There's "Possums" on my porch

[Richard Cranium]

Poor ol wild animals love a handout, if ya ever start, you gotta continue, so goes my saga..

I ran off the animals for years but finally I let them start sharing the cat food [dry only]

They will stay and eat now that they've gotten accustomed to me, I can talk to them and they don't run. I think they're a little smarter than reputed.

My cats give them a wide berth, smart kitties, the possum's mouth looks like a small alligator when opened and hissing

If you don't bother them, they won't attack you.

Just some drivel for those living away from the deep south, yall

[NeoStarO1]

Cool I love feeding the wild critters. they always make my day.

We have this huge walnut tree out front, I totally destest walnuts in any form. Anyways, me and the kids busted them all open when they fell down. (that was a long time to do that was tooooooo many walnuts) Anyways the birds and squirrels loved it!!! They weren't bombdropping the nuts our cars or the street no more to crack them open.

[Atomic Rooster]

Yup, we got them critters out here in the wild west too. Ugly dang things.

gotta get some pics!

[OuTpaTienT]

I'm in a fairly urban neighborhood type setting in California..and we got racoons. Big coons too. These suckers are bold. Lately there is this one that's been coming in the cat door, into our house to get the cat food.

This one that I've caught coming in the house is just a youngen. Not a baby but he's not full sized yet. Chased the sucker out one night and when he got out the door he stopped. I opened the door to shoo him along and he turns around and stands up on his hind legs like he's going to do something. I was wearing steel toe boots and the only thing he was going to do was get punted about 50 yards. Lucky for him he thought better of it and turned tail.

LOL @ out

[MDS]

You wana see ugly you should see the woodchucks around here

[NeoStarO1]

I love wild critters, ugly and cute and all. they are awesome!

[Knothead]

Lol, OuT. I love racoons, when they stand up, you look at their hands, the have opposable tumbs. Just like us...

I have a possum story, (yes, we have 'em in L.A.) but it's not as good as these racoons who visit here. These 'coons are wild, yes, but they do seem to understand the "rules"...they come in the cat door, (they have to sque-e-e-e-ze now that I replaced it with a smaller one) and they go after the cat food.

The sofa where I watch TV is diagonal to this door, and there are French doors besides.

Many's the night when their little bandit faces show up, peering through the glass, their wide open hands scrabbling in supplication. I used to run 'em off, but recently I have developed a sort of affection for them. The cats hiss at them, and the racoons are respectful, believe it or not...but they are on a mission...

Once the cats are done venting their leonine macho-ness they run upstairs. They may be cats, but they ain't stupid; these 'coons could take 'em easy.

The racoons come in, single file, and get a munchie. Then I get up and approach them, and they single-file right back out. All it costs me is a little cat food, I wash the bowls, and refill them.

In return, I get to watch these little marvels. They are amazing. They always wash their hands in the water bowl.

Such good manners!

[Brainchild]

We raised Coons when I was a teenager, they are cool animals. Having no saliva in thier mouth, they dunk everything in the water. I used t give them a sugar cube, and they would dip it in the water, and it would disolve, they would have the strangest look on thier face
Two were pets, and would ride on the back of dads german shepard, they were best of buds. Pretty cool