Who is guarding your wood?

[DougA]

Thought I would finally post a photo I took today of the guardian of our wood pile. He wandered by last summer and has decided to make the wood pile his home. Protected from wind & snow and I guess it helps that my wife feeds him four meals a day.

I finally put a skid on top of the pile with some straw and pine shavings so he wouldn't be quite so cold the last week. He has a buddy that made his home in the pile too. Peter Peacock and Paula Possum.

I keep all my extra dry wood right by the house, so now I have to bring the wood by tractor from the shed so I don't disturb them. I'm such a softie.

 

[Poindexter]

I was thinking I might install a trail cam... That's cool.

 

[Roundgunner]

Coolest thing I had in mine was a snake,

 

[D8Chumley]

My dogs start barking like crazy if they even hear a fart outside. FedEx guy won't come up the driveway, UPS and mailman both have dog treats in their trucks when they come up to the house. Better than Slomin Shield

 

[English BoB]

Thats cool dude, beats my mouse - but then I dont feed him.

Bob

 

[woodsmaster]

The peacock is cool. The opossum not so much. It will eat melons and stuff out of your garden if you have one, and probably a bunch of babies in the spring.

 

[woodsmaster]

My chickens like to roost in the tree above my wood pile.

 

[Knots]

Some sort of weasel and plenty of garter snakes. Oh yeah - and this:

 

[bobdog2o02]

Some sort of weasel and plenty of garter snakes. Oh yeah - and this:

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Mantids are cool, we have tons of them around my house. And a bonus they eat stink bugs.

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[bobdog2o02]

My dogs start barking like crazy if they even hear a fart outside. FedEx guy won't come up the driveway, UPS and mailman both have dog treats in their trucks when they come up to the house. Better than Slomin Shield

I have two 100+ LB American bulldogs that have free roam of the house. The pizza guy calls before he gets here, all the deliveries come to the garage door on the lower level of our house.

 

[bobdog2o02]

Thought I would finally post a photo I took today of the guardian of our wood pile. He wandered by last summer and has decided to make the wood pile his home. Protected from wind & snow and I guess it helps that my wife feeds him four meals a day.

I finally put a skid on top of the pile with some straw and pine shavings so he wouldn't be quite so cold the last week. He has a buddy that made his home in the pile too. Peter Peacock and Paula Possum.

I keep all my extra dry wood right by the house, so now I have to bring the wood by tractor from the shed so I don't disturb them. I'm such a softie. View attachment 153974 View attachment 153975

Unless that's a domesticated neutered opossum it should die. They are one of the most common carriers of rabies. Once you've seen a child go through the rabies injection routine you wont have any ferral cats, ground hogs, raccoons, or opossums hanging out anymore.


EDIT: After 10 min of googling i found that opposums are rarely rabies carriers due to a low body temp. Sooooo, maybe let him live, but their teeth still creep the hell out of me. The other critters still die.

 

[BrotherBart]

Michelle The Wood Pile Panther.

 

[rudysmallfry]

I don't want to meet the creature who guards my pile. I keep finding rather large snake skins in my pile.

 

[Wildo]

Mine is guarded by a large skunk... Sorry no pics, If you want pics for proof you are welcome to come take some, he/she is napping halfway down the third row according to my nose.

 

[DougA]

I get snake skins quite a lot. Rarely have seen a snake in the wood though. They are welcome to eat all the little critters they find - especially stink bugs. OMG stink bugs are disgusting.

 

[TreePapa]

The fiercest thing that has been guarding my woodpile recently is this lizard. Bigger than most of the local lizards and he's got teeth and wasn't afraid to show them. Found him when I was cleaning out where (one of) the woodpiles had been, getting ready to put down homemade "pallets" to keep the wood off the concrete. I shoveled him up (w/o touching or hurting him) and relocated him.

Other than lizards (usually smaller than this guy), just the usual mix of feral cats and the occasional black widow (those I kill).

 

[1kzwoman]

Peacock and guinne hens are excellent alarms. Neither like unknown people. For myself I have a 85# Austrailian Shepard

 

[FishKiller]

in the winter time its feral cats that sleep in the wood pile, that's as close to the house as my 140 lbs mountain dog lets them get. come summer though... i won't mess with the wood pile. last time i tried cleaning out around it i found a rattle snake. i was done. like it was said before, my dogs will go ballistic if they hear so much as fart within a quarter mile.

 

[brenndatomu]

Thought I would finally post a photo I took today of the guardian of our wood pile.

Peter Peacock and Paula Possum.

Well now, there's something you don't see everyday!
For me it's only been a skunk and a couple grounhawgz that met an unfortunate demise...

 

[Dix]

I guard my wood piles. Except when I deal with the neighbors semi feral cats, who sometimes hunker down in my tarp covered stacks.

I love the smell of cat piss in the morning when I'm bringing in firewood, it smells like victory

 

[brenndatomu]

I love the smell of cat piss in the morning when I'm bringing in firewood, it smells like victory

I prefer the smell of mouse piss...

 

[DougA]

I love the smell of cat piss in the morning

 

[Gboutdoors]

This little guy was watching my stacks for me a few years back.

And this little guy was watching him and my chickens!

Which one do you think did not last the winter

 

[mass_burner]

I have a squirrel that gnaws on a golf ball on top of my oak stack. I've knocked the ball off a few times, but it's always back there on top. Weird.

 

[Paulywalnut]

I have a squirrel that gnaws on a golf ball on top of my oak stack. I've knocked the ball off a few times, but it's always back there on top. Weird.

Probably has a set of little clubs in his nest.