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Gypsy's Rambles, Wanders, Wonders and Blunders
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GypsyG
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The babies are fat and squirmy. Both mom's pulled tons of fur. Zelda still has not pulled any fur and does not appear to be in any hurry to do so.
The raccoon didn't go in the trap, but he did come back and raided my garbage can on the other side of the house.
The raccoon didn't go in the trap, but he did come back and raided my garbage can on the other side of the house.
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Bruce
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Sorry the coon part isn't going so well but the rabbits are doing well!
I've trapped a coon once, with layer feed. Thing is, I was "hunting" woodchucks. I was really surprised to see the coon in the trap in the morning. Didn't have much luck with the groundhogs on layer feed last year (prior years they would scarf all the feed in the birds' stall coop in the barn) or other "guaranteed" trap foods. Did well with all stock sweet feed though.
Good luck.
I've trapped a coon once, with layer feed. Thing is, I was "hunting" woodchucks. I was really surprised to see the coon in the trap in the morning. Didn't have much luck with the groundhogs on layer feed last year (prior years they would scarf all the feed in the birds' stall coop in the barn) or other "guaranteed" trap foods. Did well with all stock sweet feed though.
Good luck.
greybeard
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I guess all stock feed really does mean ALL stock, including coons...
I know for a fact that they like corn.
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GypsyG
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But do they like it better than fresh chicken?
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GypsyG
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Still no raccoon and still no Zelda babies.
I set the trap with some stinky canned ham that had probably been on the back of the bottom shelf of the pantry for 20 years. No luck.
I never was good at palpation, Zelda looks pregnant... As of today she is officially late and hasn't even pulled a bit of fur... She usually pulls fur for her nests extremely early. I hope we have some of her signatue beautiful kits by the end of the day. I'll give her until Wednesday and if still none by then she's going on a diet and we will try again.
I set the trap with some stinky canned ham that had probably been on the back of the bottom shelf of the pantry for 20 years. No luck.
I never was good at palpation, Zelda looks pregnant... As of today she is officially late and hasn't even pulled a bit of fur... She usually pulls fur for her nests extremely early. I hope we have some of her signatue beautiful kits by the end of the day. I'll give her until Wednesday and if still none by then she's going on a diet and we will try again.
Senile_Texas_Aggie
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GypsyG
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Ahhh, that's what all those alerts were!
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