It seems like it's a tradition in almost every home in the Northwest, pumpkin carving in October. When I was a kid, my family did it. When I had kids, we did it. It's messy and kind of gooey, and fun. (Until it's time to clean up the mess.) Then you take the best of those pumpkins, and you put them on display in the house or out on the porch. loading...

But there's something to consider when you take that carved pumpkin and put it out on the porch. For a lot of furry critters in the Northwest, pumpkins are food, and this is the time of year when those furry critters are really hungry.

According to tomsguide.com,

‘ But while these might seem like harmless, decorative features to spruce up your porch, you might be unknowingly inviting unwanted visitors to your home. According to p

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