, and about half of her nose had been cut free. Jake, the cat, walked away at the same speed he walked in, with no apparent damage, still king of his hill. Lady's nose did heal up nicely and she accounted for herself against coons and an occasional possum after we moved up canyon, usually leaving them dead in short order. Never tried to eat one, just killed it. That cat could have handled a coon or a possum without working up a sweat. A Norway rat would have been just an appetizer. > But I don't have any mice... ;-) Get some! They can be great entertainment, for the cat. :) Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> Remember to say hello to your bank teller. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
