The Raccoon Who Thinks He's A Cat

Many of you expressed concern about our Mr. Coon Guy, so today we thought we'd share a little history on him. Mr. Coon Guy originally showed up at our house about two years ago. He was running with a pretty wild pack, who knocked over our trash cans, dug around in the trash, and tried eating the fish from our back yard pond. Needless to say, we told him he and his friends had to move on.

About a month later he returned. This time by himself. He was very apologetic, and informed us, that if we let him stay, he would never invite any of his friends, knock over our trash cans, eat our fish, or bother our cats. Two years later he is still holding true to his word...

The cats are not aggressive about their food, so they don't mind sharing it with Mr. Coon Guy. Mr. Coon Guy doesn't mind the cats, in fact he thinks he is one of them and often walks right under the outdoor patio furniture they are laying on. Everyone lives in harmony. Now normally cats and raccoons don't mix, but when you have one who thinks he's a cat, he tends to be pretty peaceful...lol. Mr. Coon Guy seems to know that he has it pretty good. He lives under the house during the day, has a nice pond to drink out of at night, and finishes off whatever cat food is left in the bowl we place outside every morning for a feral cat who showed up here about a year ago.

So that's Mr. Coon Guy's story, the raccoon who thinks he's a cat! The cats are now all indoors after Orange Boy's rattlesnake bite, so as long as Mr. Coon Guy continues to live in peace with the feral who is still outside, doesn't eat the fish from our pond, invite any of his friends, or knock over our trash cans, he is welcome to stay.