Comments on: The View from Here http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:00:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Nicole Reising http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11666 Nicole Reising Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:02:34 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11666 I grew up in the middle of nowhere... or that's what my hubby calls it :lol: Racoons ARE cute, I still think so, BUT they are major trouble! And hard to ever get rid of. Have fun! Cole I grew up in the middle of nowhere… or that’s what my hubby calls it :lol: Racoons ARE cute, I still think so, BUT they are major trouble! And hard to ever get rid of. Have fun!

Cole

]]> By: catslady http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11667 catslady Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:03:31 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11667 Since I have ferals/strays outside to feed they always eat the food. I used to try chasing them away but they would only come back so now i\I just feed them and the possums and whatever else comes around. Actually they get along with the cats - who just stand back and let them eat because they know I'll fill it back up for them lol. I used to keep bird food out there but bring it in because they can get into anything. My feeder is up under my porch just far enough that the squirrels can no longer reach it or the other wildlife. If I have any "old" food that helps supplement all the cat food that I'm supplying lol. I do hate that they muddy up their water dishes though lol. Since I have ferals/strays outside to feed they always eat the food. I used to try chasing them away but they would only come back so now i\I just feed them and the possums and whatever else comes around. Actually they get along with the cats – who just stand back and let them eat because they know I’ll fill it back up for them lol. I used to keep bird food out there but bring it in because they can get into anything. My feeder is up under my porch just far enough that the squirrels can no longer reach it or the other wildlife. If I have any “old” food that helps supplement all the cat food that I’m supplying lol. I do hate that they muddy up their water dishes though lol.

]]> By: mary beth http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11668 mary beth Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:20:34 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11668 UGH! Raccoons look so nice but are so destructive. HUGS! UGH! Raccoons look so nice but are so destructive. HUGS!

]]> By: Alice Audrey http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11669 Alice Audrey Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:13:50 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11669 Raccoons can get big and aggressive. I used to dodge one on the way to work every night. Whenever we ran into each other he expected ME to give way, and you can bet I did! Alice Raccoons can get big and aggressive. I used to dodge one on the way to work every night. Whenever we ran into each other he expected ME to give way, and you can bet I did!

Alice

]]> By: leanne http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11670 leanne Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:59:49 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11670 We have a raccoon comming in about every night for the past week eating up all of the catfood. I also think he or she was probably the culprit who got into the trash ben monday night. Boy that was a mess. Yea where we live we have 4 deer who come in the field every evening to eat. We put a feeder up last year to be able to enjoy them, and I figure they enjoy it just as much. :thumbsup: Hope we get some rain soon or else we will be up a dry creek without a paddle. :no: :no: LeAnne :snoopy: :purr: We have a raccoon comming in about every night for the past week eating up all of the catfood. I also think he or she was probably the culprit who got into the trash ben monday night. Boy that was a mess. Yea where we live we have 4 deer who come in the field every evening to eat. We put a feeder up last year to be able to enjoy them, and I figure they enjoy it just as much. :thumbsup: Hope we get some rain soon or else we will be up a dry creek without a paddle. :no: :no:

LeAnne :snoopy: :purr:

]]> By: Brandy http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11671 Brandy Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:36:00 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11671 I haven't been up close and personal to a raccoon and am now glad I haven't. However, I feed the stray kitties in the neighborhood. Imagine my surprise one night last summer when I opened the front door to fill the kitty food up before bed and there, eating cat food, was a opossum. All summer we watched him grow from cat size to dog size, funniest thing though, he was terrified of us and would hide under the table if her heard us. I hope he comes back this year. Best of luck figuring out how to tell Mr. Raccoon to bug off. I haven’t been up close and personal to a raccoon and am now glad I haven’t. However, I feed the stray kitties in the neighborhood. Imagine my surprise one night last summer when I opened the front door to fill the kitty food up before bed and there, eating cat food, was a opossum. All summer we watched him grow from cat size to dog size, funniest thing though, he was terrified of us and would hide under the table if her heard us. I hope he comes back this year. Best of luck figuring out how to tell Mr. Raccoon to bug off.

]]> By: Marianne http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11672 Marianne Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:22:56 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11672 I bring my feeders in every night and put them out in the morning -- I think the birds can tell time. They stop coming to the tree at about eight, and show up again around five a.m. If I'm late in the morning, I usually have a pile of them waiting and getting very cranky. But my backyard bear is a hungry fellow, so no food out at night or even in the very early morning before the sun is up -- I put it out at four a.m. once in May, and he got them. Well, half, since the dog barking scared him off. Oh the joys! I bring my feeders in every night and put them out in the morning — I think the birds can tell time. They stop coming to the tree at about eight, and show up again around five a.m. If I’m late in the morning, I usually have a pile of them waiting and getting very cranky.

But my backyard bear is a hungry fellow, so no food out at night or even in the very early morning before the sun is up — I put it out at four a.m. once in May, and he got them. Well, half, since the dog barking scared him off.

Oh the joys!

]]> By: Ellen http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11673 Ellen Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:35:57 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11673 Raccoons can be aggressive - it's a surprise since they're so cute. :eek: Good idea to stop the suet and bird seed for awhile. The deer sure are pretty - you've gotta love nature. :treehugger: Raccoons can be aggressive – it’s a surprise since they’re so cute. :eek: Good idea to stop the suet and bird seed for awhile.

The deer sure are pretty – you’ve gotta love nature. :treehugger:

]]> By: Susan http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11674 Susan Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:59:21 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11674 We have the same problem! And it even worse when the bear joins in. We have the same problem! And it even worse when the bear joins in.

]]> By: Michelle Willingham http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11675 Michelle Willingham Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:19:16 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/2007/06/27/the-view-from-here/#comment-11675 Raccoons can be aggressive! I'm not a fan of wild critters, myself. But this morning as we were dropping my daughter off at daycare, my son and I saw a wild turkey and about 8 deer. You'd expect it in a wooded, secluded area, but this was on an Air Force Base! Crazy stuff. :shocked: Raccoons can be aggressive! I’m not a fan of wild critters, myself. But this morning as we were dropping my daughter off at daycare, my son and I saw a wild turkey and about 8 deer. You’d expect it in a wooded, secluded area, but this was on an Air Force Base! Crazy stuff. :shocked:

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