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I love them…. but.

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Remember a few years back when some critter gnawed holes in my barn porch furniture forcing me to recover all the cushions? I blamed it on chipmunks, or mice. But the other day?

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I noticed one of the chairs had a giant hump.

And a very large hole.

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Thankfully no one was in there, but the destruction was evident.

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Big holes on the end, chewed down through the new fabric and the old.

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Missing stuffing and holes on both chairs.

Someone was nesting.

And it didn’t take me long to find the culprit.

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Bad woodchuck.

Bad.

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      4. It’s so hard. We used to have a dog and a cat throughout our married years. After the last dog, we said no more. Then after my cat Olive, we said no more. Our son is very allergic and we want him to visit us. I put in new carpet in the guest rooms for him because he was so sick during his last visit.

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      5. I got down to 4 cats, then Life decided to give me a colony. I currently care for 20+ cats at my home (not all, but way too many, come indoors at night).

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      6. Wow! We had one cat at a time throughout my entire life. We’d also have one big dog — golden retriever, yellow lab or rotti at the same time. The big dogs always looked out for the cat and protected them from danger.

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      7. I loooved having a dog (sheltie) but the Universe seems to have decided that I’m a crazy cat lady. I fought it, but I lost. I now “get my dog on” with anyone walking their dogs near me! I love all animals and have become weirdly cool with skunks – to the point that I managed to pet the tail of one. It was surprisingly course/dry!

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      9. I stayed soooooo still while it came around me, then snuck in a light stroke while its back was turned!

        I keep baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, and Dawn on hand under the assumption that I’m gonna get sprayed someday.

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      1. Seems weird to be gathering bedding so late in the year. Do the breed year round?

        I still have someone’s bedsheet under my house, courtesy of nesting raccoons a few years back. I wish I’d seen them dragging it down the street and under my house!

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  6. The only way that woodchuck will learn to stay away from your porch furniture is to make her eat the entire chair. After that, a much thinner mama chuck will always shudder when she passes by your porch.

    That or a heaping serving of bobcat / local predator lure sprayed around the porch.

    (I’m suggesting those since presumably a BB gun or shotgun is not under consideration.)

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