Last week my husband and I made the decision to keep the kittens indoors all the time, unless we leash-train them...long story short, I wanted to be able to let them go out and play/hunt for a couple hours every day since we live in the country. But they had started to refuse to come when I called, and DH got really badly scratched up trying to bring Molly inside one day. I'm not willing to let them be out as often/as long as they want, so they are going to be indoors only from now on. But they are still getting used to that idea and begging to go out about once a day.
Today, DH and I were painting in one of the bedrooms, when he saw a coyote out the front window! We had seen one twice before, but never so close. It was just wandering around in the grass across the road, and it looked like it has mange or something because it is missing alot of fur on its back and hindquarters. I just found it unusual that he was just standing around in broad daylight like that. Finally he wandered into the trees and disappeared. But not an hour later, I was in the kitchen looking into the back yard when another coyote, this time much healthier looking, trotted across our lawn! This one headed around the house, and I watched it follow approximately the same path as the previous one...I'm wondering if it's coyote mating season or something. Anyway, I am really thankful that my furbabies were not outside today. The coyotes are one big reason I was always stressed out about them being outside for very long. I'd really rather they did not become somebody's dinner!
Today, DH and I were painting in one of the bedrooms, when he saw a coyote out the front window! We had seen one twice before, but never so close. It was just wandering around in the grass across the road, and it looked like it has mange or something because it is missing alot of fur on its back and hindquarters. I just found it unusual that he was just standing around in broad daylight like that. Finally he wandered into the trees and disappeared. But not an hour later, I was in the kitchen looking into the back yard when another coyote, this time much healthier looking, trotted across our lawn! This one headed around the house, and I watched it follow approximately the same path as the previous one...I'm wondering if it's coyote mating season or something. Anyway, I am really thankful that my furbabies were not outside today. The coyotes are one big reason I was always stressed out about them being outside for very long. I'd really rather they did not become somebody's dinner!