The tamest wild cat  |
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 Let me start by saying this didn't happen to me. I heard it tho, from the guy who it did happen to.
I was at a party, and while it wasn't at his place, everyone told me about how he had this neat place out on the lake, so I figure this is a true story.
The party was being held by some of my science fiction friends, but not the bunch I generally hung out with. The former roommate was heavily involved in a group called Eternicon, and was part of the team running the group. This party was an Eternicon party.
So, we are sitting outside, waiting for it to get dark enough to look thru the telescopes and I was petting one of the owners cats. This guy was sitting by me, petting another one and started this story.
"These are nice cats.
"I've got some feral cats out where I live on the lake. I've been feeding them for a while and they've been hanging out when I sit outside.
"I've been hoping that one day one of them would get friendly enough to let me pet it. They would come and sit near me, but not close enough to touch.
"One evening I was sitting out there and I kind of dropped my hand down and felt something furry. I thought 'One of the cats is letting me pet it!'
"So, I started kind of gently scratching it, and it leaned into the scratching, obviously enjoying the scratching.
"I was getting curious as to which cat was letting me pet it, so, slow, so I wouldn't startle it, since it was under my chair, I started moving so I could see who it was.
"Well, first I saw black, and yeah, there were a few cats with black, but this was more black than most of those, so I shifted some more.
"I suddenly realized I wasn't petting just ANY cat! I was petting a polecat!
"I stiffened up, and kept on petting. I sure didn't want to make it unhappy with me!
"Finally, it had enough and wandered off. After that I was more careful about what I was petting!"
Needless to say, those of us listening to the story were laughing. But honestly, who wouldn't agree that skunks are pretty brazen since nothing much will mess with them!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk
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1.  dawnald (9179) | 5 months ago |  hehehe that's hilarious, would have loved to see the expression....
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 ElicBxn (14787) | 5 months ago | me too, dawn, me too | |
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| 2. catdla1 (2556) | 5 months ago |  I have had several friends who have had skunks for pets. I'm told that they're very affectionate and playful. One friend had found (or was found by) a litter whose mother apparently had been killed or something, because one day they just showed up at his doorstep. He never had them descented, and they continued to come around for a couple of years before they moved on. All of them, while they were hanging around, loved to be petted and scratched.
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| ElicBxn (14787) | 5 months ago | I've heard they are good pets. There's a video some place where these people have about 5 rescue skunks they keep in their house, they aren't descented either, but they say they've NEVER had a spray incident because they were brought up as pets with cats and dogs in the house too. | |
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| 3. winterose (17564) | 5 months ago |  I love wild cats they are so graceful and beautiful I think they are the nice looking animals in the world. Yeah I guess a little skunk can be brazen he knows nobody wants to mess with him.
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| 4. BarBaraPrz (3248) | 5 months ago |  I read something similar in a book by Garrison Keillor...
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| 5. GardenGerty (19874) | 5 months ago |  I do not doubt that it happened. My hubby is fond of skunks and of possums. I have known of people who had squirrels eat out of their hands. Hubby, at two different times in his younger life, took glass milk bottles off the heads of skunks with no ill effect. I honestly thought you were going to say it was a cougar or some other type of a wild cat like a bobcat that had taken a liking to him. I have heard of that happening as well.
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| 6. dreamweaverjan (1394) | 5 months ago |  Oh Elic: That's a great story, Heck I can believe that!! Can you imagine???
Oh my!!
They are a bit brazen you know? and so Fearless!! LOL!
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| 8. Kashmeresmycat (1222) | 5 months ago |  What a great story!! I loved it and I could just see that happening. I'm a big fan of skunks and just love them to pieces. I think they're just adorable little characters.
I'll tell you a story and try to make it short as I have a tendency to ramble on and on.
Once I lived in this apartment which had a patio and a lake in front of it. There was a cute little skunk that use to come and visit. Kashmere (my picture) would walk back and forth by the patio door and the skunk would too. They looked like sisters and I use to crack up, like a reflection almost. Then one day, this little skunk was just laying underneath my air conditioner outside the patio, like she was sick. I eventually and very carefully came outside and put some fruits and meat in a little bowl for her in case she was hungry, and she was only about 2 feet away from me. Very slowly and carefully went back inside and she didn't move, just watched me. I think she knew I wouldn't hurt her. She did eat, and then disappeared for about 3 weeks give or take....I didn't see her once and feared she got hit by a car or some dog got hold of her.
Well guess what.....she came to visit me around 2:00 in the morning one night. I heard all this little racket outside on my patio so I took a peek and there they were! She brought all her little babies, about 6, on my patio and they were running around, chasing each other, in between the bushes, around the plants, just having a good old time. They were sooooo cute! All you saw was little black and white furry fluffballs with teeny tails and I swear it looked like I was watching some cartoon. I was laughing and hurried to wake up my daughter so we could watch together. Mama stayed about five minutes, and I will never in my life ever forget that night. It was as though she brought them just for me to see and I felt honored, haha. That's one of my stories.
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| ElicBxn (14787) | 5 months ago | I got my driver's license at 16, and there was this vacant lot (later filled by a shopping mall) but this was while the streets were in but before the mall was built.
I was driving back to my folks and there in my headlights was a little family of skunks, mom in the lead and 4 little babies following behind, very cute. I stopped and watched them all cross. Not only didn't I want skunk on my car, but I didn't want skunk on my concious either. | |
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| 9. Opal26 (9562) | 5 months ago |  Hey Elic! Before you even said anything I knew what you were
going to say! We have so many skunks around where I live! It
is such a shame because they are really so beautiful to look
at and they really look like they are so sweet! If only~ well
you know! That guy was really luck! I guess they want love too!
But, because of their "reputation" not too many people want
to get close enought to pet them! I have run into a few when
I have taken my garbage out late at night! I look at it and
it looks at me and the tail is up and I don't know which one
of us is more scared! Probably me because I know what kind of
damage they can do when they are mad! My dog got sprayed years
ago and it was the most horrific and deadly smell ever! It
burned my throat and smelled up everything in the house for
weeks! Nevermind the poor dog who had to be bathed in tomato
juice which didn't work!
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| ElicBxn (14787) | 5 months ago | well, any wild animal knows pretty quick to leave the skunk alone so they are not so afraid as many wild animals
honestly, their worst enemy is the car | |
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| ElicBxn (14787) | 5 months ago | I'm pretty sure he'd agree! | |
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