raccoons

last night as i was getting stuff ready to go to bed, i heard this loud rucus, i looked outside with my flashlight and trusty baseball bat. and saw a mama raccoon and 4 babies on my back porch where my kittys baby and itsy were. i am not sure what they were after other than maybe worms or something in my flower pots, but i can tell you i was not a happy person. here is this HUGE mother raccoon hissing and growling at me cause i interupted her feeding time in my flower pots. my flowers were being torn out left and right, and i was pissed. i finally was able to get them to leave by taking the hose on my sink(ya know the one that sprays stuff) and opening the window and spraying them, which took a while and made a huge mess. i wish i could have gotten a picture cause it was a sorry sight. my kittys were fine thank goodness, but i can tell you, itsy won't be going up to a raccoon anytime soon again i wouldn't think. darn pesky things. and if ya think i live in the boonies, your wrong.i live in the burbs in a community of almost 100,000 people. lol these aren't my raccoons but here is a picture so you can see what i mean. lol till later huggggs