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  • From: "Tom at Limerock" <limerock AT thirdplanet.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] unwanted critters
  • Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:24:46 -0500

Did not think about the dog. Not sure about the idea, we are on a very busy state road. Lost one 'inside' dog to it already, as well as two young cats.

I have put in my first 2x4, reducing the horizontal opening. Thank you so much for the idea! Guess I was so flustered with the racoon last night that I did not think about it logically. I agree with you regarding elevating/laddering the opening.

Pardon my dumbness but, why would racoons kill cats? I know the cats do not like them, last night when I went in the shed, all the cats were 'up on something' and then I saw the racoon. Managed to scare it out by banging on the side of the building where he was.

Thanks again!

Tom


The racoons are a serious hazard to the cats; they will often kill
cats. An entry the cats can just barely fit through (it's surprising
what a cat can fit through) will at least keep out those racoons which
are larger than the cats. If you can handle these cats, you might try
setting up a board with increasingly smaller openings and seeing how
small an opening the largest cat will go through; then adjust your
cathole to this size. I suspect this won't help much against the
skunks, though.

-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale







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