cats and possums getting along. That was one worry I had about feeding the birds, that the cats could be hurt by them. So far, all my cats have enough good sense to back off when they and the coons come up to eat. Somehow they seem to know they could not win a fight with either one of them. Coons can kill a full grown dog, especially if they get them in enough water to hold their head down until the drown them. ---- Dana Giordano <giordano.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <cougarcl...@gmail.com> 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 <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 > >> > >> > >> From: Maureen Olvey <molvey...@hotmail.com> > >> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >> 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: molvey...@hotmail.com > >> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >> 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: marciabmar...@gmail.com > >> Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 12:14:58 -0500 > >> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >> 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 > >> 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
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