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.
---- Maureen Olvey <molvey...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > 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 didn't see any > major scratches in the paint, like from them climbing, so I wondered if it > was really the cats but those dirty paw prints gave it away. Cat paw prints > are different. My suggestion - give up. You can't beat the raccoons. Or the > opposums for that matter. They climb trees too. I leave extra food out when > I have donated food but if not it can get expensive trying to feed the > raccoons, opposums and cats. I don't mind feeding the raccoons but I'm not > rich enough to feed all the hungry mouths in GA. I'm wondering if raccoons > are transient though. Like I read on an opposum website that they don't > plant roots. They may stick around a few days but then they move on. I have > a feeling raccoons do that also. I need to google it. Right now at one of > my feral locations there are no raccoons coming around at night. But at > times I know there are because all the food is gone and the water is dirty. > Plus I've seen them there when I go by at night. But for the last couple of > months when I show up the next day the cats have dry food left from the day > before and the water is clean. And at my house I also will sometimes see a > mama and babies. But a month or two later I'm only seeing one or two > raccoons coming around, not the mama and four babies. Where did they go? My > friend that only has a couple cats at one feeding station uses one of those > food containers with a timer on it. She feeds a certain amount in an open > bowl during the day, but at 9:00 at night one side of the container opens > with food and later in the night, like 2:00 am the other side opens. That > way the cats have food during the night. But the timer thing is small and > wouldn't work with a big colony. Plus I've had raccoons carry bowls off so I > would think they would carry that off too. > > “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 > Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 09:46:07 -0800 > From: khargrea...@gmail.com > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/reply/reply > > 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 <venus7ora...@yahoo.com> 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 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 about > this. Dotty > > > From: MaiMaiPG <cougarcl...@gmail.com> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 7:41 AM > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION/reply > > > 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 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 <marthawal...@gmail.com> > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 6:13 PM > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RACCOON GETTING INTO CAT STATION > > A radio playing at night has reduced the raccoon visits at our chicken-coop, > maybe it would help with the cat situation? > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > -- > ---------------------------- > Go Get a Life---Go Get a Shelter Animal! > If you can't adopt, then foster "bottle baby" shelter animal, to save their > life: http://www.laanimalservices.com/volunteer_fostercare.htm > > If you can't bottle feed, foster an older animal, to save their life, and to > free up cage space. > > Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by > implementing the No Kill Equation: > http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/no-kill-equation/ > > > Legislate better animal pound conditions: http://www.rescue50.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
