A Jack Hanna Moment

Last night my cat Courtney freaked out. Hubby and I were in bed watching TV when Courtney came into our room all puffy and growling. Usually this means another cat has entered the yard. So I got up and went to investigate. We live in an area known for having opossums so I thought it might be a scary opossum, but no, it was a raccoon!

The raccoon had been eating the kibble cat food we have near the sliding glass door (which we leave open for our cats – Raz & Courtney). The raccoon was so cute and not scared of me at all, which kind of upset Courtney more. I just stood there in the kitchen with a flash light on the backyard and watched the cute little guy (actually he wasn’t that little maybe twice the size of Courtney). At one point he laid on his back with his little raccoon feet in the air and scratched is tummy. I should have taken some pictures.

But then I realized I have to shoo off this cute wildlife. “Shoo!” I said from the crack in the sliding glass door. It didn’t seem to want to leave. So, I just moved the kibble inside the kitchen out of site & went back to bed.

Courtney didn’t growl again so I guess the raccoon left. Because I didn’t take a picture of the raccoon, here’s a cute picture of Courtney instead:

~ by karenferguson on May 19, 2007.