I had a whole family of 5 young raccoons pass by my bedroom window, using the top of the fences as a super-highway between homes. They use to use curbside storm drains to get around until the city blocked their access to them. I haven’t seen one in awhile short of a dead one I found in the back yard some years back.
Put a few of those $50 wildlife cams in the yard and sometimes you may be surprised by the nocturnal visitors. Really opened my eyes.
Wood fences do not stop them. Nor do they keep out raccoons, both of which just climb up and over. I put a wildlife cam out and caught footage of the little critter. I don’t desire a face-to-face. ;-)
You don’t instruct them to tell you things. He has no idea what you are saying.
Instead you have to learn their body and behavior language over time as they learn yours, and in time you will both be in sync. One must learn to read the signals first. Don’t rush it.
Dogs talk to us all of the time. Just not verbally.
This reminds me of one of my favorite Adam@home strips that appeared almost 10 years go (The “Gumbo Vortex”). It was somewhat similar to this one. Change the date above to September 20, 2015 and enjoy.
Because it was called “standard” back when it was, and we have enough confusion around today so we leave the names as they have been for decades. The system works.
I had a whole family of 5 young raccoons pass by my bedroom window, using the top of the fences as a super-highway between homes. They use to use curbside storm drains to get around until the city blocked their access to them. I haven’t seen one in awhile short of a dead one I found in the back yard some years back.
Put a few of those $50 wildlife cams in the yard and sometimes you may be surprised by the nocturnal visitors. Really opened my eyes.