Possums don't bother me but the coons do. I have trapped and
relocated both (not during baby season) because they were raiding my
mother's house, threatening her ferals and endangering themselves
thanks to the problems they were causing neighbors. They were
relocated to a farm I own. I brought the coons over immediately
because they were vicious and very likely to hurt themselves trying to
escape (can't blame them). They get/carry a lot of diseases including
canine distemper which makes people think they are rabid when they are
not but they do carry rabies. As noted, they can easily kill cats and
dogs, even hunting (read fairly large dogs). They are extremely messy
and destructive and can get into about anything. I know, and knew,
from personal experience but was not willing to turn the captives over
to hunters or to locate them where there wasn't an appropriate
environment.
Possums will defend themselves if they have to but are fairly
calm...again from personal experience. They are wonderful at insect
control and I have watched them under the porch lights on the
farm.......inhaling the insects.
Just FYI: The coons are very cute and charming.....not so much with
the possums but they are actually darlings in my world.
On Jun 1, 2012, at 8:54 AM, Natalie 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!
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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.
Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org
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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
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