Thank you all for all of your input and advice. I do plan on moving the
feeding station soon. I had planned on it anyway this spring for other reasons
and cleaning it good or getting a new bin altogether. Yeah, you're right - the
cats know to stay away from the raccoons. So, I think that they are leary to
go in b/c they wouldn't want a close encounter with that guy! The feed station
is behind some boards in a lean-to structure. I haven't seen the big guy for
about 3 weeks now though so maybe it moved on along.
What I'd like to do is ask the owner of the property (it's on land with a
nearby restaraunt) if my husband can build a larger type shed on the property
with shelves and hang-out areas for the cats - insulate it. So that they have
a place that is better to go in the winter months and all can hang out there -
like a mini-barn. Of course, my husband is balking at that idea already, not
to mention the cost!!!!! He is a carpenter and could build anything. And i
don't know how the owner of the property would like it either since he is not
that thrilled at the whole thing anyway - just tolerating me and the cats. But
it would look a lot better than all the little houses and lean-to's we
constructed for them around the grounds.
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From: Lee Evans <moonsiste...@yahoo.com>
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 3, 2012 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/REPLY
It probably IS the raccoon. They took one look and said to themselves, "Don't
mess with that guy!!" You might want to spray something like At Ease on the
new feeder but don't get it into the food. Just give the outside walls of the
bin a little spritz. I spray At Ease in my cat carriers an hour or so before I
put a cat in to go to the vet. It really makes a difference. I don't think
it's the skunks. Mostly, cats don't mind that odor because they are too
intelligent and polite to get themselves sprayed. It's dogs who will bounce up
to a skunk, barking like crazy and end up having to take a bath in tomato
juice. :-)
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From: dot winkler <venus7ora...@yahoo.com>
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 3, 2012 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/REPLY
Hi. I was the one who wrote that e-mail. I just read your response. I'm
telling you that the cats are afraid to go in there now - into the bin with the
dry food now that I have started refilling it. They are not even eating it.
It is fresh food as i just refilled it. I tried to coax one of the cats to go
in and he backed off. They are skittish lately. Because that raccoon was so
large and not afraid of anything - it was running around in the area where
their little houses were and coming right up to their meat while they were
eating in daytime hours. Perhaps it is the skunk smell that also is around but
that never seemed to bother them in the past. ???Dotty
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From: Lee Evans <moonsiste...@yahoo.com>
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2012 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION
I can't find the email from someone who thinks that the cats are avoiding the
food because the feeding dish/station smells from raccoon. This is definitely
NOT the cause of the cats avoiding the food. It's probably the food. It may
be stale or they are just tired of the flavor. When I was feeding colonies,
the cats and raccoons were eating side by side, except when a raccoon got too
greedy and chased the cats away. But the cats always returned to what was left
of the food and finished it off.
From: MaiMaiPG <maima...@gmail.com>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION
Door on a timer????? However, my bet is on the coons.
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