I've been robbed!

[wraithfodder]

ARGH! I put out a suet feeder for the BIRDS - yet when I come out this morning, something has opened it and absconded with the entire thing. Bet it was a raccoon, or maybe squirrels. They're tenacious. I think I'll replace the suet and put a lock on it.

Yes, this is what people do in suburbia.....

Comments

[poetryfiend.livejournal.com]

Hehe, it's so cool you have racoons :)

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

You might think that until they raid the garbage and drag a bag up on to the roof to sort out for dinner.... ;)

[poetryfiend.livejournal.com]

The cheeky racoon (or Procyon lotor)
Does as they please with no 'Por Favor?'
They take what they want and don't care who knows,
and will eat it in full view while striking a pose.

But with 40 sharp teeth,
and a sting on the ass,
It takes some guts,
to a racoon, harass.

So try to enjoy the sight of raccoons thieving,
(and even more the sight of them leaving),
'cause chances are we'll never be rid,
(until they invent a raccoon-proof garbage lid :P)

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[poetryfiend.livejournal.com]

I felt you needed consoling over the theft of your feeder :P I never knew Raccoons had a sting! Are they some kind of wasp/skunk hybrid? (gets idea of new fic :D)

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Well, raccoons don't sting,b ut they've got wicked claws and teeth. I saw a 40 pounder go through the yard once and it was like, whatever you want is yours....

[poetryfiend.livejournal.com]

:P according to Wiki they have a sting :P On their ass no less!

40 pounds :O omg, that's like, a dog??? Why has no one written about a Raccoon invasion of Atlantis yet??

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I just checked that out, and while it pulls up in a google search, apparently it's been removed from the site. That's why I take Wiki with a shaker of salt. ;)

But yes, raccoons (particularly if they're well fed) can hit 40 pounds. I saw that thing lumber (rather quickly) across the yard and went "yikes!" Now that I think of it, yeah, he was as big as our present dog.

[poetryfiend.livejournal.com]

I thought it sounded odd :P But there are weirder things in the world! And tis an idea for how to cause SGA grief :D

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I can see it now. the team on an alien planet
Shep: It's just a raccoon, McKay.
McKay: but they have stingers. wiki said so!
Shep: You can't believe everything you read on the net. OW!
McKay: see, told you.
Shep: Maybe they meant pegasus galaxy raccoons (passes out from venom from raccoon sting)

[poetryfiend.livejournal.com]

LOL! Omg you *have* to write that fic!!!

[thefannishwaldo.livejournal.com]

Whew, for a minute there I thought you were saying someone stole the whole feeder.

Animal thievery is somewhat more forgivable, no? :) Maybe try a twist tie around the latch to keep out clever little buggers?

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yup, latch. Luckily they haven't dragged off the feeder yet. Deer ate one bird feeder. Sigh.

My solution

[bluecimmers.livejournal.com]

Squirrels got my suet, so I tried a twist-tie. So far, those squirrels haven't figured it out yet.

Re: My solution

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I'll try that. Of course, if it's a raccoon, the twist tie will be cut in half.

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Like thefannishwaldo above, I thought at first a human had stolen the feeder! Theft by animals is more excusable, if still frustrating. Squirrels are surprisingly good at thefts considering the size of their teeny little brains, and raccoons are very adept as well.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Oh, squirrels are incredibly versatile when it comes to getting food meant for bird.

[flingslass.livejournal.com]

Well at least it's not a possum in the roof. We never had animal theft except when the foxxes would go after the chooks and I grew up on a farm. We had horsies, explains the icon of my beloved cash cow, if the bugger ever races. :(

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

we have a possum on the ground, and squirrels and chipmunks run riot across the roof, but probably not as much as before since the red tail hawk decided our yard was a good place to have lunch, or breakfast, or both

[flingslass.livejournal.com]

Yay, go Hawk!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Noo, I like the chipmunks.... well, the hawk seems to get more birds than squirrels, I think. New suet is in the feeder and I used one of those plastic things they use on garbage bags, which I think might be better than a twist tie, but I should know soon.