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Has anybody heard of such a thing? My husband found an equipment trailer on airport property that his company uses very seldom, and he saw feral cats going in and out of it. He looked inside and saw both cats and raccoons were living in it. I wonder how they learned to get along?
Ahhhhh the blessed little creatures...... I would bring them some food
My cat used to hang out under the deck with the raccoon and I have a friend that feeds feral cats on his back deck. It's not unusual to see cats, raccoons, and skunks up there. I was out there walking amongst them myself. They all waited their turn patiently and mingled with out incidence. I was literally inches away from some of them and did pet the baby raccoons. Hmmmmm maybe we could learn something about respect and tolerance from these hungry animals.
We used to leave a large Turkey basting tray full of cat food in the backyard of our inner ring suburban NY backyard so our cats had a suply while we went to Europe, often for over a month at a time.
One time when we got back my little sister and I found two of our cats and a fat raccoon, side by side, merrily munching from the trough. Of course my sister wanted to adopt it.
My cat used to hang out under the deck with the raccoon and I have a friend that feeds feral cats on his back deck. It's not unusual to see cats, raccoons, and skunks up there. I was out there walking amongst them myself. They all waited their turn patiently and mingled with out incidence. I was literally inches away from some of them and did pet the baby raccoons. Hmmmmm maybe we could learn something about respect and tolerance from these hungry animals.
Touching any wild animal is a very dangerous thing to do. Just watched a PBS show about Racoons and Coons have a roundworm that can be fatal to humans. When coon crap dries out it turns to dust and travels in the air.
I think it's more that cats are smarter than raccoons and can run faster. The cats will stay watchfully in the same place with other mammals but will know when it's time to run.
A neighbor of mine feeds feral cats in her yard and it is distressing to see raccoons and possums eating the food intended for cats. Raccoons and possums are wild animals and omnivores; cats are not. (We're in deep country, dear readers, we're not urban. The cats are the result of vile city people dumping unneutered cats in the country.)
An adult boar raccoon can be very aggressive. Plus raccoons very commonly carry both distemper and rabies, the forms of which CAN be transmitted to both cats and dogs. So I don't think "ain't it cute" is really the right human point of view in this instance.
An adult boar raccoon can be very aggressive. Plus raccoons very commonly carry both distemper and rabies, the forms of which CAN be transmitted to both cats and dogs. So I don't think "ain't it cute" is really the right human point of view in this instance.
I wondered if anyone was going to mention this. Excellent point IMO.
An adult boar raccoon can be very aggressive. Plus raccoons very commonly carry both distemper and rabies, the forms of which CAN be transmitted to both cats and dogs. So I don't think "ain't it cute" is really the right human point of view in this instance.
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I wondered if anyone was going to mention this. Excellent point IMO.
Big boars can be over 20 pounds and can kill a cat or small dog. They can back off a coyote or bobcat trying to eat them. Not a critter to trifle with when it is aroused.
It may be because they don't have 'animal mass media' which stirs them up and whips them into a frenzy of hatred or fear of each other - even though they are "in the same boat" so to speak?
Imagine if they got animal "TV" news and were bombarded with constant fear and hatred of each other while the "domesticated" cats get to keep all the prime 'cream' and milk?
A Coon is top dog over any cat. They get along when there is plenty of food. Supplies get short and the coons will run those cats off.
My wife and I watched one large boar take on a healthy four point buck. The buck was trying to stomp the raccoon and the raccoon held it's ground. The deer could have killed the raccoon - but that did not phase that one old boar. The buck was at least five, six or more times heavier than the raccoon.
If cats and raccoons are getting along it is only out of convenience. The raccoon can easily kill the cat if it would so desire. I just don't think that we can always look at nature through Disney eyes. All stories do not end in they lived happily ever after. Wild animals are wild animals and they can do the unpredictable.
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It may be because they don't have 'animal mass media' which stirs them up and whips them into a frenzy of hatred or fear of each other - even though they are "in the same boat" so to speak?
