Things you don't normally see...
So I called up Rachel and had just started chatting with her on the phone when I glanced out my bedroom window. The window looks over the backyard and the driveway behind the house. I was just glancing down to see if the feral kittens were around (there's two older ones and three tiny ones...the older ones tend to come around me and purr) and I thought I saw one and started to turn away.
Then my brain went "That wasn't a kitten...."
So I looked back out.
Eating out of the cat's food bowl was a huge, and I mean HUGE, skunk.
The older kittens were laying nearby with no concerns. Apparently this guy might be a regular visitor.
And Rachel was the first to hear of my amazement. After hanging up with her I went downstairs and called my mom to the kitchen window (right below my bedroom window) and told her not ot go outside for awhile. When she got there and saw this new guest her jaw dropped.
I'm serious, this skunk was bigger than many breeds of small dogs.
After awhile he wandered off into the tree line behind the house.
Yeah. That was about as weird as the time I pulled into my driveway after work, stopped the car and started to get out to get the mail when I noticed that in my backyard, staring at me and my car was a deer. it also wandered away into the tree line after about 5 minutes of staring at me.
At least this guy didn't spray anything.
And that appears to be the highlight of my day. *laughs* A jumbo sized skunk in my backyard.
Then my brain went "That wasn't a kitten...."
So I looked back out.
Eating out of the cat's food bowl was a huge, and I mean HUGE, skunk.
The older kittens were laying nearby with no concerns. Apparently this guy might be a regular visitor.
And Rachel was the first to hear of my amazement. After hanging up with her I went downstairs and called my mom to the kitchen window (right below my bedroom window) and told her not ot go outside for awhile. When she got there and saw this new guest her jaw dropped.
I'm serious, this skunk was bigger than many breeds of small dogs.
After awhile he wandered off into the tree line behind the house.
Yeah. That was about as weird as the time I pulled into my driveway after work, stopped the car and started to get out to get the mail when I noticed that in my backyard, staring at me and my car was a deer. it also wandered away into the tree line after about 5 minutes of staring at me.
At least this guy didn't spray anything.
And that appears to be the highlight of my day. *laughs* A jumbo sized skunk in my backyard.