Saturday, October 4, 2008

Just call this house "Wild Kingdom"

A few weeks ago, you may have read about our possum in the attic. Well, last Sunday night, we were sitting in the living room shortly after the boys were in bed and we heard the cat going nuts. Matt went to investigate and discovered 3 racoons (a mom and 2 babies) in the garage. We had left the door up, unfortunately, and they came in to scavenge for some cat food. Matt was able to scare 2 of them out (the mom and 1 baby) but the other baby was too afraid to go out! He was stuck under my car for a little while and then scooted over in the corner of the garage behind some shelves and rolled up in a ball. He would not come out! So out came the trusty old trap again...we set it and dumped some cat food in there...and waited. A few minutes later, he smelled the food and started getting curious. Pretty soon, he walked right into the trap and Matt was able to carry him off down the hill to the lake. We hope he found his mom! Here are some pics of our 2nd critter:


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