There's this raccoon

[spinbaby]

One of our local trash pandas learned to use the cat door to help himself to the buffet.

We responded by picking up the cat food at night.

The raccoon learned when I served cat breakfast—around 5:30–and came in to help himself to breakfast the minute I left the kitchen to take a shower.

We then locked the cat door—a last resort because the two feral cats who came with the house tend to panic if they’re not free to come and go.

The raccoon sat outside the locked cat door looking pitiful and hungry.

So I made him a sandwich.

[MOMFUDSKI]

1. You are a person after my own heart.

I would do the same. Darling story. Thanks.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. I always let the raccoons ( sometimes 5 at once) come through the cat door and wipe clean

the cat bowls.

[spinbaby]

4. I don't really want them in the house

They have muddy little feet and I worry they might expand their grocery shopping beyond the cat food and into the kitchen cabinets. Locking the cat door hasn’t worked well—I had one of our feral cats screaming at me at 2:00 A.M. when he discovered he was locked in. Not sure what the next step is.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Oh, my cat door let my feral cats onto an enclosed back porch.

Not into my house.

[niyad]

3. Of course! What else can one do with a pitiful, begging, bandit???

You might want to talk with the raccoon, put its food elsewhere, and explain that the cats are not to be bothered.

[Duppers]

6. Awww... 💕

You'd love my little gray foxes too.

💕 to all wildlife.