Thanks for everyone's advice. I need to leave the dry food there at all times
because I feed the cats meat during the day and pick up the plates so as not
to leave food around. The dry food in the station is there so that the cats
have something to munch on all day long as well as if they ge
Hi Martha - I don't live nearby. I live in the next town over. I drive over
there once a day. Wish i did. That would be a good idea if I could have noise
at night to deter the critters! Thanks
From: Martha Walton
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tue
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 wee
Do they have battery operated radios that have timers? Be aware that
coons can destroy about anything. If this is one coon or maybe two,
can you trap it and relocate it?
On May 31, 2012, at 6:32 AM, dot winkler wrote:
Hi Martha - I don't live nearby. I live in the next town over. I
driv
Hi - That's an idea. I'm waiting to see if the coon returns. I just restarted
the dry food after two weeks of not putting it out. I'm afraid to trap it - it
may have babies somewhere. I'd feel bad. I read coons can't jump or climb but
also had some feedback that, yes they can. Wondering abo
Hi Lee - The feeder I saw on line showed a dry feed station up high on a pole
but that's as far as the raccoon could climb. It had one of those metal sheets
that they use to keep squirrels out of bird feeders, and then the actual house
construction on top of that to house the dry cat food. Then
Coons climb and jump. Evidence: Hunters tree coons; they eat bird
eggs; they get on top of garbage cans and open them etc. Google it.
On May 31, 2012, at 6:44 AM, dot winkler wrote:
Hi - That's an idea. I'm waiting to see if the coon returns. I
just restarted the dry food after two weeks
Please don't trap this time of year, they could still have babies
somewhere.and depending on the state, laws may prohibit relocation of
wildlife (as in CT).
From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org
[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of dot winkler
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 20
My neighbor puts out moth balls to keep raccoons & possums away, but cats
probably don't like the smell, either.
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 8:44 AM, GRAS wrote:
> Please don’t trap this time of year, they could still have babies
> somewhere…and depending on the state, laws may prohibit relocation o
Well, I can give you first hand information on how raccoons get where they want
to go. I was sitting on my deck out here in the middle of nowhere, watching my
cats eat their kibble when I heard scrabbling in one of the trees. The brave
cats took off for under the house and I assumed that Batma
They don't and they contain a poison.
On May 31, 2012, at 7:57 AM, Martha Walton wrote:
My neighbor puts out moth balls to keep raccoons & possums away, but
cats probably don't like the smell, either.
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 8:44 AM, GRAS wrote:
Please don’t trap this time of year, they coul
The raccoons near one of my colonies climb the 3-story-high palm tree
there, to live in it, so yes, they can climb.
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 3:44 AM, dot winkler wrote:
> Hi - That's an idea. I'm waiting to see if the coon returns. I just
> restarted the dry food after two weeks of not putting
Yes, they can climb trees and recently I found out that they can get on top of
my car. I had put some bags of cat food on the trunk of my car one night.
When I came back outside a couple hours later there were nice little raccoon
paw prints on my car and windshield and a tear in the bag. I d
Yes Charles, they did run wild and breed. They alwo werre killed by larger
predators and often lived very short, unhealthy lives. I have 7 "just cats,
not papered purebreds" and I would never keep them in a cage. they have the
run of my house. They go outside for a few hours in the day and
I am mostly judging him on his "attitude and language"He complains about
Jennifer, what makes him think he is so different from her?
Ben Williams wrote:
> I have to believe that the message from "Charles" was someone's idea of a
> joke. That email hit just about every red flag for the ki
When people breed catsa and dogs, they very seldom ask questions about the
people buying and many times the cats end up in bad homes. That is one reason
I would never breed, I would never be able to find anyone good enough to buy
buy "babies".
S K SUSIE wrote:
>
> Charles,
>
> I too am
You would not have that problem with anyone in this group. We would not give,
sell any animal in our charge unless we know the history fo the people getting
them. As for the "Jennifer", if I had her within my reach, she would have
trouble ever adopting a cat or dog again and soeone would have
A lot of unwanted cats and dogs get dumped in the country, get hit by cars,
killed by a coyote or a pack of dogs or shot by hunters who consider them "good
target practice". Sometimes they are poisoned as vermin. My 7 were headed for
that fate, but someone found them and I ended up with them.
I got some information on a screen that the manufacturer says is cat, dog and
raccoon proof. Also no seeums proof. It cost $108.00 per roll (which is a
large roll). I will try to dig out the info and send it to you. I was
planning on fencing in my deck for days when I have to leave early and
I just put up a lot of chain link panels so my guys could safely spend
time outside. The area is big enough that I go out and read, work on
the computer etc too. The panels are less than half the cost of
installed fencing. I am considering chicken wire to screen in the
porch. Ceiling fa
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 on
I have an outside enclosure built around a fairly large wooden shed (the type
you get at Home Depot or other undo-it-yourself places). I also have the same
wire fencing enclosing the porch of a small cottage type building (one large
room, no plumbing) that the former owners used for crafts proj
RIGHT ON EDNA.
Edna Taylor wrote:
>
> You see, I saw his email saying that too, about us "hoarders" going to
> shelters and taking all the cats and then selling them for profit and might I
> just ask "what effing planet are you from dude?" I have been involved in
> rescue for over 17 ye
My raccoons will eat anything they can het hold of.
one year I goofed and used a fertilizer on my house plants that was made from
crab meal. They dug up every plant I had and 1 even sat on my begonias while
it dug up a foot tall barrel cactur - 3 times. Course, they never found the
crabs. The
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.
Why are they so hungry? don't they get any mice to supplement the meat you
give them?
dot winkler wrote:
>
Thanks for everyone's advice. I need to leave the dry food there at all times
because I feed the cats meat during the day and pick up the plates so as not
to leave food around.
You have them figured out ! The old timers around here say a coon can get into
or out of anything.
Lee Evans wrote:
> Well, I can give you first hand information on how raccoons get where they
> want to go. I was sitting on my deck out here in the middle of nowhere,
> watching my cats
MY EXPERIENCE - chicken wire doesn't stop them, unless you make it real looseso
they can't get up so easy.
Just a thought. Anyone watch "My Cat From Hell" on animal planet? Funny, it
always seems to be the owner's fault the cats are misbehaving. One owner only
changed the litterbox ONCE EVE
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.
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