My cat's a bad-ass

[RudynJack]

He just chased a raccoon out of the house, then smacked him across the face. The big, bad raccoon ran away.

I'm proud of my little guy.

And for those who are wondering, yes, raccoons regularly come through the cat-door.

[In_The_Wind]

1. Far Out!

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[Baitball Blogger]

2. Could be a terriorial thing.

We have a cat prowling the area and I don't see the possums or the raccoons give damn.

[Still Blue in PDX]

3. Your cat is awesome!

We had two raccoons in the garage once who had come in through the cat flap. They partied all night, while I cowered in the house like a ninny.

[lunatica]

4. Beware of the Cat

[lastlib]

5. my cat wasn't afraid to tangle with them, although.....

...she never whipped one.

She would charge Hell with a bucket of ice-water, if she got the mood.

[Bake]

6. Cool, but it's not just your cat ...

They're all badasses at heart ... every last one of 'em. Killers, I tells ya!

My little buddy Riley was a bad mutha (shut yo mouth!) ... rest his soul ... oh, sh*t, now I'm getting all verklemt ... talk amongst yourselves ...



Bake

[In_The_Wind]

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[NV Whino]

7. I had a cat that chased off the raccoons

Wouldn't even let them in the cat door. After Floyd died, his successor tried and got a gash across his nose for his efforts.

[jrandom421]

8. Not as much as mine

We had an alpha male Maine Coon, who was a love bug with humans, but ruled the rest of the kitties with an iron polydactyl paw. He was 36 lbs and not fat, just a big hefty defensive end of a kitty. He liked to go out and patrol the yard, and all the other local cats and dogs knew better than to even attempt to trespass, he was that territorial.

One night, when he had slipped out to do his nightly patrol, we heard an unholy racket, like he in a fight of gigantic proportions. We didn't find anything when we went out to look for him, and we were resigning ourselves that he had met his match. An hour later, he drags himself in, looking pretty torn up. As we administered first aid, he was purring and kneading the whole time. When we were taking him to the vet for an emergency call later that morning, we found the carcasses of 4 dead raccoons, lined up neatly on the driveway, each one of them bigger than he was. The vet fixed him up,, gave him a rabies booster, and while we were impressed by the display of bad-assness of our kitty, he never went outside again, until we buried him after he died at 19 years old.

[Brigid]

12. Now that's a badass kitty!

[rdharma]

9. My cat and a BIG "raccoon'!

If the window weren't in the way, she'd be kickin' some bear butt!

[Brigid]

13. You had a bear right outside your house?

[rdharma]

19. Black Bear

Aren't dangerous. Unless humans do something stupid with them.

They ARE, however, a PITA if you don't keep "food" stored away from them properly.

They are just sort of giant raccoons.

I like to tell folks this video is of my cat in action...... (but it's not, though it kinda looked like my cat).....

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[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. I told you not to feed the bears but, oh no ... just One Honeybun you said ...

That is One Awesome pic

[rdharma]

18. Feed the bears?

The scattered seeds you see on the deck are what's left of a suet bird feeder that was mounted WAY UP on a hanging iron on the second story deck (the deck is 14 feet above the ground level). There was no stairway access from outside to the deck.

However, there was a pine tree of about 4" in diameter growing about 3-4 ft. from the deck.

That fat guy (about a 275-300 pounder) shinnied up that skinny tree and sprung from the tree over the deck railing to get his breakfast.

After he destroyed the suet feeder and ate the contents, he decided he'd just "chill out" a while on the deck (as seen in the photo). He was quite happy and wouldn't leave.

Opening a sliding door on the deck and hoping he'd bolt out a front door was an option. After all, what could go wrong with such a brilliant plan?

Finally, he got bored and made his exit the same way he made his entrance.

He left the area only after he helped himself to a bag of dog food he found in a neighbor's open garage.

[Duer 157099]

10. If it was this guy, I totally get it

[In_The_Wind]

16. sez awww

[applegrove]

11. When she was a kitten, my Sam chased

a mamma racoon and her babies down the stairs and up a tree. The big mother raccoon got a few feet up the tree when she looked back and saw that she was about ten times the size of Sam. That was the end of her running away. LOL!

[Demoiselle]

17. My Great Pyrenees was totally embarrassed by a raccoon a couple of weeks ago.

I heard this horrible combination of dog barks and fierce growling in my backyard. Grabbed a big heavy stick (I collect them for long walks) and raced outside. The raccoon, who looked the size of a bear cub (probably my anxiety enlarged her a little) had cornered my big sweet fluffy dog and was hanging onto his head. I whacked away with the stick and the raccoon ran off. Big baby dog had a small lesion on his face...but he's up to date on his rabies shots, etc., and I double checked with the vet to make sure. I've tried to remind the dog that his ancestors have been keeping wolves away from sheep for years, but he just looks a little embarrassed and curls up on the sofa.

[Shankapotomus]

20. Cats are expert bluffs

[Brigid]

21. You can hardly see that cat!

And that bear is terrified!