I have a raccoon that thinks he's a cat! The mom cat comes to eat in the mornings & when I open my back patio door, the cat comes running & then the raccoon comes running! lol
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 1, 2012, at 6:56 PM, "Beth" <[email protected]> wrote: > I actually had a baby opossum that somehow got into my house. My cats just > sat there and looked at it like it was an alien. The opossum paid no > attention to the cats. My dog keeps them off the porch where some of the > ferals feed. She hates opossums. > > Natalie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Whenever someone dumps a cat around here, I always see them eating together >> with possums - it's amazing. The first time I saw it, I was really >> terrified for the cat! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> [email protected] >> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 12:22 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION >> >> 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 <[email protected]> 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. >>>>> >>>>> Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org >>>>> >>>>> “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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
