Posted by pburchett on December 16, 2010 at 18:51:34 from (216.135.52.72):
I have a pole barn, with a lean-to shed on the side, which is covered with metal. I like to have cats around for the mice, but not the other critters that are getting in. I have unscrewed a panel section and it is being propped open 4 inches or so with a piece of wood so the cats have free access. The only problem is that something else ( raccoons, fox, opossum, coyote… just not sure) is getting in also and eliminating the cats.
I figure the cats go out looking for females and find a new home or get captured by coyotes out in the woods, so sometimes we loose one.. The other day I found two half eaten rabbits hidden behind some stuff in the barn. I figured the rabbits accidentally found their way in and the cats got em’. Today I find a little fur and a toe of my boy’s favorite cat in a hollowed out section in the bottom of the square bales of hay. Something had made a 1ft x 1 ½ft hole in the hay and had a snack. Would not have even noticed it but the hay was spread around everywhere on the concrete floor behind the hay stack. Tore all of the hay down, but did not find anything else.
The other day the two dogs (half black lab, half collies) killed a raccoon the size of a small beagle, probably 20-25 pounds or more. It must have been a heck of a fight as they were tore up some on their noses. The dogs are sisters and know how to tag team a good fight.
I thought that was the culprit responsible for eliminating the cat food. Since the last 4 days of single digit temperatures and blowing snow I noticed the cats were eating an awful lot of cat food, but now I guess we had another visitor snuggled up in the hay.
The little boy, his sister and the wife are heartbroken. I’ll go out and get some sardines tomorrow and clean up the old Nitro Hunter and charge the spot light. Does anyone have a suggestion for a cat access into and out of the barn that will foil the other critters?
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