Wildlife dilemma
Most people consider where I live to be.. In the middle of nowhere. As we know, this is a relative term (it’s not exactly Kansas and could therefore always be worse). In their little world that consists of wildlife that will stand on your foot begging for a peanut, I might as well.
In my somewhat rural world, we have plenty of nice natural scared wildlife, though I’ve also noticed that there is a strange imbalance of types. While there is plenty of deer that wander aimlessly through the field and woods behind my “apartment complex” I have never seen a single rabbit. Even when I was growing up in a city that is actually considered a suburb on Craigslist, we had rabbits. They hopped through the yard nomming clover and wrecking havoc on mom’s garden. There were also squirrels that tormented our dog, ate all the bird food, and flounced about in large numbers burying our neighbours expensive flower bulbs in our yard.
Up until recently, I had only seen a squirrel on two occasions and I had thought it to be the same squirrel. The other day.. I saw TWO squirrels in the field at THE SAME TIME!
I also must explain that our neighbourhood is infested with countless numbers of ferrell cats and of course my own two cats that refuse to stay indoors without destroying/urinating on everything in their path. This could always explain the lackage of squirrels and bunnies.. But what about our several rather rapidly growing families of groundhogs?
This had me absolutely flabbergasted for quite some time until I just so happened to glance out the window to see my cat, Henry (the accomplished hunter that frequently presents my welcome mat with dead plucked birds), facing off daddy groundhog. I watched with amazement as the groundhog ran (fat rippling) headlong towards Henry. Henry, horrified at the prospect of having the hunter/hunted relationship reversed, took several terrified steps back before he turned tail and ran.
I have come to conclude that unless there are wild bunnies as vicious as my own Pippin, we will not have any in our area. Time will tell how our squirrels will fare. Until then, we will have plenty of deer and fat rippling groundhogs to fill our days with country charm.
In my somewhat rural world, we have plenty of nice natural scared wildlife, though I’ve also noticed that there is a strange imbalance of types. While there is plenty of deer that wander aimlessly through the field and woods behind my “apartment complex” I have never seen a single rabbit. Even when I was growing up in a city that is actually considered a suburb on Craigslist, we had rabbits. They hopped through the yard nomming clover and wrecking havoc on mom’s garden. There were also squirrels that tormented our dog, ate all the bird food, and flounced about in large numbers burying our neighbours expensive flower bulbs in our yard.
Up until recently, I had only seen a squirrel on two occasions and I had thought it to be the same squirrel. The other day.. I saw TWO squirrels in the field at THE SAME TIME!
I also must explain that our neighbourhood is infested with countless numbers of ferrell cats and of course my own two cats that refuse to stay indoors without destroying/urinating on everything in their path. This could always explain the lackage of squirrels and bunnies.. But what about our several rather rapidly growing families of groundhogs?
This had me absolutely flabbergasted for quite some time until I just so happened to glance out the window to see my cat, Henry (the accomplished hunter that frequently presents my welcome mat with dead plucked birds), facing off daddy groundhog. I watched with amazement as the groundhog ran (fat rippling) headlong towards Henry. Henry, horrified at the prospect of having the hunter/hunted relationship reversed, took several terrified steps back before he turned tail and ran.
I have come to conclude that unless there are wild bunnies as vicious as my own Pippin, we will not have any in our area. Time will tell how our squirrels will fare. Until then, we will have plenty of deer and fat rippling groundhogs to fill our days with country charm.