I live in a wooded area and we have such visitors on the patio at night on a fairly regular basis. Opossums, raccoons, skunks, etc., and those are the night visitors. Opossums are the least harmful of any the critters. They are scavengers and are just looking for left overs. They are like the bottom dwellers of the forest. They are very awkward and slow also. I find we get more visitors when we have been cooking out as they smell the food and come looking.
If my cat is outside I always have to take a good look around before I let her in because the raccoons will walk right in with her if I'm not careful. No, the cats don't bother with these forest critters. They know not to pick on someone bigger than them. |