It’s Not Your Pool
After the longest winter of all time, signs of life are finally starting to emerge in Indiana. Trees are getting green and temperatures are rising (a little) which means soon it’ll be time to inflate those kiddie pools and waste the afternoon splish splashin’ away.
But if you live at our house, you have to remember to put the pool away when you’re done. “Why?” you might ask. Because racoons love the crap out of those things. Last summer, we had a raccoon that was using the pool more than our daughter. And his stupid little raccoon claws ended up putting holes in the pool.
It’s too bad real life Olive doesn’t go outside. She might have made him face justice. Or been beaten by a raccoon; I’m not sure what their skill level is in brawling.
I think most raccoons could tear any kitty a new one. Best keep Olive inside. She can shout threats through the glass.
She’ll “PAT” the glass with all her might! 🙂
We had a squirrel on our balcony last year.
Sam, out cat, was very excited - but we weren’t sure who would have won. But I was SURE that a cat with a squirrel bite in her nose would be very, very difficult to handle! (To get her to the vet…)
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So… maybe it’s better that Olive don’t go out. I could imagine that a wild racoon is a hell of a fighter! ^^
Yeah, better safe than sorry. She’ll stick to what she knows - battling Hazel.
Given their bandit masks I would think Raccoons are better at sneak attacks than straight brawling. But then again the same goes for cats. Would depend on who got the 1st backstab. <—-(nerd btw)
Ha ha, reminds me of the Sly Cooper games.
Raccoons are extremely mean. Olive will just have to imagine what she would do to it if she had the chance.
Looks like Georgia will be getting a new pool this summer.
As always, great story and graphics. Loving the warm weather!!!
Thanks a lot! 🙂
I like the colors you use. They are bright without being overbearing.
Thanks! I like to go as bright as I can; glad ya like it!
‘Coons are nasty critters in a fight. Olive (or any other cat) has zero chance of winning, and a high probability of being severely to fatally mauled. It takes a pretty large dog to do a ‘coon any damage. They have thick fur, and very loose skin. It’s not easy to cause more than superficial harm to one.
Geez! I’m gonna start calling them Cooninators!