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  1. I heard on the news about a family with skunks living under their house and are apparently marking their territory. They had to jump through hoops to get conservation people to come out with live traps.

  2. That’s always an interesting experience. When we bought the house, we had a stray dog living under the house. Then she had puppies. Our animal control guy finally got the mama dog darted (she was unapproachable) and was able to collect the pups from under the house.

    There are three or four neighborhood cats who routinely traverse the underhouse areas (one of our goals is to close off the entrances, but it’s too far down on the list of things we must do).

    In fact, our neighbor thought he heard a cat fighting, but there was only one cat. Since they don’t fight with themselves (typically), he thought it might be the opossum. So the opossum is upsetting the local mammalian population pecking order.

    I’m thankful the skunks seem to be keeping their distance.

  3. We have oppossum all over here, they’ve adapted themselves quite well to dining on doggie and kitty kibble. :::shudder:::

  4. One reason why I try to remember to pull the dog bowls in every night — especially if there’s any food left in them.