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SciManStev Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6652 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0 |
As long as they stay out of your well and away from me.. They do help keep rodent populations down. Most of them are Garter Snakes, which eat worms, frogs, and slimy things. I have an artesian well that is 380 feet deep, so no snakes are there. I have kept snakes since I was 8 years old, and I'm 51 now. I have obtained a level of expertise during that time. I always imagined myself with a house full of snakes, so you could say that I am living my dream..... Steve Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website |
AndrewM Send message Joined: 5 Jan 08 Posts: 369 Credit: 34,275,196 RAC: 0 |
Jasmine has had another litter of 6 kittens, all of whom have strident little voices already. Her first litter of 4 are really old enough to leave home by now. but they're disinclined to do so. So I have a house full of kitties, but wont claim expertise yet. Also, mice, locusts, crickets, moths and lizards are welcome guests when they drop by for a bite to eat. Andrew |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65752 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Here bugs are welcome too, As long as they stay outside somewhere. But Grace loves Birds, To Death, If She could catch them I think. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
AndrewM Send message Joined: 5 Jan 08 Posts: 369 Credit: 34,275,196 RAC: 0 |
What's the deal with Raccoons? When they cant get catfood what do they eat? Our closest equivilent are the ubiquidous possums. |
soft^spirit Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6497 Credit: 34,134,168 RAC: 0 |
Angela has been unable to convince the local market to stock Raccoon chow. Janice |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
What's the deal with Raccoons? When they cant get catfood what do they eat? Our closest equivilent are the ubiquidous possums. Raccoons are omnivores and will eat most anything. I am only a supplemental food source for the raccoons who frequent my backyard. I try to keep them hungry enough to eat any snails and slugs they might find. I think it is working. I appear to have significantly fewer snails in the backyard than in the front yard. |
John Clark Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0 |
Our wild life mainly consists of garden birds. But, we now have two visiting male pheasants in the crop. Compared the rest, even the wild pigeons (well fed), they are large. It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65752 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
What's the deal with Raccoons? When they cant get catfood what do they eat? Our closest equivilent are the ubiquidous possums. Hogs, Pigs, Wild Boars, Bears & Humans are all Omnivores too... I don't know if there are any other Omnivores, But then anything is possible. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
What's the deal with Raccoons? When they cant get catfood what do they eat? Our closest equivilent are the ubiquidous possums. A probably incomplete list from Wikipedia: Various mammals are omnivorous by nature, such as pigs, badgers, bears, coatis, hedgehogs, opossums, skunks, sloths, squirrels[6], raccoons, chipmunks[7], mice[8] and rats[9]. Also some primates are omnivorous including humans and chimpanzees[10][11]. Various birds are omnivorous, whose diet varies from berries and nectar to insects, worms, fish, and small rodents; examples include cassowarys, chickens, crows and related corvids, keas, rallidae, and rheas. In addition, some lizards, turtles, fish, such as piranhas, and invertebrates are also omnivorous. BOINC WIKI |
Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0 |
Raccoons are omnivores and will eat most anything. |
soft^spirit Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6497 Credit: 34,134,168 RAC: 0 |
busting open a melon for raccoons makes for a great show Janice |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
There's not much that is "wild" about this little beggar!" |
soft^spirit Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6497 Credit: 34,134,168 RAC: 0 |
Janice |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
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soft^spirit Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6497 Credit: 34,134,168 RAC: 0 |
Janice |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
People, please! Do not feed Oprah! |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Now this one is sooooooo wrong!!! |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Good advice all around... |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Do Not Feed The Flesh Eating Bacteria!!! |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
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