Andrew Fildes wrote:
> That's really nice - I envy you the raccoons - nice to have smart
> wildlife.
> Yes, we buy cheap bags of apples and loaves of stale bread to keep up
> with the critters - the Cockatoos demand it and will follow you
> around the house during the day, tapping on the windows with their
> beaks to get your attention.
> We buy about three kilos of raw pet meat per week to feed the
> kookaburras, magpies and butcher birds. There are about eight in the
> kooka family at present and they are mostly quite tame - I call them
> the 'chooks' (chickens). They line up on the rail outside the kitchen
> in morning and evening and make baby calls at us - it's a scene
> reminiscent of Hitchcock at times. The magpies are quite bold and
> will walk into the kitchen a few feet. They repay with a magnificent
> song, as do the butcher birds which are a thrush-size member of the
> same family and prefer to catch piece of meat thrown into the air.
> I've trapped and released marsupials for research (cage and tunnel
> traps) and almost without exception, they''ll go for a mixture of
> muesli, honey and peanut butter (as would I) with the addition of a
> little fish oil sometimes to increase pungency. Don't try it on your
> racoons - if they get to like it, it'll cost you a fortune. Cheaper
> than shoes though.
> Andrew Fildes
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> On 08/03/2006, at 1:25 AM, Walt Wayman wrote:
>
>
>>Our 'possums will eat dang near anything. We have four or five
>>raccoons who climb up on our back deck each night and come stand at
>>the glass sliding doors on the kitchen end waiting for their
>>nightly handouts. 'Coons can be picky eaters, especially if as
>>well fed as ours are. For instance, they aren't real fond of
>>veggies, love meat and sweets and white bread. We buy an average
>>of 6 to 8 loaves of bread a week just for them. They give us dirty
>>looks if we run out of white and give them whole wheat, which they
>>eat grudgingly while trying to look pitiful and deprived, just like
>>little children. The 'possums sometimes come with them, but
>>usually arrive later, and anything the coons refuse to eat, the
>>'possums scarf down and ask for more. I don't think we've ever
>>left anything out that wasn't gone the next morning, including the
>>left half of a pair of deerskin moccasins a couple of years ago.
>>
>>Walt
>>
>>--
>>"Anything more than 500 yards from
>>the car just isn't photogenic." --
>>Edward Weston
>>
>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>>From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>>>The tamest I've seen was a female that let me check the naked
>>>>baby in
>>>>the pouch while she was eating the sandwich I made her - they adore
>>>>apples, peanut butter and berry jam sandwiches and muesli bars. Some
>>>>people declare war on them as they have a taste for rose buds (best
>>>>use for roses in my view).
>>>
>>>I've had them walk into the garage when I've been working there at
>>>night
>>>with the door open. I think any food I have given them has been
>>>eaten,
>>>biscuits, bread various fruits & vegetables, haven't tried them
>>>with any
>>>meat dishes though. They're very cute and I've only been nipped a
>>>few times
>>>when trying to feed them pieces of food which were too small.
>>>
>>>...Wayne
>>>
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