I feed mine on the ground inside a bin which I have cut out the sides of so they can pass through. I lean boards up Against the sides. It's low perfect for a cat and opossums but apparently too low and awkward for a raccoon to get in there. I put a large deep square plastic food bin inside and a piece of styrofoam on the floor inside to wedge the food bin into one place. Opossums and cats get along fine so I let them share. My main issues end up being ants and slugs which I use food grade diacetemous earth and sandpaper to deter. I also have a rope light out there - dunno if that deters so wanted to mention it. Hope that helps.
On May 29, 2012, at 10:16 AM, MaiMaiPG <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> 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 >> >> >> From: Maureen Olvey <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 1:57 PM >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] What could it be? >> >> Had to send this again because it bounced back the first time. I hate it >> when it does that. >> >> “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 >> >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: [Felvtalk] What could it be? >> Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 13:40:59 -0400 >> >> Ha, ha - I love it!!! You sound as pissed off as I was. Believe me he is >> on my shitlist too. I was boiling about it for days. Matter of fact I was >> just telling my co-worker about him this morning and I got pissed off again >> thinking about it. >> >> I guess he just wanted me to take her home and watch her die. I don't know. >> He never did go as far as to say that exactly because I said I wanted him >> to give her fluids and do a blood test and then e-mail this other vet so I >> could get this experimental drug for dry form of FIP. I didn't give him a >> chance to send me away with nothing. Course, at the time other than the >> fever she was doing okay. Although she was wobbly on her back legs she was >> still eating and everything although she had lost some weight. So she >> wasn't in any pain. But I think with a temperature of 104 he would have >> wanted to do something about that anyway. The thing is that like >> toxoplasmosis shows the same symptoms as the dry form of FIP and if it was >> that it could be treated with some antibiotics that aren't even that >> expensive. He's such a dumbass. I didn't know that the symptoms were the >> same until a couple days later and when I asked him about it he said he had >> thought about it when he was looking at her. So if he thought about it and >> didn't suggest a test for it then he didn't care. He figured with FeLV >> she's going to die sooner or later so why spend money doing any kind of >> tests or treatments on her. I'm surprised he didn't suggest killing her. >> BTW - it's not euthanization unless it's to end suffering so at that point >> it would have been just killing her. >> >> I like your answer about doing what you do for the animals. I'm going to >> steal it. Most everybody just thanks me for helping the animals (I feed >> ferals so I run into different people that see me doing it plus going to >> adoptions, etc.) but every now and then I get someone who asks why I do it, >> as though it's a bad thing or beneath me or something. I'll use your answer >> for those folks. It's probably better than what I normally say to them, if >> you know what I mean! >> >> Maureen >> >> “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 >> >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 12:14:58 -0500 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] What could it be? >> >> What the hell is wrong with this vet, that he didn't even want to help a >> little helpless suffering animal feel better? And he has the knowledge and >> power to do just that!! I'm baffled. Not tooting my own horn by any means, >> but when people ask me why I do what I do for animals, the only answer I >> have for them is "because I can, and that obligates me". I make no money of >> course, but I spend plenty. I guess it all boils down to caring enough. That >> vet would and is on my shitlist and I don't even know him. >> >> Sent from my iPad that my most awesome kids surprised me with, Christmas >> 2010. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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