I’m not sure what animal we have that wants free access to our yard, but we have a chain link fence and in a couple or three places, the chain links at the bottom have been taken apart and spread so there are voids in the fence more than a foot across and 6-8 inches high.
That’s right, this unknown animal has made a place in our chain link fence by straightening the links and spreading them apart so that he can crawl straight through.
Our dog couldn’t have done it. I’m thinking raccoon, but I can’t be certain. It’s a residential area, but there is a park with a wooded area that has a creek running through it less than 1/4 mile from us. There are foxes and coyotes and raccoons and opossum and pit bulls.
Baby Bigfoot
Probably racoon. We had a racoon that would peel the rubber gasket from around one of our screen windows and then just lift the then unanchored screen and climb onto the porch. Finally got rid of them by trapping.
But that was years ago and now they're back. I have at least three racoons, one of which doesn't look like he's doing well. He's missing his tail and is balding. Anyhow, they treat my yard like a spa. They get onto my porch to eat the cat's food and then either sit on one of the chase lounges around the pool or he'll sit on the top step IN THE POOL. Like he's freaking bathing!
And now they've figured I'm such an easy mark I caught one traipsing through my yard in broad daylight.
I don't have a problem shooting them but would have preferred trapping and relocating them. But with them having lost their fear of humans and then there is the sickly looking one... well, I can't wait much longer to see if the traps are going to work again.