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Originally Posted by gracielove  I basically live in a forest so we have all kinds of woodland creatures in the backyard. The Racoons don't hibernate but when it gets really cold they will burrow into a den and sleep a lot more. When it warms up they will go out and look for food.
I feed feral cats until I can capture them and get them spayed or neutered so we once had a feeding station on my patio. We had to stop the night feeding because we had skunks, opossums, raccoons and Porcupines on my patio pigging out at night. I remember seeing one of the feral cats being quite upset at the racoons and she would swat them from behind but the coons never as much as batted an eye. Turning on the outside light does nothing.
Usually Racoons will try to camp near a food supply so make sure your garbage is well secured against attack and your neighbors, too. Anything that they would consider a food supply or a burrow needs to be disposed of.
I would never let Gracie outside without a leash where I live and I never walk her at night. I made sure she kept her potty pads for indoor use during inclement weather as well as because of our wild animal population. We have foxes, bears and the occasional bobcat around here, not to mention the owls and hawks. |
Yikes. We have coyotes in the forest accross the street from us so we never go near there unless it is sunny in the summer and then, ony on leash on the sidewalk near the forest. Wallee is "never" outside without adult supervision and until those guys are no longer in that tree, no backyard use after dark. No one here has any garbage outside thank goodness as everyone knows that living near the forest brings lots of wildlife. Our yard is fence but even mr skunk was visiting at night in the summer digging grubs from our back yard. ugggh.....