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

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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

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.

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What's the deal with Raccoons? When they cant get catfood what do they eat? Our closest equivilent are the ubiquidous possums.

Angela has been unable to convince the local market to stock Raccoon chow.

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Janice

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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Raccoons are omnivores and will eat most anything.

busting open a melon for raccoons makes for a great show

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Janice

There's not much that is "wild" about this little beggar!"

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People, please! Do not feed Oprah!

Now this one is sooooooo wrong!!!

Good advice all around...

Do Not Feed The Flesh Eating Bacteria!!!