I have just released raccoons from my backyard to the bank of the river several miles from my home. I am worried that they will not find anything to eat....
Hi! Whenever I go into the chat room for raccoon watchers, I'm the only one there. One member did tell me that there are other chat rooms where people chat...
I have just joined your group and it is the first I have joined, so please let me know if there is something else I should do here. Keith and I live in Elgin,...
Jeanne & Keith-- Welcome! You are so lucky to have a variety of furry friends. No skunks? Not to worry... they may come to. It is good that in a subdivision...
Welcome to this group, Jeanne, Isn't this strange...your place sounds like my place! I just came back from Costco with huge bags of dry cat food, bird seed...
Dear Heather: Elgin is about 30 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois. It is a medium sized town now of about 75,000 people, mostly middle or upper middle...
Dear DL: Elgin is about 30 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois. It is a medium sized town now of about 75,000 people, mostly middle or upper middle class....
Dear fellow members: I live in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada. It is a town made up of several outlying village type areas with a fair amount of unfortunate lust...
Dear fellow members: I live in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada. It is a town made up of several outlying village type areas with a fair amount of unfortunate lust...
I am uneducated about what to feed the raccoons that live in the nearby woods that visit my patio nightly for a snack. I have been feeding them inexpensive...
Hello, Glad to see that you are an animal lover. The best thing that you can do for the raccoons is to buy the best quality dog food that you can afford to...
Dear tigerspotcheetha: I have been feeding 10 raccoons, two possums, and 4 stray cats with dry Purina Cat Chow. After checking the following website I have...
Dear Jeannie, 'Sounds like you have the same bunch of little critters that I do. Where do you live? I am in the middle of a city with a public park nearby....
I am feeding my raccoons the cheapest dog food from Sam's. It sounds like the same kind that you are feeding. They like it, but sometimes they don't eat it...
raccoonwatchers@yahoogroups.com Dear Jeannie, 'Sounds like you have the same bunch of little critters that I do. Where do you live? I am in the middle of a...
Dear Lucy: I live in Elgin, Illinois. We are about 30 miles North West of Chicago. I have five raccoon trails in my back and side yards, and from their...
Dear Jeannie, We don't have as much trouble with the water freezing as you do. I live in Little Rock, AR. We do have a few freezes in the dead of winter, but...
Hi, I am new here and the guy on the picture is Elmer. He was eating cat candies just as I was signing up for this group. Just wanted to say hi to you all and...
Lucy, You don't have to feed the most expensive dog food. Very few of us could afford to do that. It's just best to feed the best that you CAN afford. The less...
Dear Lucy: I don't see any reason to feed the raccoons the most expensive dog food. I feed mine the least expensive type of cat food and they are doing fine...
Dear Reba: What a beautiful raccoon picture! How did you take it? I have been trying to get pictures of my raccoons through the patio door but they don't...
Dear Sheila: I was unable to get your first link, but after searching for pet food ingredients I did find the link. I think you left out a dot between 79 and...
Jeannie, Yes, I know it is a problem. This is the first, really good one, I've managed to shoot. All the other photos have that reflextion from the flash... ...
I'm sorry Jeannie. I'm not great at transcribing complicated links addresses. Lots of information that is eye opening on those sites. I try to be really...
Dear Sheila: I wasn't criticizing your URL address - you can't even imagine how often I have missed a dot or slash in an address. I just thought you would like...
Dear Jeannie, Raccoons are carboholics and usually love sweet things, just like children do. We all have a tendency to indulge them with sugary stuff , because...
I found the feeding tips by Sheila quite interesting. Our family of raccons and possums enjoy cat food much more than dog food. We too give them table...
I often had skunks feeding at the same dish with raccoons, in Massachusetts, for years. We never had a problem. They seemed to respect each other and didn't...