[AT] they're cute but be careful...

[Roy Morgan]

On Oct 30, 2010, at 5:56 PM, Dick Day wrote:
... cats carry an enzyme ... this is what puts cat bites at the
> top of the "dangerous animal bite" list.

I wonder if raccoons are up on the list, too.  We now have a big fat  
'coon in the small barn here.  A couple of evenings ago I was poking  
around in the loft among some stored boxes and hear some rustling at  
the other end of the space. I called "here, kitty kitty!" but it  
turned out to be a big coon.  He climbed up the wall, along the rafter  
to the middle, then straight up the wall to the peak of the roof.  I  
left him along and pretty soon left.

No, I did not get bitten, but I understand that a coon can make an  
awful mess of any cat, and that I'm strongly advised to stay to hell  
away from the thing.  I plan to get a have-a-heart trap from the SPCA,  
and hope to give the furry thing a *long* ride out into the  
countryside from my place.

(No, we don't have any gun here, but even if I borrowed one, I'd be  
digging a big hole in the back field.)

Any further advice?

Roy Morgan
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