Hello Friends. This naughty little fellow getting into somebody's suet feeder is here to welcome you all to the Fourth Round of our Critter Cafe!

I am so flattered that our little critter watering hole has become popular enough to fill so many threads. As always, there are no special exclusion rules on this thread. All are welcome and there is no such thing as "off topic" in The Critter Cafe.

I look forward to continuing our many discussions here.

Fondly,
Angela

Has Jeffrey the raccoon turned up yet? :)

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Hopefully everyone is having a happy and as safe as possible July 4th, I have to call about Grace after 3pm on July 6th to see If She is ready for pickup and for what I need for picking Her up, As She's about 1 hours travel away from here, Thankfully the car has It's A/C working, Even though the guys had to reinstall the old drier/accumulator as I'd bought the wrong one and I can't get a refund on It(thats why when the A/C starts, It very warm at first), So I'm out $34.88 and most likely I'll have to spend another $33 on the correct part plus labor to remove the R134 freon, then remove the old part, install the new part, plus reinstall the R134. But that won't happen until about August of 2011 as that's the 1st open time in My list of things I'm going to do, Though It's possible to move It forward to as early as April 2011.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Many years ago.. I had picked up some watermelons from a road side vendor, and placed them without much thought in the back of the van I was driving.

Along the way without my noticing, apparently they had rolled against the van door.. and as I opened them at my next stop, fell to the ground and broke apart.

By the time I got the remains home, they were pretty much inedible, a bit dried out and would soon be wasted.. as compared to slicing them over a period of several days.

There were several raccoons in the neighborhood.. happened to be around scavenging at that point in time.. Normally I do not feed raccoons since they tend to make themselves at home in basements/under porches, and can be a bit destructive... But these would otherwise be garbage so...

I tossed the broken melons out a few feet away from the house.. saw them wander over and go to work. A bit later I looked out and there was 5-6 of the critters just having the time of their life.. unlike most food they take to "wash".. these had the melt in your mouth properties that put on quite a show.

I had neighbors on vacation next door(it was a resort area) who thanked me afterwards.. saying they got some wonderful pictures out of it. The mess to clean up afterwards was minimal..

Anyway.. if you want to get some great feeding pics of raccoons.. I highly recommend tossing an old melon to 'em. I do not have any pics but.. it seems to work well.

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Janice

That's cool!

Steve

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In order to eat a grape successfully, a raccoon will toss his head back so that the juice from the grape rolls down his throat instead of dripping outside of his mouth. I have never tried watermelon, but I will definitely do so at some point this summer. Thanks for the great feeding tip!

In order to eat a grape successfully, a raccoon will toss his head back so that the juice from the grape rolls down his throat instead of dripping outside of his mouth. I have never tried watermelon, but I will definitely do so at some point this summer. Thanks for the great feeding tip!

It might not be real good for them.. but a 1 time treat for everyone.. Have fun!

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Janice

Raccoons are omnivores, but still I cannot imagine that there is much worse for them than the high protein cat food that they love the most. I tried switching to dog food a few years ago and they turned up their snotty little shoe button noses! I try to limit the cat food they get each evening so that they do not become too dependent on it. I would love it if they ate more slugs and snails out of my yard...

Raccoons are omnivores, but still I cannot imagine that there is much worse for them than the high protein cat food that they love the most. I tried switching to dog food a few years ago and they turned up their snotty little shoe button noses! I try to limit the cat food they get each evening so that they do not become too dependent on it. I would love it if they ate more slugs and snails out of my yard...

For that You probably need Raccoons that like Escargot. ;)

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Raccoons are omnivores, but still I cannot imagine that there is much worse for them than the high protein cat food that they love the most. I tried switching to dog food a few years ago and they turned up their snotty little shoe button noses! I try to limit the cat food they get each evening so that they do not become too dependent on it. I would love it if they ate more slugs and snails out of my yard...

My experience is their all time favorite is.. your trash can. Which leads to another funny story for another time.

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Janice

They're delightful little bundles of fur. So glad we were paid a visit that night I was at yours & Erics. :)

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Raccoons are omnivores, but still I cannot imagine that there is much worse for them than the high protein cat food that they love the most. I tried switching to dog food a few years ago and they turned up their snotty little shoe button noses! I try to limit the cat food they get each evening so that they do not become too dependent on it. I would love it if they ate more slugs and snails out of my yard...

For that You probably need Raccoons that like Escargot. ;)

Since they are so picky, trying putting a little butter and garlic on your slugs.

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Butter & garlic these for the furry critters.

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It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues

Graces water and new litterbox are all setup and waiting for Grace to arrive here after I go and pick Her up in Apple Valley. Oh and Grace is a Black and White cat(mostly Black from what I could tell). Good thing the bathroom isn't any smaller, the Littermaid Mega/Elite litterbox almost doesn't fit.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Hope you can afford all the extra toilet paper. Cats love to unroll it.

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PROUD MEMBER OF Team Starfire World BOINC

Hope you can afford all the extra toilet paper. Cats love to unroll it.

I've never had that problem before, But I can adapt and yes I keep a good supply on hand.

Believe It or not that's all 100% corn products in that box, No clay, Vons sells an 8lb bag for $8.99 each, Supposed to last for about 30 days, I need to add more as this box is big and I put close to half of a 7lb bag in the box, just to get to the refill line.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Hope you can afford all the extra toilet paper. Cats love to unroll it.

I've never had that problem before, But I can adapt and yes I keep a good supply on hand.

Believe It or not that's all 100% corn products in that box, No clay, Vons sells an 8lb bag for $8.99 each, Supposed to last for about 30 days, I need to add more as this box is big and I put close to half of a 7lb bag in the box, just to get to the refill line.

Hint:

Drape the toilet paper so the free end is close to the wall. It makes it harder for the kitty to unroll.

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BOINC WIKI

Hope you can afford all the extra toilet paper. Cats love to unroll it.

I've never had that problem before, But I can adapt and yes I keep a good supply on hand.

Believe It or not that's all 100% corn products in that box, No clay, Vons sells an 8lb bag for $8.99 each, Supposed to last for about 30 days, I need to add more as this box is big and I put close to half of a 7lb bag in the box, just to get to the refill line.

Hint:

Glue the toilet paper to the wall with "Super Glue", It'll take them forever to figure it out!

I know, I know.... I'm a genius.

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Hope you can afford all the extra toilet paper. Cats love to unroll it.

I've never had that problem before, But I can adapt and yes I keep a good supply on hand.

Believe It or not that's all 100% corn products in that box, No clay, Vons sells an 8lb bag for $8.99 each, Supposed to last for about 30 days, I need to add more as this box is big and I put close to half of a 7lb bag in the box, just to get to the refill line.

Hint:

Glue the toilet paper to the wall with "Super Glue", It'll take them forever to figure it out!

I know, I know.... I'm a genius.

Then you'd enjoy this brand.

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