Wow! I was surfing for raccoon info. and came across this site. I always feel like such a weirdo when I tell people that I'm up at all hours watching coons...
Welcome Melinda! It sounds like you live in a really great area! I live in Elgin, Illinois, in a residential neighborhood, with a fenced in back yard, but...
Good for you, Melinda, Touching the wild and letting the wild touch you – it is a privilege. I doubt there is a better joy on Earth than this, feeling so...
Hello, Jeanne, I write like I talk – Hey, I like your picture, always nice to see a face behind a sentence. I like to marry my text and pictures ie I like to...
Dear Lyn: I would love to get the four books you mentioned! It is also very kind of you to offer to autograph them, and of course I would love that. I have...
Hi, Melinda. Welcome. We do like our raccoons. Did anyone see Men in Trees this past week? It was a repeat of the first episode, with the raccoon following...
Lynn, I would love to have the Looking for the Wild book. As I do love Batemans dog illustrations, so I imagine the ones in the book are as good. Can you...
KAREN, RUSHING OUT THE DOOR BACK IN A WEEK WILL SEND BOOK OF MY TRIP WITH ROBERT BATEMAN WHEN I GET BACK YES I TAKE ANY CHECKS AS LONG AS THEY CAN BE CASHED,...
Last week while I was doing talks on raccoons in Victoria, a friend left a message on my phone to say that she had an injured raccoon in her hands and would I...
Dear Lyn: Great - I can't wait to get the books! Please let me know the shipping cost and I will send the money asap. I have never seen any orphaned or...
Several days ago here the weather drastically changed to very warm-60-70. The raccoons came out of the woods and seem to be starved. I thought there would be...
I don't know if Lyn has left already and is not able to answer your e-mail on the sudden rush of raccoons at your feeding bowls, but I would be interested in...
It's been quiet and dull around here. Not much action at all. We have one little fella with a limp. He/She appears to be lame but still coming around to feed....
Today it is snowing again, so I don't know if they will come out to feed or not. They don't seem to care much for the cold snow on their feet. Last night...
Dear Karen, I just have a moment. Males could be fighting each other. Females could be fighting off males. I doubt raccoons would fall off trees, they can...
Lyn, that's fine. Just let me know the total and I will send US check (if OK). Karen Well, today it snowed 4" so I didn't put any food out. We'll see if...
Dear Karen: I finally got some of the big pet bowls that plug in to my outside outlets and keep everything defrosted for my outside diners. I think they...
Dear Lyn: Whatever the cost it is no problem. Don't worry. Whenever I hear from you I will send the money order or cashier's check. Take care and don't get...
Wow! Jeanne, I couldn’t resist replying this busy Saturday. Heated bowls for the outside critters. I don’t even have them for my inside guests. Good for...
Neat. I just take the food out every night (except these last two nights, we've gotten about 5 inches of snow and they didn't come out). I had water but is...
*Rat poison found in tainted pet food* By MARK JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer 49 minutes ago ALBANY, N.Y. - Rat poison was found in the pet food suspected of...
thanks for posting this. We had a can of one of the affected brands, but the date stamped on the can was not one of those listed online. Still we tossed it -...
The pattern of the raccoons eating right now has been bizzare. When I first started putting the 4 bowls out a few weeks ago, they were eating it all. Now it...
I've noticed the same thing. I just figure they're foraging on their own now that the woodsy areas are starting to green up and the ice is gone from the ponds...
So far we just have the same stragglers. They rarely show up as a group. One newcomer is extremely shy and looks terrified. Not much else happening here....
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