Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/REPLY/thanks reply
Thank you all for all of your input and advice. I do plan on moving the feeding station soon. I had planned on it anyway this spring for other reasons and cleaning it good or getting a new bin altogether. Yeah, you're right - the cats know to stay away from the raccoons. So, I think that they are leary to go in b/c they wouldn't want a close encounter with that guy! The feed station is behind some boards in a lean-to structure. I haven't seen the big guy for about 3 weeks now though so maybe it moved on along. What I'd like to do is ask the owner of the property (it's on land with a nearby restaraunt) if my husband can build a larger type shed on the property with shelves and hang-out areas for the cats - insulate it. So that they have a place that is better to go in the winter months and all can hang out there - like a mini-barn. Of course, my husband is balking at that idea already, not to mention the cost! He is a carpenter and could build anything. And i don't know how the owner of the property would like it either since he is not that thrilled at the whole thing anyway - just tolerating me and the cats. But it would look a lot better than all the little houses and lean-to's we constructed for them around the grounds. From: Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, June 3, 2012 10:23 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/REPLY It probably IS the raccoon. They took one look and said to themselves, Don't mess with that guy!! You might want to spray something like At Ease on the new feeder but don't get it into the food. Just give the outside walls of the bin a little spritz. I spray At Ease in my cat carriers an hour or so before I put a cat in to go to the vet. It really makes a difference. I don't think it's the skunks. Mostly, cats don't mind that odor because they are too intelligent and polite to get themselves sprayed. It's dogs who will bounce up to a skunk, barking like crazy and end up having to take a bath in tomato juice. :-) From: dot winkler venus7ora...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, June 3, 2012 7:50 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/REPLY Hi. I was the one who wrote that e-mail. I just read your response. I'm telling you that the cats are afraid to go in there now - into the bin with the dry food now that I have started refilling it. They are not even eating it. It is fresh food as i just refilled it. I tried to coax one of the cats to go in and he backed off. They are skittish lately. Because that raccoon was so large and not afraid of anything - it was running around in the area where their little houses were and coming right up to their meat while they were eating in daytime hours. Perhaps it is the skunk smell that also is around but that never seemed to bother them in the past. ???Dotty From: Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2012 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION I can't find the email from someone who thinks that the cats are avoiding the food because the feeding dish/station smells from raccoon. This is definitely NOT the cause of the cats avoiding the food. It's probably the food. It may be stale or they are just tired of the flavor. When I was feeding colonies, the cats and raccoons were eating side by side, except when a raccoon got too greedy and chased the cats away. But the cats always returned to what was left of the food and finished it off. From: MaiMaiPG maima...@gmail.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Door on a timer? However, my bet is on the coons. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/placing the stray cats/re[ply
Hi Marta - I can't keep all the 7 stray cats though I would love to take them all home with me! Because they are so cute and have names, too.Maybe if I had a large farm! I have three other cats already at home and one is FIV pos and the other FELV pos. The third is healthy. I don't think 10 cats in my small cape cod house would be good anyways. The two cats i have at home are indoor/outdoor cats so I can't bring the strays into my yard either. They would all fight. I will have to do some research about all this as I shudder to think of another winter for the strays. I have built them shelters but they are not heated! We were just lucky this past winter was mild with little snow. I shudder to think of an ice storm or something. i don't know if they would all make it or not. From: Marta Gasper marta.gas...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2012 12:50 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/placing the stray cats They will just sit in a cage until they get adopted for god knows how long. I always pipe up when somebody says that cats sit in cages at shelter/in jail, etc..well that is true of kill shelters and some no-kills. And BTW not all open policy shelters put the cat in the cage and leave it there. No-kills specially know very well that an animal can't live in a cage. I don't work at a shelter but am close friends with a nk and several HS's. Cats don't do well in cages for an extended period of time. While medicating and being socialized, acclimated and other changes, yes, they have to be. But it is dangerous actually to hold animals in cages b/c of stress which leads to disease. They know that or should know it. Depending on room cats are taken out of the cages and let roam in rooms, ussualy are in for the night. At the no-kill the only cats in cages are sick ones or baby kittens. Even fractious cats they separate in groups in small rooms. For instance one year ago the nk shelter took one of my rescue cats, she was tame but has a very short fuse. She was in a cage during quarantine(10 days) and that was it. Afterwards shared a room with one cat she could bear, doesn't like much other cats. She'd swipe at people too so she needed an understanding owner, finally last week that family showed up and she was adopted. In your situation I'd ask a no-kill shelter, true most are full but you never know. Unless you wish to keep all the cats, which probably for them is the best alternative. Where are you at? Marta http://homelessnomore.webs.com/ I was going to suggest a ramp, but alas, the coons could also use it. RE: taking them to a no kill shelter, if it is like the ones around here, they are not able to take on any more dogs or cats. Everyone who has lost ajob, home and has to move in with relatives, brings their animals to the shelter. You are right, they would have to spend some time there especially if they are not socialized. That takes time and that means time in cages. I took 2 from P.A.L.S.. I had gone to see about 1 cat and ended up with both Lil Bit and Casey. They had been in an 8 x 10 cage with about 6 or 8 other cats for over a year. Lil Bit is just now moving around the house because she is so small (6lbs) and timid and Casey is getting used to NOT being allowed to bully everyone. I just wish people would bring a short letter giving information about their pets so the adopter would understand why they are the way they are. Often they are misunderstood and end up back at the shelter because people do not have the patience to try to understand them dot winkler venus7ora...@yahoo.com wrote: Speaking of all this about the raccoon, anyways, wish I could find homes for the 7 cats i feed every day. They are all so beautiful and quite healthy looking with all the meat i feed them and the dry food. At least 3 of them are very friendly and the others are coming around, too. Anyone have any input about how to place these cats? I hate to bring them to a shelter even if it's no kill. They will just sit in a cage until they get adopted for god knows how long. It's very hard feeding every day. It's just me and my husband. We can never go away anywhere now because of it. What are your experiences? Dotty ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/REPLY
Hi. I was the one who wrote that e-mail. I just read your response. I'm telling you that the cats are afraid to go in there now - into the bin with the dry food now that I have started refilling it. They are not even eating it. It is fresh food as i just refilled it. I tried to coax one of the cats to go in and he backed off. They are skiddish lately. Because that raccoon was so large and not afraid of anything - it was running around in the area where their little houses were and coming right up to their meat while they were eating in daytime hours. Perhaps it is the skunk smell that also is around but that never seemed to bother them in the past. ???Dotty From: Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2012 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION I can't find the email from someone who thinks that the cats are avoiding the food because the feeding dish/station smells from raccoon. This is definitely NOT the cause of the cats avoiding the food. It's probably the food. It may be stale or they are just tired of the flavor. When I was feeding colonies, the cats and raccoons were eating side by side, except when a raccoon got too greedy and chased the cats away. But the cats always returned to what was left of the food and finished it off. From: MaiMaiPG maima...@gmail.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Door on a timer? However, my bet is on the coons. On Jun 1, 2012, at 7:37 PM, dot winkler wrote: Hi - well, I don't think I can bring the dry food in at night. Because i would have to make two trips to the cat area, instead of one. One trip is to bring the meat to them. If I did that in the evening then I could bring in the dry food but then i would have to come the next morning to put the dry food back and then another time that day to bring it in again. I live the next town over and work schedule is rough so once a day is pushing it as it is! Thanks for all your suggestions. What did you mean about the RAMP? I was not sure I understood. Just thought of something - wouldn't it be cool if I could devise a door that would shut automatically each night so nothing could get in the dry food station and then open in the morning! L.O.L. dotty ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/REPLY
I don't doubt it. Can you move the feeding station? On Jun 3, 2012, at 7:50 PM, dot winkler wrote: Hi. I was the one who wrote that e-mail. I just read your response. I'm telling you that the cats are afraid to go in there now - into the bin with the dry food now that I have started refilling it. They are not even eating it. It is fresh food as i just refilled it. I tried to coax one of the cats to go in and he backed off. They are skiddish lately. Because that raccoon was so large and not afraid of anything - it was running around in the area where their little houses were and coming right up to their meat while they were eating in daytime hours. Perhaps it is the skunk smell that also is around but that never seemed to bother them in the past. ???Dotty From: Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2012 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION I can't find the email from someone who thinks that the cats are avoiding the food because the feeding dish/station smells from raccoon. This is definitely NOT the cause of the cats avoiding the food. It's probably the food. It may be stale or they are just tired of the flavor. When I was feeding colonies, the cats and raccoons were eating side by side, except when a raccoon got too greedy and chased the cats away. But the cats always returned to what was left of the food and finished it off. From: MaiMaiPG maima...@gmail.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Door on a timer? However, my bet is on the coons. On Jun 1, 2012, at 7:37 PM, dot winkler wrote: Hi - well, I don't think I can bring the dry food in at night. Because i would have to make two trips to the cat area, instead of one. One trip is to bring the meat to them. If I did that in the evening then I could bring in the dry food but then i would have to come the next morning to put the dry food back and then another time that day to bring it in again. I live the next town over and work schedule is rough so once a day is pushing it as it is! Thanks for all your suggestions. What did you mean about the RAMP? I was not sure I understood. Just thought of something - wouldn't it be cool if I could devise a door that would shut automatically each night so nothing could get in the dry food station and then open in the morning! L.O.L. dotty ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/REPLY
My guys won't go near a raccoon, just back off and let it go its way. Curse, a skunk could keep them away because of any smell left behind. Maybe it has gone away enough so we can't smell it, but a cat has a better sense of smell than we do. MaiMaiPG cougarcl...@gmail.com wrote: I don't doubt it. Can you move the feeding station? On Jun 3, 2012, at 7:50 PM, dot winkler wrote: Hi. I was the one who wrote that e-mail. I just read your response. I'm telling you that the cats are afraid to go in there now - into the bin with the dry food now that I have started refilling it. They are not even eating it. It is fresh food as i just refilled it. I tried to coax one of the cats to go in and he backed off. They are skiddish lately. Because that raccoon was so large and not afraid of anything - it was running around in the area where their little houses were and coming right up to their meat while they were eating in daytime hours. Perhaps it is the skunk smell that also is around but that never seemed to bother them in the past. ???Dotty From: Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2012 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION I can't find the email from someone who thinks that the cats are avoiding the food because the feeding dish/station smells from raccoon. This is definitely NOT the cause of the cats avoiding the food. It's probably the food. It may be stale or they are just tired of the flavor. When I was feeding colonies, the cats and raccoons were eating side by side, except when a raccoon got too greedy and chased the cats away. But the cats always returned to what was left of the food and finished it off. From: MaiMaiPG maima...@gmail.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Door on a timer? However, my bet is on the coons. On Jun 1, 2012, at 7:37 PM, dot winkler wrote: Hi - well, I don't think I can bring the dry food in at night. Because i would have to make two trips to the cat area, instead of one. One trip is to bring the meat to them. If I did that in the evening then I could bring in the dry food but then i would have to come the next morning to put the dry food back and then another time that day to bring it in again. I live the next town over and work schedule is rough so once a day is pushing it as it is! Thanks for all your suggestions. What did you mean about the RAMP? I was not sure I understood. Just thought of something - wouldn't it be cool if I could devise a door that would shut automatically each night so nothing could get in the dry food station and then open in the morning! L.O.L. dotty ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/REPLY
It probably IS the raccoon. They took one look and said to themselves, Don't mess with that guy!! You might want to spray something like At Ease on the new feeder but don't get it into the food. Just give the outside walls of the bin a little spritz. I spray At Ease in my cat carriers an hour or so before I put a cat in to go to the vet. It really makes a difference. I don't think it's the skunks. Mostly, cats don't mind that odor because they are too intelligent and polite to get themselves sprayed. It's dogs who will bounce up to a skunk, barking like crazy and end up having to take a bath in tomato juice. :-) From: dot winkler venus7ora...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, June 3, 2012 7:50 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/REPLY Hi. I was the one who wrote that e-mail. I just read your response. I'm telling you that the cats are afraid to go in there now - into the bin with the dry food now that I have started refilling it. They are not even eating it. It is fresh food as i just refilled it. I tried to coax one of the cats to go in and he backed off. They are skittish lately. Because that raccoon was so large and not afraid of anything - it was running around in the area where their little houses were and coming right up to their meat while they were eating in daytime hours. Perhaps it is the skunk smell that also is around but that never seemed to bother them in the past. ???Dotty From: Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2012 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION I can't find the email from someone who thinks that the cats are avoiding the food because the feeding dish/station smells from raccoon. This is definitely NOT the cause of the cats avoiding the food. It's probably the food. It may be stale or they are just tired of the flavor. When I was feeding colonies, the cats and raccoons were eating side by side, except when a raccoon got too greedy and chased the cats away. But the cats always returned to what was left of the food and finished it off. From: MaiMaiPG maima...@gmail.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Door on a timer? However, my bet is on the coons. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION
I can't find the email from someone who thinks that the cats are avoiding the food because the feeding dish/station smells from raccoon. This is definitely NOT the cause of the cats avoiding the food. It's probably the food. It may be stale or they are just tired of the flavor. When I was feeding colonies, the cats and raccoons were eating side by side, except when a raccoon got too greedy and chased the cats away. But the cats always returned to what was left of the food and finished it off. From: MaiMaiPG maima...@gmail.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Door on a timer? However, my bet is on the coons. On Jun 1, 2012, at 7:37 PM, dot winkler wrote: Hi - well, I don't think I can bring the dry food in at night. Because i would have to make two trips to the cat area, instead of one. One trip is to bring the meat to them. If I did that in the evening then I could bring in the dry food but then i would have to come the next morning to put the dry food back and then another time that day to bring it in again. I live the next town over and work schedule is rough so once a day is pushing it as it is! Thanks for all your suggestions. What did you mean about the RAMP? I was not sure I understood. Just thought of something - wouldn't it be cool if I could devise a door that would shut automatically each night so nothing could get in the dry food station and then open in the morning! L.O.L. dotty ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
[Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/reply/reply
Had to resend - didn't erase anything.was too large. From: Natalie [mailto:at...@optonline.net] Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 8:32 AM To: 'felvtalk@felineleukemia.org' Subject: RE: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/reply/reply Raccoons always dip their food in water.and their little adorable feet may not always be so clean..dirty water, YES! Thankfully, I don't have to put out water for them because the wildlife feeder with all the cat food leftovers is right next to a stream coming from the waterfall. From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Maureen Olvey Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 3:06 AM To: dlg...@windstream.net; felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/reply/reply Yeah, right - they definitely must be taking a bath! How can they get the water so dirty? Even just one raccoon makes a mess of the water. They are cute though. I was tossing little bits of a banana to one once and after the banana was gone he slowly walked up to me then bent over and sniffed my shoe and then walked away. I was scared he might bite me but I was too curious about what he was going to do to move. But, they can be a problem too when they're tearing things up and eating the cat's food and you feed 50 ferals a day and don't have money to feed them too. Just read that the babies leave the home range after a certain age. So that's why they disappear. I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't..the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further. - Mark Twain Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 23:57:27 -0500 From: dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/reply/reply CC: molvey...@hotmail.com I was going to say that the coons will just carry off the feeder and break it open at their convenience. I loose a lot of suet feeders that way. My outside water bowls are always dirty in the AM. One has to wash their food before eating it. I think they also take a bath before eating. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION
Hi - well, I don't think I can bring the dry food in at night. Because i would have to make two trips to the cat area, instead of one. One trip is to bring the meat to them. If I did that in the evening then I could bring in the dry food but then i would have to come the next morning to put the dry food back and then another time that day to bring it in again. I live the next town over and work schedule is rough so once a day is pushing it as it is! Thanks for all your suggestions. What did you mean about the RAMP? I was not sure I understood. Just thought of something - wouldn't it be cool if I could devise a door that would shut automatically each night so nothing could get in the dry food station and then open in the morning! L.O.L. dotty From: dlg...@windstream.net dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 12:01 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION I feed the birds, so I also feed raccoons since they clean up what the birds don't get or drop. I also get possums coming for the seed. They both come to the feeders especially during a dry spell because I also put out water for the birds. They come all during the day, especially the young ones who have just been weaned. When they find an easy source of food, they will keep coming back. Maybe try moving the food to a different location, confuse them? Coons are smart, scheming little kids. I had one that sekt stealing the bait out of a trap, so I watched all night and caught her. She entered the trap, sucked in her stomachso she would not trip the door and reached across the trip plate, took the food and backed out. Next night, I wired the bait to the floor of the trap and in the struggle to get it, she sprung the trap. Big Momma, another (35lbs) kept getting in my seed can. She would open it and let the babies in to eat. Tried using straps from pick up. She chewed thru them. Brought it inside and she tried to turn the door handle so she could get in to it. Maybe you cold make a ramp - no, coons would jucst use it too. I will ask Perk (an old timer round here who used to hunt them) maybe he can come up with something. Have you thought of bringing the dry food in at night and once the cats got used to the feeding schedule, they would not come for food at night. Natalie at...@optonline.net wrote: Yes, raccoons are mostly nocturnal, but when they have young ones, they can also be seen during the day, looking for more food. This makes many people call ACOs when they see raccoons during the day, wrongly assuming that there's something wrong with them, like rabies, distemper. From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:17 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION They are and they are a royal pain. On May 29, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Beth wrote: I have the same problem with opossums. I have started feeding the ferals in a different place putting dry food out for the Opossums. Also I feed the ferals during the day the Opossums eat at night. I'm not sure if raccoons are nocturnal like opossums Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org http://www.furkids.org/ _ From: dot winkler venus7ora...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Hi there - anyone out there - does anyone know how to construct or how to keep raccoon out of an outdoor cat colony dry feeder? I am feeding 7 outdoor cats and now there is a raccoon in the area eating all the dry food every night in the dry food feeding station. I feed the cats by day some meat and throw away the plates when done. But the dry food is a staple food for them which they need to supplement the one feeding I give. Also, in case I can't get there to feed them. Any suggestions? I have seen some constructions on line but the cats have to jump up to get into them and there is one older cat I don't think he can jump up into anything! Please let me know. I know this has nothing to do with leukemia, but it does have to do with helping cats. Dotty - Freehold, NJ ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/placing the stray cats
Speaking of all this about the raccoon, anyways, wish I could find homes for the 7 cats i feed every day. They are all so beautiful and quite healthy looking with all the meat i feed them and the dry food. At least 3 of them are very friendly and the others are coming around, too. Anyone have any input about how to place these cats? I hate to bring them to a shelter even if it's no kill. They will just sit in a cage until they get adopted for god knows how long. It's very hard feeding every day. It's just me and my husband. We can never go away anywhere now because of it. What are your experiences? Dotty From: dot winkler venus7ora...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 8:37 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Hi - well, I don't think I can bring the dry food in at night. Because i would have to make two trips to the cat area, instead of one. One trip is to bring the meat to them. If I did that in the evening then I could bring in the dry food but then i would have to come the next morning to put the dry food back and then another time that day to bring it in again. I live the next town over and work schedule is rough so once a day is pushing it as it is! Thanks for all your suggestions. What did you mean about the RAMP? I was not sure I understood. Just thought of something - wouldn't it be cool if I could devise a door that would shut automatically each night so nothing could get in the dry food station and then open in the morning! L.O.L. dotty From: dlg...@windstream.net dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 12:01 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION I feed the birds, so I also feed raccoons since they clean up what the birds don't get or drop. I also get possums coming for the seed. They both come to the feeders especially during a dry spell because I also put out water for the birds. They come all during the day, especially the young ones who have just been weaned. When they find an easy source of food, they will keep coming back. Maybe try moving the food to a different location, confuse them? Coons are smart, scheming little kids. I had one that sekt stealing the bait out of a trap, so I watched all night and caught her. She entered the trap, sucked in her stomachso she would not trip the door and reached across the trip plate, took the food and backed out. Next night, I wired the bait to the floor of the trap and in the struggle to get it, she sprung the trap. Big Momma, another (35lbs) kept getting in my seed can. She would open it and let the babies in to eat. Tried using straps from pick up. She chewed thru them. Brought it inside and she tried to turn the door handle so she could get in to it. Maybe you cold make a ramp - no, coons would jucst use it too. I will ask Perk (an old timer round here who used to hunt them) maybe he can come up with something. Have you thought of bringing the dry food in at night and once the cats got used to the feeding schedule, they would not come for food at night. Natalie at...@optonline.net wrote: Yes, raccoons are mostly nocturnal, but when they have young ones, they can also be seen during the day, looking for more food. This makes many people call ACOs when they see raccoons during the day, wrongly assuming that there's something wrong with them, like rabies, distemper. From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:17 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION They are and they are a royal pain. On May 29, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Beth wrote: I have the same problem with opossums. I have started feeding the ferals in a different place putting dry food out for the Opossums. Also I feed the ferals during the day the Opossums eat at night. I'm not sure if raccoons are nocturnal like opossums Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org http://www.furkids.org/ _ From: dot winkler venus7ora...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Hi there - anyone out there - does anyone know how to construct or how to keep raccoon out of an outdoor cat colony dry feeder? I am feeding 7 outdoor cats and now there is a raccoon in the area eating all the dry food every night in the dry food feeding station. I feed the cats by day some meat and throw away the plates when done. But the dry food is a staple food for them which they need to supplement the one feeding I give. Also, in case I can't get
Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION
Door on a timer? However, my bet is on the coons. On Jun 1, 2012, at 7:37 PM, dot winkler wrote: Hi - well, I don't think I can bring the dry food in at night. Because i would have to make two trips to the cat area, instead of one. One trip is to bring the meat to them. If I did that in the evening then I could bring in the dry food but then i would have to come the next morning to put the dry food back and then another time that day to bring it in again. I live the next town over and work schedule is rough so once a day is pushing it as it is! Thanks for all your suggestions. What did you mean about the RAMP? I was not sure I understood. Just thought of something - wouldn't it be cool if I could devise a door that would shut automatically each night so nothing could get in the dry food station and then open in the morning! L.O.L. dotty From: dlg...@windstream.net dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 12:01 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION I feed the birds, so I also feed raccoons since they clean up what the birds don't get or drop. I also get possums coming for the seed. They both come to the feeders especially during a dry spell because I also put out water for the birds. They come all during the day, especially the young ones who have just been weaned. When they find an easy source of food, they will keep coming back. Maybe try moving the food to a different location, confuse them? Coons are smart, scheming little kids. I had one that sekt stealing the bait out of a trap, so I watched all night and caught her. She entered the trap, sucked in her stomachso she would not trip the door and reached across the trip plate, took the food and backed out. Next night, I wired the bait to the floor of the trap and in the struggle to get it, she sprung the trap. Big Momma, another (35lbs) kept getting in my seed can. She would open it and let the babies in to eat. Tried using straps from pick up. She chewed thru them. Brought it inside and she tried to turn the door handle so she could get in to it. Maybe you cold make a ramp - no, coons would jucst use it too. I will ask Perk (an old timer round here who used to hunt them) maybe he can come up with something. Have you thought of bringing the dry food in at night and once the cats got used to the feeding schedule, they would not come for food at night. Natalie at...@optonline.net wrote: Yes, raccoons are mostly nocturnal, but when they have young ones, they can also be seen during the day, looking for more food. This makes many people call ACOs when they see raccoons during the day, wrongly assuming that there's something wrong with them, like rabies, distemper. From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:17 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION They are and they are a royal pain. On May 29, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Beth wrote: I have the same problem with opossums. I have started feeding the ferals in a different place putting dry food out for the Opossums. Also I feed the ferals during the day the Opossums eat at night. I'm not sure if raccoons are nocturnal like opossums Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org http://www.furkids.org/ _ From: dot winkler venus7ora...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Hi there - anyone out there - does anyone know how to construct or how to keep raccoon out of an outdoor cat colony dry feeder? I am feeding 7 outdoor cats and now there is a raccoon in the area eating all the dry food every night in the dry food feeding station. I feed the cats by day some meat and throw away the plates when done. But the dry food is a staple food for them which they need to supplement the one feeding I give. Also, in case I can't get there to feed them. Any suggestions? I have seen some constructions on line but the cats have to jump up to get into them and there is one older cat I don't think he can jump up into anything! Please let me know. I know this has nothing to do with leukemia, but it does have to do with helping cats. Dotty - Freehold, NJ ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk
Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/placing the stray cats
If they are spayed and neutered and if you have a farm where barn cats are needed and cared for.not just dumped to fend for themselves...The receivers would have to understand relocation and the special needs of the relocated cats but they are available. On Jun 1, 2012, at 7:43 PM, dot winkler wrote: Speaking of all this about the raccoon, anyways, wish I could find homes for the 7 cats i feed every day. They are all so beautiful and quite healthy looking with all the meat i feed them and the dry food. At least 3 of them are very friendly and the others are coming around, too. Anyone have any input about how to place these cats? I hate to bring them to a shelter even if it's no kill. They will just sit in a cage until they get adopted for god knows how long. It's very hard feeding every day. It's just me and my husband. We can never go away anywhere now because of it. What are your experiences? Dotty From: dot winkler venus7ora...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 8:37 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Hi - well, I don't think I can bring the dry food in at night. Because i would have to make two trips to the cat area, instead of one. One trip is to bring the meat to them. If I did that in the evening then I could bring in the dry food but then i would have to come the next morning to put the dry food back and then another time that day to bring it in again. I live the next town over and work schedule is rough so once a day is pushing it as it is! Thanks for all your suggestions. What did you mean about the RAMP? I was not sure I understood. Just thought of something - wouldn't it be cool if I could devise a door that would shut automatically each night so nothing could get in the dry food station and then open in the morning! L.O.L. dotty From: dlg...@windstream.net dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 12:01 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION I feed the birds, so I also feed raccoons since they clean up what the birds don't get or drop. I also get possums coming for the seed. They both come to the feeders especially during a dry spell because I also put out water for the birds. They come all during the day, especially the young ones who have just been weaned. When they find an easy source of food, they will keep coming back. Maybe try moving the food to a different location, confuse them? Coons are smart, scheming little kids. I had one that sekt stealing the bait out of a trap, so I watched all night and caught her. She entered the trap, sucked in her stomachso she would not trip the door and reached across the trip plate, took the food and backed out. Next night, I wired the bait to the floor of the trap and in the struggle to get it, she sprung the trap. Big Momma, another (35lbs) kept getting in my seed can. She would open it and let the babies in to eat. Tried using straps from pick up. She chewed thru them. Brought it inside and she tried to turn the door handle so she could get in to it. Maybe you cold make a ramp - no, coons would jucst use it too. I will ask Perk (an old timer round here who used to hunt them) maybe he can come up with something. Have you thought of bringing the dry food in at night and once the cats got used to the feeding schedule, they would not come for food at night. Natalie at...@optonline.net wrote: Yes, raccoons are mostly nocturnal, but when they have young ones, they can also be seen during the day, looking for more food. This makes many people call ACOs when they see raccoons during the day, wrongly assuming that there's something wrong with them, like rabies, distemper. From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:17 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION They are and they are a royal pain. On May 29, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Beth wrote: I have the same problem with opossums. I have started feeding the ferals in a different place putting dry food out for the Opossums. Also I feed the ferals during the day the Opossums eat at night. I'm not sure if raccoons are nocturnal like opossums Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org http://www.furkids.org/ _ From: dot winkler venus7ora...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Hi there - anyone out there - does anyone know how to construct or how to keep raccoon out of an outdoor cat colony dry feeder? I am feeding 7 outdoor cats and now there is a raccoon in the area eating
Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/placing the stray cats
In what area are you living? Are they spayed/neutered? Natalie From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of dot winkler Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 8:43 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/placing the stray cats Speaking of all this about the raccoon, anyways, wish I could find homes for the 7 cats i feed every day. They are all so beautiful and quite healthy looking with all the meat i feed them and the dry food. At least 3 of them are very friendly and the others are coming around, too. Anyone have any input about how to place these cats? I hate to bring them to a shelter even if it's no kill. They will just sit in a cage until they get adopted for god knows how long. It's very hard feeding every day. It's just me and my husband. We can never go away anywhere now because of it. What are your experiences? Dotty _ From: dot winkler venus7ora...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 8:37 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Hi - well, I don't think I can bring the dry food in at night. Because i would have to make two trips to the cat area, instead of one. One trip is to bring the meat to them. If I did that in the evening then I could bring in the dry food but then i would have to come the next morning to put the dry food back and then another time that day to bring it in again. I live the next town over and work schedule is rough so once a day is pushing it as it is! Thanks for all your suggestions. What did you mean about the RAMP? I was not sure I understood. Just thought of something - wouldn't it be cool if I could devise a door that would shut automatically each night so nothing could get in the dry food station and then open in the morning! L.O.L. dotty _ From: dlg...@windstream.net dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 12:01 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION I feed the birds, so I also feed raccoons since they clean up what the birds don't get or drop. I also get possums coming for the seed. They both come to the feeders especially during a dry spell because I also put out water for the birds. They come all during the day, especially the young ones who have just been weaned. When they find an easy source of food, they will keep coming back. Maybe try moving the food to a different location, confuse them? Coons are smart, scheming little kids. I had one that sekt stealing the bait out of a trap, so I watched all night and caught her. She entered the trap, sucked in her stomachso she would not trip the door and reached across the trip plate, took the food and backed out. Next night, I wired the bait to the floor of the trap and in the struggle to get it, she sprung the trap. Big Momma, another (35lbs) kept getting in my seed can. She would open it and let the babies in to eat. Tried using straps from pick up. She chewed thru them. Brought it inside and she tried to turn the door handle so she could get in to it. Maybe you cold make a ramp - no, coons would jucst use it too. I will ask Perk (an old timer round here who used to hunt them) maybe he can come up with something. Have you thought of bringing the dry food in at night and once the cats got used to the feeding schedule, they would not come for food at night. Natalie at...@optonline.net wrote: Yes, raccoons are mostly nocturnal, but when they have young ones, they can also be seen during the day, looking for more food. This makes many people call ACOs when they see raccoons during the day, wrongly assuming that there's something wrong with them, like rabies, distemper. From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:17 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION They are and they are a royal pain. On May 29, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Beth wrote: I have the same problem with opossums. I have started feeding the ferals in a different place putting dry food out for the Opossums. Also I feed the ferals during the day the Opossums eat at night. I'm not sure if raccoons are nocturnal like opossums Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org http://www.furkids.org/ _ From: dot winkler venus7ora...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Hi there - anyone out there - does anyone know how to construct or how to keep raccoon out of an outdoor cat colony dry feeder? I am feeding 7 outdoor cats and now there is a raccoon in the area eating all the dry
Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/placing the stray cats
I was going to suggest a ramp, but alas, the coons could also use it. RE: taking them to a no kill shelter, if it is like the ones around here, they are not able to take on any more dogs or cats. Everyone who has lost ajob, home and has to move in with relatives, brings their animals to the shelter. You are right, they would have to spend some time there especially if they are not socialized. That takes time and that means time in cages. I took 2 from P.A.L.S.. I had gone to see about 1 cat and ended up with both Lil Bit and Casey. They had been in an 8 x 10 cage with about 6 or 8 other cats for over a year. Lil Bit is just now moving around the house because she is so small (6lbs) and timid and Casey is getting used to NOT being allowed to bully everyone. I just wish people would bring a short letter giving information about their pets so the adopter would understand why they are the way they are. Often they are misunderstood and end up back at the shelter because people do not have the patience to try to understand them dot winkler venus7ora...@yahoo.com wrote: Speaking of all this about the raccoon, anyways, wish I could find homes for the 7 cats i feed every day. They are all so beautiful and quite healthy looking with all the meat i feed them and the dry food. At least 3 of them are very friendly and the others are coming around, too. Anyone have any input about how to place these cats? I hate to bring them to a shelter even if it's no kill. They will just sit in a cage until they get adopted for god knows how long. It's very hard feeding every day. It's just me and my husband. We can never go away anywhere now because of it. What are your experiences? Dotty From: dot winkler venus7ora...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 8:37 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Hi - well, I don't think I can bring the dry food in at night. Because i would have to make two trips to the cat area, instead of one. One trip is to bring the meat to them. If I did that in the evening then I could bring in the dry food but then i would have to come the next morning to put the dry food back and then another time that day to bring it in again. I live the next town over and work schedule is rough so once a day is pushing it as it is! Thanks for all your suggestions. What did you mean about the RAMP? I was not sure I understood. Just thought of something - wouldn't it be cool if I could devise a door that would shut automatically each night so nothing could get in the dry food station and then open in the morning! L.O.L. dotty From: dlg...@windstream.net dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 12:01 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION I feed the birds, so I also feed raccoons since they clean up what the birds don't get or drop. I also get possums coming for the seed. They both come to the feeders especially during a dry spell because I also put out water for the birds. They come all during the day, especially the young ones who have just been weaned. When they find an easy source of food, they will keep coming back. Maybe try moving the food to a different location, confuse them? Coons are smart, scheming little kids. I had one that sekt stealing the bait out of a trap, so I watched all night and caught her. She entered the trap, sucked in her stomachso she would not trip the door and reached across the trip plate, took the food and backed out. Next night, I wired the bait to the floor of the trap and in the struggle to get it, she sprung the trap. Big Momma, another (35lbs) kept getting in my seed can. She would open it and let the babies in to eat. Tried using straps from pick up. She chewed thru them. Brought it inside and she tried to turn the door handle so she could get in to it. Maybe you cold make a ramp - no, coons would jucst use it too. I will ask Perk (an old timer round here who used to hunt them) maybe he can come up with something. Have you thought of bringing the dry food in at night and once the cats got used to the feeding schedule, they would not come for food at night. Natalie at...@optonline.net wrote: Yes, raccoons are mostly nocturnal, but when they have young ones, they can also be seen during the day, looking for more food. This makes many people call ACOs when they see raccoons during the day, wrongly assuming that there's something wrong with them, like rabies, distemper. From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:17 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION
Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/placing the stray cats
They will just sit in a cage until they get adopted for god knows how long. I always pipe up when somebody says that cats sit in cages at shelter/in jail, etc..well that is true of kill shelters and some no-kills. And BTW not all open policy shelters put the cat in the cage and leave it there. No-kills specially know very well that an animal can't live in a cage. I don't work at a shelter but am close friends with a nk and several HS's. Cats don't do well in cages for an extended period of time. While medicating and being socialized, acclimated and other changes, yes, they have to be. But it is dangerous actually to hold animals in cages b/c of stress which leads to disease. They know that or should know it. Depending on room cats are taken out of the cages and let roam in rooms, ussualy are in for the night. At the no-kill the only cats in cages are sick ones or baby kittens. Even fractious cats they separate in groups in small rooms. For instance one year ago the nk shelter took one of my rescue cats, she was tame but has a very short fuse. She was in a cage during quarantine(10 days) and that was it. Afterwards shared a room with one cat she could bear, doesn't like much other cats. She'd swipe at people too so she needed an understanding owner, finally last week that family showed up and she was adopted. In your situation I'd ask a no-kill shelter, true most are full but you never know. Unless you wish to keep all the cats, which probably for them is the best alternative. Where are you at? Marta http://homelessnomore.webs.com/ I was going to suggest a ramp, but alas, the coons could also use it. RE: taking them to a no kill shelter, if it is like the ones around here, they are not able to take on any more dogs or cats. Everyone who has lost ajob, home and has to move in with relatives, brings their animals to the shelter. You are right, they would have to spend some time there especially if they are not socialized. That takes time and that means time in cages. I took 2 from P.A.L.S.. I had gone to see about 1 cat and ended up with both Lil Bit and Casey. They had been in an 8 x 10 cage with about 6 or 8 other cats for over a year. Lil Bit is just now moving around the house because she is so small (6lbs) and timid and Casey is getting used to NOT being allowed to bully everyone. I just wish people would bring a short letter giving information about their pets so the adopter would understand why they are the way they are. Often they are misunderstood and end up back at the shelter because people do not have the patience to try to understand them dot winkler venus7ora...@yahoo.com wrote: Speaking of all this about the raccoon, anyways, wish I could find homes for the 7 cats i feed every day. They are all so beautiful and quite healthy looking with all the meat i feed them and the dry food. At least 3 of them are very friendly and the others are coming around, too. Anyone have any input about how to place these cats? I hate to bring them to a shelter even if it's no kill. They will just sit in a cage until they get adopted for god knows how long. It's very hard feeding every day. It's just me and my husband. We can never go away anywhere now because of it. What are your experiences? Dotty ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/reply
Yeah, you are right. I was thinking that this was a mommy raccoon and she was hungry and may have babies somewhere. And that's why she was coming around by day. I have stopped the dry food for 2 weeks and now only restarted to see what the outcome is. I haven't seen the raccoon now for 2 weeks. It was just hard feeding the cats only the meat once a day because they were too hungry and ravenous by the next day. So, then i was driving over twice a day with the meat and it was too much for me, with working and all. So, the dry food is a good idea for the cats to help supplement them. thanks for your input. From: Natalie at...@optonline.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:52 AM Subject: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Yes, raccoons are mostly nocturnal, but when they have young ones, they can also be seen during the day, looking for more food. This makes many people call ACOs when they see raccoons during the day, wrongly assuming that there’s something wrong with them, like rabies, distemper… From:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:17 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION They are and they are a royal pain. On May 29, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Beth wrote: I have the same problem with opossums. I have started feeding the ferals in a different place putting dry food out for the Opossums. Also I feed the ferals during the day the Opossums eat at night. I'm not sure if raccoons are nocturnal like opossums Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org From:dot winkler venus7ora...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Hi there - anyone out there - does anyone know how to construct or how to keep raccoon out of an outdoor cat colony dry feeder? I am feeding 7 outdoor cats and now there is a raccoon in the area eating all the dry food every night in the dry food feeding station. I feed the cats by day some meat and throw away the plates when done. But the dry food is a staple food for them which they need to supplement the one feeding I give. Also, in case I can't get there to feed them. Any suggestions? I have seen some constructions on line but the cats have to jump up to get into them and there is one older cat I don't think he can jump up into anything! Please let me know. I know this has nothing to do with leukemia, but it does have to do with helping cats. Dotty - Freehold, NJ ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION
I feed the birds, so I also feed raccoons since they clean up what the birds don't get or drop. I also get possums coming for the seed. They both come to the feeders especially during a dry spell because I also put out water for the birds. They come all during the day, especially the young ones who have just been weaned. When they find an easy source of food, they will keep coming back. Maybe try moving the food to a different location, confuse them? Coons are smart, scheming little kids. I had one that sekt stealing the bait out of a trap, so I watched all night and caught her. She entered the trap, sucked in her stomachso she would not trip the door and reached across the trip plate, took the food and backed out. Next night, I wired the bait to the floor of the trap and in the struggle to get it, she sprung the trap. Big Momma, another (35lbs) kept getting in my seed can. She would open it and let the babies in to eat. Tried using straps from pick up. She chewed thru them. Brought it inside and she tried to turn the door handle so she could get in to it. Maybe you cold make a ramp - no, coons would jucst use it too. I will ask Perk (an old timer round here who used to hunt them) maybe he can come up with something. Have you thought of bringing the dry food in at night and once the cats got used to the feeding schedule, they would not come for food at night. Natalie at...@optonline.net wrote: Yes, raccoons are mostly nocturnal, but when they have young ones, they can also be seen during the day, looking for more food. This makes many people call ACOs when they see raccoons during the day, wrongly assuming that there's something wrong with them, like rabies, distemper. From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:17 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION They are and they are a royal pain. On May 29, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Beth wrote: I have the same problem with opossums. I have started feeding the ferals in a different place putting dry food out for the Opossums. Also I feed the ferals during the day the Opossums eat at night. I'm not sure if raccoons are nocturnal like opossums Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org http://www.furkids.org/ _ From: dot winkler venus7ora...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Hi there - anyone out there - does anyone know how to construct or how to keep raccoon out of an outdoor cat colony dry feeder? I am feeding 7 outdoor cats and now there is a raccoon in the area eating all the dry food every night in the dry food feeding station. I feed the cats by day some meat and throw away the plates when done. But the dry food is a staple food for them which they need to supplement the one feeding I give. Also, in case I can't get there to feed them. Any suggestions? I have seen some constructions on line but the cats have to jump up to get into them and there is one older cat I don't think he can jump up into anything! Please let me know. I know this has nothing to do with leukemia, but it does have to do with helping cats. Dotty - Freehold, NJ ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
[Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION
Yes, raccoons are mostly nocturnal, but when they have young ones, they can also be seen during the day, looking for more food. This makes many people call ACOs when they see raccoons during the day, wrongly assuming that there's something wrong with them, like rabies, distemper. From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:17 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION They are and they are a royal pain. On May 29, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Beth wrote: I have the same problem with opossums. I have started feeding the ferals in a different place putting dry food out for the Opossums. Also I feed the ferals during the day the Opossums eat at night. I'm not sure if raccoons are nocturnal like opossums Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org http://www.furkids.org/ _ From: dot winkler venus7ora...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION Hi there - anyone out there - does anyone know how to construct or how to keep raccoon out of an outdoor cat colony dry feeder? I am feeding 7 outdoor cats and now there is a raccoon in the area eating all the dry food every night in the dry food feeding station. I feed the cats by day some meat and throw away the plates when done. But the dry food is a staple food for them which they need to supplement the one feeding I give. Also, in case I can't get there to feed them. Any suggestions? I have seen some constructions on line but the cats have to jump up to get into them and there is one older cat I don't think he can jump up into anything! Please let me know. I know this has nothing to do with leukemia, but it does have to do with helping cats. Dotty - Freehold, NJ ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
