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We rescue cats · ‎01-25-2023

We have 5 or 6 raccoons that visit us most every night, as do the possums, skunks and foxes. We buy dry dog and cat food that is put outside for them each evening as are any leftovers that we think they critters will eat. We also feed the deer and any other animal that comes thru our property though we try not to let them see that we are the source of the food, we have a food station where it goes. The pool and pond is a source of water. The raccoons have been mischievous with my patio plants so the feeding is done in another area of the yard away from the deck and patio. But they are very smart critters, when the food is gone or if it isn't out they will come peak in the doors. They have never tried to open our doors and have never bothered the neighborhood strays in the 25+ years we have been here. The only animal we have ever had an issue with is a family of fisher cats...they mysteriously disappeared.

Lynn-Critter Lover!
(especially cats!)

phoenixbrd · ‎03-27-2010

Darn...I have to leave the pet raccoon at home🐼

Did anyone see the news release last night on the pet nutria? A tiny little furry animal that was found harmed on the side of a road. It was so cute and has become a family pet growing to the size of a raccoon. His name is Neuti...adorable but somewhat destructive. He eats lots of fruits and vegetables as well as the woodwork and wires. I guess Neuti wouldn't be welcome at the Quality Inn either!

Meowingkitty · ‎06-19-2010

@phoenixbrd wrote:
Darn...I have to leave the pet raccoon at home🐼

Did anyone see the news release last night on the pet nutria? A tiny little furry animal that was found harmed on the side of a road. It was so cute and has become a family pet growing to the size of a raccoon. His name is Neuti...adorable but somewhat destructive. He eats lots of fruits and vegetables as well as the woodwork and wires. I guess Neuti wouldn't be welcome at the Quality Inn either!

I saw that. He is adorable. I could just cuddle him to death.

Citrine1 · ‎03-09-2010

We were terrorized by a racoon that decided to have her babies right outside our front door and refused to let us out of the house. Really became a problem when it was time to walk the dog!

Yes, they are cute, by a mother protecting her babies is scary!!

maximillian · ‎03-12-2010

@Trailrun23

TOO FUNNY! Love your phrase: raccoon extortion.

maximillian · ‎03-12-2010

@Citrine1

Ah..come on... if you are a mother, you should understand the instinct to protect the babies.

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

My sister's house sustained a lot of expensive damage due to a couple of raccoons. They made holes in the roof, water got in, the kitchen ceiling collapsed. If any raccoons show up here, believe me, they won't be here for long.

Citrine1 · ‎03-09-2010

@maximillian wrote:
@Citrine1

Ah..come on... if you are a mother, you should understand the instinct to protect the babies.

Indeed I do. And I, too, can be scary when protecting mine!

GoneButNotForgotten · ‎03-29-2020

@KathyM23 wrote:
My grandchildren had a "pet" raccoon who made himself at home on their large front porch. His name was Pickles and he was young. Their house is on the edge of the woods so he wandered in from there. He did consider himself a pet.

Grandkids were in an DUI accident and spent several weeks in Childrens Hospital and we would go everyday and their Mom/Dad stayed at Ronald McDonald House. So DH would drive out to their house every day at 5:00 am to feed and give Pickles some company. He was still there when they got home.
Eventually he did retreat back to the woods. Son was glad to see him leave on his own.

We also had a racoon who lived in the rafters of the pole barn. DH also fed him.

Would you also go out of your way to feed a rattlesnake living in your attic? Racoons are nasty, destructive little beasts and belong out in the woods, not in a dwelleing.

If you're going to harbor them you'd better make sure your locall emergency room has rabies treatment available.

Trailrun23 · ‎05-31-2022

Nutria are really invasive and destructive. We have a lake here that is full of them; they ae more destructive than the beaver that completely backed up our creek that goes through our neighborhood, and caused several homes to flood after a week of heavy rains last year. They remind me of giant rats. The only things I feed are the birds...and the squirrels that empty my squirrel-proof birdfeeders.

Our biggest issues are the bobcats and coyotes who are becoming more common in our neighborhood...not unusual to see a large bobcat sitting on a front porch or walking across the front yard. We captured one walking along the side of our house around 3 am a couple of weeks ago. It makes dogwalkers very nervous. Coyotes I have seen in the middle of the afternoon also, so both are now hunting for food day and night now....their natural habitats have been ruined by developers north of us and they are being forced into our neighborhoods.