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Post by deckman22 on Jun 17, 2019 19:02:59 GMT -5
I meant other wildlife not the fox. I don't believe fox climb trees. I do know that coyotes eat pears but they have to drop from the tree or be within reach.
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Post by binnylou on Jun 23, 2019 12:33:59 GMT -5
Well, the fox did not find the mole. I see new mole activity since the overnight rain. I probably shouldn’t have barked at the fox.  |
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Post by tom 🕊 on Jun 23, 2019 14:37:21 GMT -5
I see new mole activity since the overnight rain. I was in the backyard with a shovel, trying to get a mole. Kitty was sitting there looking at me. I said, "Kitty, help me find this mole." Kitty stuck her paw in the ground and flipped out the mole. I immediately whacked it with the shovel, and Kitty got a disgusted look on her face. I knew I had done wrong. I was supposed to be learning how to hunt, and we were supposed to chase it. Kitty never helped me with another mole. So now I know, Cats know where the mole is, and we human kittens are expected to learn it. I did catch a shrew today, but with a mouse trap. Kitty had no respect for my catching mice in traps. It's not the proper cat way. |
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Jun 23, 2019 20:27:16 GMT -5
tom 🕊, you have one very wise cat. Best listen to and obey her!
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Post by binnylou on Jul 14, 2019 22:03:59 GMT -5
I probably shouldn’t have barked at the fox. Well, I had not heard nor seen the fox since I barked at him. But this evening, Kitty came upstairs in attack mode, tail as big as a bottle brush. Up on the sofa she goes...then to the window sill and she starts growling and snarling. I had to look. I see the fox lounging out in the front yard about 10 feet from our front door. Entirely too comfortable. I wonder if she thinks it is another cat. If she were outside, she wouldn't try to attack him, would she? |
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Jul 15, 2019 18:23:24 GMT -5
binnylou , I don't know much about domesticated animals vs. a wild fox, who seems to be domesticating himself, or at least becoming more bold in approaching your house.
I would be very concerned about your cat, primarily just because a fox is a predator. I think the fox would be more likely to attack her. That would be my big concern.
Is there any way you can shoo it away? Maybe put a radio out there and tune it to a politics channel? The racket might just encourage it go and hide. |
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Post by binnylou on Jul 15, 2019 18:26:10 GMT -5
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Jul 16, 2019 11:11:36 GMT -5
binnylou, is your bark worse than its bite?
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Post by binnylou on Jul 16, 2019 11:45:42 GMT -5
SpringRain🕊️ , some days it’s more like a croak. Maybe i be I should practice more.
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Jul 16, 2019 12:15:35 GMT -5
binnylou , if I can remember, I can share some dysphagia exercises with you - they require very guttural sounds with clashing consonants, like pth…. Some German words would be good ones b/c consonants are together in different forms than English. It's kind of like a tongue twister in that you have to quickly re form the sounds you're making. You intensify the sound and literally "thrust" it out of your mouth. Imagine a group of cavemen (or cavewomen) uttering and grunting. I'm sure the fox would be confused and interpret your "bark" as threatening. (I just searched and searched and can't find any of the words Dad had to practice speaking.) ETA, I just thought of one, an Armenian expression. Phonetic spelling: Christos mer mech hai net tsav. The last two words with two t's coming together create the need to change the tongue position to finish "tsav". This isn't the best example; the guttural sounding words are better. I think practice definitely would be interesting; let the fox figure out what you're doing!
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Post by binnylou on Jul 16, 2019 12:24:22 GMT -5
Barking at the fox was bad enough...I may be bordering on being committed...guttural sounds with clashing consonants would probably push me over the edge. And I probably wouldn't have any garden access with my new room.
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Post by Mumsey on Jul 16, 2019 17:03:57 GMT -5
binnylou, If you are committed we will come break you out! We'll save the day!
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Post by binnylou on Jul 17, 2019 21:50:33 GMT -5
While in the veggie garden this evening, I find a hole dug in the raised bed where the beets and carrots are growing. It wasn't there yesterday because I weeded and watered that bed. And then I find a fur hide in the beet/carrot bed, badly disfigured and hard to identify. Looks like rabbit...then I find a hind leg that is a rabbit leg about 10 feet away.
I'm thinking the fox jumped over the electric fence and went wabbit huntin'. The rabbit was obviously consumed in the raised bed, but no damage was done to the veggies. No carrot tops broken, no beet tops damaged. Does this sound like anything other than a fox?
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Post by Mumsey on Jul 18, 2019 3:17:45 GMT -5
binnylou, It probably was the fox. He has it figured out. Your garden attracts rabbits. So he hangs around for an easy meal!
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Post by tom 🕊 on Jul 18, 2019 6:04:01 GMT -5
I'm thinking the fox jumped over the electric fence and went wabbit huntin'. Rabbits are getting through the electric fence? |
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