There’s a raccoon (or two) hanging around the chicken coop. He’s been out there during the daylight so that’s definitely not good. We set a trap . . now we actually have two traps set. We’ve always had good luck catching critters in traps with marshmallows as bait but we don’t have any marshmallows and who knows when I’ll get to the store again. A neighbor told us he’s having good luck with canned cat food. When we had the feral kittens, we bought a bunch of small cans of cat food and Boots doesn’t eat that kind of food so we had plenty of canned cat food to use as bait in the trap. Last night Vince had just gotten out of the warm shower and he was ready for bed. I went out to check the traps. I don’t know why I had to go out there .. I’m not about to do anything with a critter in a trap. Using a flash light that should be thrown away, I went wandering out into the cold about 11 p.m. Yay! We had a critter in a trap but from the distance, I knew it wasn’t a raccoon. It was kinda orange and had pointed ears. I went running back in the house . . “Vince! We caught a fox! Come see!” After much grumbling, he dressed in some warmer clothes, put on shoes, grabbed a decent flash light and out we both went. He got closer than I had gotten and he said “Judy! That’s a cat!” It was the big orange stray that hangs around. Hmm . . it was orange like a fox and has ears kinda like a fox. We let the orange cat go and I’m sure he was quite full and thankful for the cat food. Vince told me he’s going to buy me a picture book of animals so I can learn the difference in a cat and a fox! I’m blaming it on the bad flash light that he insists we keep.
Marion Morgan says
I am laughing hysterically. My husband is napping so I can’t wait for him to wake up and read your latest adventure, he’ll love it as we have a continual raccoon/skunk problem easily caught with a can of tuna. You really make my day, every day, but this is one of your best yet.
Sherrill says
If you watch this on youtube, you’ll know exactly what the fox looks like (and what the fox says…LOL!!!)
http://youtu.be/jofNR_WkoCE
I think it’s hilarious.
Judy H says
Thanks for the laugh! I bet Vince was just shaking his head! We catch possums with cans of sardines, but sometimes we catch cats, too! 🙂
Michelle in CO says
OMG. All I could thing of when I saw the title was the silly song..What Does The Fox Say?..youtube it and see for yourself. LOL…
JudyL says
That’s why the title is “What does the cat say?” Here’s the Fox video for anyone who hasn’t seen it:
http://youtu.be/jofNR_WkoCE
Sherry in Carrollton, TX says
I laughed outloud and Tim wanted to know why. I was too busy “heeing” to tell him!
Linda in NE says
Our neighbor has a live trap set and so far has caught three possums and a wood chuck using baby carrots as bait. His real target was the wood chuck that was digging around the old house he uses for storage. The possums were just a bonus. He’s been trying for the second wood chuck. Keep trying, you’ll get a coon some day. Toss the flashlight when Vince isn’t around.
Peg H says
You *know* there’s gonna be an Amazon package in the mail very soon, and it will have that picture book in it. I can’t stop laughing and Better Half is sure I’ve finally gone off the deep end!
Amy M says
Again, truly LOL.
Frankie says
So funny! That song has been going around our house for a while now and it still makes me laugh. 😀
katie says
You’re not alone in your inability to identify a fox from a yellow cat from a distance. Years ago, my younger cousins were all about taxidermy. So much so that they were known to pick up roadkill to practice. One day they came home from school and had spotted a “fox” dead by the side of the road and convinced their extremely patient mom to drive back out to pick it up. Upon getting back into the car, the boys were very quiet and mumbled “let’s go”…turns out, that “fox” wasn’t a “fox” after all, but a yellow cat!
Helen Koenig1 says
I have 4 kitties. I used to have 6 but that’s neither here nor there. One kitty is mostly Siamese, one a pale yellow tom (who is bigger than most dogs and a complete Wuss!), one a long haired fluffball, and one a long haired silky black cat. I love my kitties dearly and keep them inside the house, since I live on a somewhat busy street.
One day the lady who rented from med was getting ready to go to work – and she saw my black kitty stuck up in the tree. She called and called it – but being somewhat shy, the kitty wouldn’t come down. Fearful that the kitty might be stuck, she called the fire dept. about this kitty. (I was at work and didn’t know a thing about this!) They sent the animal control person. Judy told him that she wasn’t wanting the kitty hurt – just rescued from the tree and that it was my kitty. (Kitty was sort of hiding from everyone at this time – just her tail was showing). The animal control person climbed up a ladder —- then burst out laughing and climbed back down. No – it wasn’t a kitty. It seems that in this neighborhood we have coal black squirrels! And this was one!
Judy has since moved – but every so often I see her – and tell her all about the “Judy kitties” that run rampant through the neighborhood!