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To: Lost1 who wrote (15230)	7/29/2001 6:05:37 PM
From: HG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15481

Oh ? I mixed groundnuts in the dirt and compost before planting my plants and shrubs, to invite squirrels into my yard. And every year I replenish the supply to bribe and lure these sweet things back...the kids have a great time feeding the 'qil'lils'... I don't think we have racoons here though ! Hmmmm........squirrels did often eat up my bulbs initially, but I found bulbs which squirrels do not particularly like, and planted those and everything was okey.... There is a dove couple which returns year after year and builds a nest in a small space at the front entrance. every year she has three or four or even five sets of 2 or 3 eggs in the season...and out come little doves in droves...My husband hates them as they littler up the front entrance so completely, but doves gotta live too ! After the first year when she returned for the next, the HappyDood hosed the nest off while I was out shopping. I cried when I saw the little home all torn into pieces, and reminded him how he would feel if I were pregnant and someone drove us out of our home...I made him feel so guilty <g> he grudingly let her build again, even helped her find the straws etc. Over the years the dove really has grown to trust me, I water my hanging plants standing right next to the nest and she's about an inch away from my hose, and she'll just watch me unconcerned, but my family comes anywhere near enough and she'll fly away screaming !!! <smile>

To: Lost1 who wrote (15230)	7/29/2001 9:25:54 PM
From: Peach	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15481

Lost1, I am about to admit something that will probably make everyone laugh at me and think I am a nut. Oh well. There are 10 feral cats that live in the canyon behind my building. They have a horrible life and all looked very scrawny and pathetic. They must eat from dumpsters and have no clean water. They are the result of irresponsible humans that would move and just leave them. I decided to save them and started putting out catfood and fresh water on my patio several times a day. They are so wild that they "sneak up" on the food and water. Soon they were plumped up and their coats are shiny! A couple of months ago I met a woman who works for the Save the Feral Cats association. She came to my patio with a trap and caught one of the cats. I sponsored her taking it to a vet and getting it "fixed" and got its shots, then it is returned to the wild. I am happy to say that last week I managed to get the tenth cat fixed and get its shots. Now all 10 cats have been neutered. The male cats have quit fighting and tearing each other up. The females are rejoicing in not having a litter every 67 days. Some of them have become calm enough to take a nap on my patio after eating. That is why there is catfood on my patio and the reason for the filthy raccoon problem. The coons eat three bowls before the cats can get one bowl. I am going through 20-30 pounds of cat food a week because of the damned coons. I tried spraying the coons with hot sauce, they loved it. The "cat lady" said if I had a table on the patio, I could put the catfood and water on the table. The cats could jump on the table and the coons couldn't get up there if the table had metal legs. Okay, I bought a table with metal legs. Two of the cats had brains enough to jump up there and eat, the others just look in the window and act like they are starving! AND, THE COONS CLIMBED THE METAL LEGS! That is one problem I have solved. Every morning I go out there and slather gobs of vaseline on the metal table legs. It is extremely gratifying to watch a coon get all four legs wrapped around the table legs, scrunch to the top, and then SLIDE BACK DOWN! Excuse me, I have to go spray the FIVE coons that just arrived. I spray them with Louisana Hot Sauce, they love it. Norma