Alright, so it is official…write it down in the books – January 28th was the first day I saw a LIVE animal while checking out a crawl space or an attic.  Fortunately it was not as exciting as running into an otter would have been, but I was invading the space of several feral cats.  Now some of you might be thinking, a little kitty cat, that is nothing to be worried about, but this little kitty cat did not look like this: 

In fact, it was a quite a bit more like this one:  I kept on thinking that if I turned my back on this guy, I might just get a set of teeth in my leg while I wasn’t watching.  As it turned out, we just stared at each other.  I quickly got my measurements and was on my way before things escalated too far.  

One live animal per month?  That is not too bad.  I have heard plenty of man vs. wild stories involving raccoons, squirrels, rats, mice, etc.  Fortunately, this cat, although he was not too happy I was crawling around in his territory, decided it was best just to watch me.