Cat Napping on Neighborhood Front Porch

You have probably seen the videos from Florida of someone looking out their back or front door and seeing an alligator taking a nap right in front of it.

We can say that we don't have this problem here in the Western states. Well, we actually have the same problem but with a different critter.

Let's visit Aspen, Colorado, where a homeowner looked out their front glass door to see a mountain lion taking a nap in the shade. The big cat didn't mean any harm. It just needed a comfortable place, hopefully out of sight of humans and out of the wind, to take a cat nap, as all cats of all sizes do.

The homeowner taps on the glass and politely says hello. The cat turns and looks at him. Realizing that this was not the out-of-the-way place he had hoped for, the cat then gets up and slowly wanders off.

From what little we can see of this house and the house across the street, it looks like the animal had wandered into a nice neighborhood.

It might be a good idea to call local authorities and maybe warn the neighbors that there is a cat in the neighborhood. These things get hungry, and local pets, as well as kids and elderly people, look like dinner.

For the most part, these animals like to be left alone. They only get aggressive when they feel threatened or when they get really hungry.

We can move this big cat back into the mountains, but people keep moving further into the mountains, leaving the mountain lion fewer places to go.