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To: Gottfried who wrote (11189)12/20/2001 7:08:53 PM
From: diana g  Read Replies (1) of 23153
 
<<OT>> Raccoons

Hi Gottfried,
I think a metal container is the only way to succeed.
A steel trash can with lid secured with a moderately heavy spring will work. Or else keep the cat food in the house.

I used to have a visiting wild raccoon who would bring food to me at my cabin. He kind-of made exchanges with me. He would bring found items and take other food, especially Cheerios, which he was very fond of.

This started because I left out food scraps for whatever animals might find them (My cabin is very remote, so there are none of the potential problems this would cause in a suburb.) The raccoon started coming regularly, and for reasons of his own he left things, usually roots or berries or such. Once he left a half ear of corn which he must have carried a long way since the nearest corn field was more than a mile off.

I started leaving a trail of Cheerios from the flat rock outside where I usually left food scraps up to the cabin & into the open door. He entered warily at first following the Cheerio trail, but after a while he would walk in unfearing every few days & take Cheerios right from my hand. They have really neat paws that are like little hands. I would hold out a Cheerio between thumb & index finger. He would reach out his paw & very gently take it from me.

Raccoons are smart & bold critters. They can be a nuisance in some circumstances, but it isn't too hard to deny them access to stuff by using secure lids on metal cans.

regards,
diana
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