Exactly right on the money Marlene. Sorie, this fall buy one of those fake spider web and weave in one of the words that Charlotte did. Dont forget the fake spider. You are so lucky!

Most of the possums don't need rehabbing. People trap them because they get in their yards and eat their cat food. I relocate them. Fortunately, possums relocate easily...most wildlife doesn't. If they would just leave them alone and put up their darned cat food, the possums would move on. They seldom stay in one place for very long and they have a very short life span. I also get orphans that I raise and injured ones that truly do need help. Right now I have 5 possums here that are non releasable, one that is a baby, one that has a broken leg but is almost well, and one that could leave if she wanted to, and one that was raised by someone as a pet and is too tame to be turned loose because he has no aggression, whatsoever. Sometimes I have as many as 40 or more, tho.

That's one reason I think spaying her will be a good idea. She will be more satisfied just hanging around. Also, I think the SPCA, who sent her here in connection with the Wildlife Center, would feel very badly if she became unmanageable and hurt me or I had to find another place for her. The reason I call the wild one in the pasture "Baby"...that is what I call all the coons, etc. here. When I put out their food, I say, "Come on, babies...come on, babies."

Lavon...how many cats or how many raccoons? The most raccoons I have counted at one time was about 60, but I don't think there are that many now, although there is no telling how many come during the night. Like my husband said, there is no telling what comes down there at night to eat. Very seldom is there any food left over. As for how many cats...I don't know that either. Maybe 30. I feed a little more than 20 lb. of cat food a day, plus some of the cats eat with the raccoons too. People (who know hogs) are more surprised that the hogs don't bother my chickens than the raccoons not bothering the cats. They tell me that hogs love to eat chickens. But, everything here is fed so well...they really don't bother each other very much. Tonight Piggy Lee got after Coach (my old dog), and I had to chase her off of him, but I can see why she did it. He will not leave her alone. I feel sorry for him, but he is the dumbest dog I have ever had. Amos, the donkey, stomped him a few days ago, and at least he learned to stay out of that pasture but no matter how many times Piggy Lee gets after him, he won't leave her alone, and always picks the fights. Chisue, I don't know for sure what kind of dog Zelda is mixed up with. She is part dachshund for sure, and I thought maybe part Schnauzer of maybe even Scottie. I found her when she was about 5 months old, sitting by the highway about a mile from here. No houses around. I couldn't find her owner but I thought she might have belonged to our local hog hunter's girlfriend. They both went to prison for DWIs...about the time she showed up, but I have since found out she didn't belong to her. I thought she did because their hog dogs would often run after their truck when they went somewhere, and Zelda had a hunk bitten out of her back leg, like those dogs will do to other animals. I should have known she didn't belong to them. She was healthy, clean, and didn't have fleas. I have no idea how she ended up just sitting by the highway.