Not As Cool As A Pet Zombie, But Close
Aug. 9th, 2006 02:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thehefnerSo I think we now have a pet raccoon.
Well, the thing is, we got a new dog (because every year or so Mom has to fill that childless hole with some new animal), and as such we've been keeping the cats outside for now. We leave a small dish of food out there, not too filled so as to hopefully not attract ants (HATE. ANTS!). But what we *have* attracted as well is a young raccoon. It comes around 1-2 in the morning, eats the food, and leaves. I'm watching it right now. With the glass door between us, it's only five feet away from me. And two feet above it is Selina, my black cat, sitting on the chair and watching.
There's a strange kind of stalemate going on here, it's rather fascinating. It knows it's safe as long as the glass door is between us, so I can watch this rather lovely animal up close as it eats. Did you know raccoons eat with their hands? It's so cute! It scoops the food into its hands and eats it!
I wonder if a fight will break out between Selina and the raccoon, whom I shall henceforth refer to as "Hamburglar"? I suppose since my orange cat Georgio has his evil doppelganger, it's only fair that Selina should have Hamburglar to be her own arch-nemesis.
Well, the thing is, we got a new dog (because every year or so Mom has to fill that childless hole with some new animal), and as such we've been keeping the cats outside for now. We leave a small dish of food out there, not too filled so as to hopefully not attract ants (HATE. ANTS!). But what we *have* attracted as well is a young raccoon. It comes around 1-2 in the morning, eats the food, and leaves. I'm watching it right now. With the glass door between us, it's only five feet away from me. And two feet above it is Selina, my black cat, sitting on the chair and watching.
There's a strange kind of stalemate going on here, it's rather fascinating. It knows it's safe as long as the glass door is between us, so I can watch this rather lovely animal up close as it eats. Did you know raccoons eat with their hands? It's so cute! It scoops the food into its hands and eats it!
I wonder if a fight will break out between Selina and the raccoon, whom I shall henceforth refer to as "Hamburglar"? I suppose since my orange cat Georgio has his evil doppelganger, it's only fair that Selina should have Hamburglar to be her own arch-nemesis.
