Nuisance aminals

[lauraelmore1033]

We used to have a dog that loved to steal potatoes and carry them off to his bed. He didn't really eat them, he just liked to nibble on them like a chew bone. I could always tell when he'd stolen a potato because of the happy way he'd skip off to his bed and dive into the pillows.

[7rider]

Don't walk into Noah and Tasha's room with a banana if you value your shins.
ATTACK!!!!
Same with cilantro.
But wait....they're bunnies.
And they LOOOOVE peach pits and apricot pits (with lots of juicy bits still attached, thank you very much) and mango pits. They'll nibble every last bit off and leave the pit nice and clean.

[DarcyInOregon]

Eden, you must be correct. It is the habitat and food source, so urban raccoons are different than rural raccoons.

As I said, I have raccoons, but they don't eat kitty kibble every night. It is not a constant food source for them. I am not going to change how I feed the cats on the outside just because a raccoon wanders by now and then. Indeed, my porch is a wrap around, gated at each end, and trellised with vines. A raccoon has to go to a lot of effort to get up on the porch. I can tell when a raccoon visited during the night because the pet water bowl will be dirty, and consequently I know that there are weeks and weeks where raccoons don't visit at all. I manage my land and forests to be a wildlife habitat, so I believe the raccoons prefer the natural food found in the woods to the human produced food of the kitty kibble.

In that respect I don't have any fears of raccoons contaminating my pets with diseases. The area in which I live teems with wildlife, and I give all wildlife my respect and the right to live on my land without fear of being hunted or trapped. I merely do not want the predators to be close to my house at night.

Would love to see a photo of the plum eating dog too.

Darcy