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(26,366 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,467 posts)I have 3 that regularly visit and raid my bird feeders. They aren't particularly skittish about me....but I ain't feeding them hotdogs.
LeftInTX
(25,291 posts)They get on my roof and use it as a latrine....
No way would I ever feed them.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)They do love chewing entry holes in roofs.
LeftInTX
(25,291 posts)We never used the fireplace anyway and the flue has been shut since 1994. After we heard the "bang-bang", we called someone out to make sure that there weren't any in the chimney and then we had it bolted shut for good.
The flap was to keep rats out. I never imagined raccoons would try to get in..LOL
I live in South Texas and have no use for a fireplace.
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2naSalit
(86,579 posts)Don't feed any wildlife except, perhaps birds. And even then, you have to be careful of diseases and luring them to cat death as well as attracting other wildlife that should not be fed.
Duppers
(28,120 posts)My neighbors made me stop feeding them due to the tick problem. They had a good point, BUT also, my feeding them made them less fearful of people and they should fear people. We have bow hunters in the neighborhood!!