They are naughty critters, behaving like little robbers...knocking everything over. Ransacking the porch and leaving dirty little paw prints on everything they touch. This was what we woke up to a few mornings ago...
The cat bed tipped over and the rug and lid pulled off. Thank goodness the cat escaped. Looking for food is their quest and they are very clever. With the lid on the ground, I'm sure they got as much food as they could ever want.
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| Inside of lid - see the paw print? |
The next night I told Alli to put the bucket lid on tighter. She said it's okay if it's on, but not clamped down. The next morning we found the food bucket pushed off the edge of the table so that the bucket would pop open. It worked and the raccoons had their feast. (didn't get a photo of this one)
So, the next night (we are getting smarter) we clamped the bucket down so the only way you could get it open was to use the tool attached to the side. When we checked the next morning here is where we found the bucket. Pushed over all the way to the end of the deck and rolled down the stairs...
Realizing that they can still smell the food, we have now we gone to plan C - Keeping the bucket inside at night. So the raccoon adventure is over for now.
