jlf1961 -> RE: I Admit It I........ (3/30/2017 10:58:35 AM)
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ORIGINAL: peppermint I admit to having a bad 2 days with our kitties. Shyla cat went out a couple nights ago. She always spends the night on the back porch. She never came inside in the morning. She loves to hide so we didn't think too much about it. She is very shy. Roxy was out all afternoon with the chickens and geese. This evening I called her to come and and there was no cat. Called her all evening. Finally at 1 am I went out with a flashlight to look for her. Found her on the top step, wet, in obvious pain, and covered in dirt. Will get her to the vet in the morning if she will let us near her. Now we wonder if Shyly is hiding or whether we have a cat killing critter outside. I admit those little critters can sure grow on you. I admit that yesterday afternoon I had a hard time getting Kera and Blu to come in the house. I admit that when I went to investigate just what had their attention, I discovered a 7 foot rattler just outside the fence. I admit that I did get the dogs in, however due to the side of the yard the undesirable was on, and what would have been downrange if there was a ricochet, I could not dispatch said undesirable with any of my 'toys' (neighbor's house about 20 yards away from the fence line.) I admit that I borrowed the Munchmonster's bb gun and plunked said undesirable for 45 minutes with bb's. I admit that undesirable was one stubborn SOB, I hit the bastard (maybe a bitch) at least 3 dozen times and all it did was coil tighter under the cactus it chose as shelter. Being the good neighbor, I informed the neighbors of said undesirable's presence (they have dogs and their grandchildren go there after school daily.) We discussed various solutions, and this weekend he had I are going to clear the cactus patches that have grown up between his home and fence line since it is drawing prairie rats, which drew in the snakes. Our theory is no food, no snakes. He is going to drive the tractor with the chisel plow and I am going to watch for boot material since I purchased two boxes of 12 gauge shells with soft shot.
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