I love wildlife, but...

[passiveporcupine]

20. Yes, I've been keeping her in, and she's letting me know about it.

I don't know how I'll handle it when it gets hot enough I have to leave windows open at night because she already shredded one screen. Right now it's cool and rainy, but it will be hot again soon.

I am just as concerned with her being out during the day now, because, while coyotes are normally nocturnal animals, these guys are traveling mid day...that is when I see the guy in my yard...from tenish to a little after noon. And he comes through on my old (filled in) canal trail that is just at the base of the forest/hill, and that, of course, is the part of the yard my cat Hoochie wants to hang out in. I don't know why...maybe it's because she finds more rodents over there behind the old chicken house/outhouse structure.

I've watched coyote videos enough to know, a cat cannot outrun a coyote. And often they stay frozen in fight mode until the coyote is too close and then try to outrun it...to their death.

so whenever the door is open I'm constantly out there looking for her, and calling her back to the house. I can't keep this up...it's too wearing on my nerves.

I'm not blocking anyone for disagreeing with anything in this thread. I think it was a misunderstanding and all is cool.