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I’ve been feeding ferals in my yard for about 8 years without too many problems. This year I have groundhogs, raccoons and a new feral driving me crazy and I’m wondering if I should just stop for awhile. The raccoon is getting really bold and comes after me when I have food and it’s around sometimes during the day. Another raccoon is bringing babies so I’m feeding the whole family.
Now I have a new feral that’s moved into my yard and never leaves! The other ones come and go every few days or weeks but this one was already TNR’d by someone else and it just hangs out in my yard all day and waits for food. It never seems to go in the woods to hunt or anything. My pet cat is annoyed and chases it. The poor thing seems really friendly, not as wild as the others. It just wants to be friends with the other cats and even the raccoon.
I feel like I should stop feeding it so it can learn to hunt for itself, I think I’m doing it a real disservice by making it so dependent on me. I’d like to move eventually.
I thought maybe I should stop feeding everything for awhile, summer is a good time to hunt for food. Maybe it will move on? But I know I will feel horrible when it’s sitting down there waiting for food. Plus I’d still like to feed the older deaf feral that I have that only shows up once in awhile. This is really starting to cause stress in my life! Thanks for the help!!! Lee Ann
Now I have a new feral that’s moved into my yard and never leaves! The other ones come and go every few days or weeks but this one was already TNR’d by someone else and it just hangs out in my yard all day and waits for food. It never seems to go in the woods to hunt or anything. My pet cat is annoyed and chases it. The poor thing seems really friendly, not as wild as the others. It just wants to be friends with the other cats and even the raccoon.
I feel like I should stop feeding it so it can learn to hunt for itself, I think I’m doing it a real disservice by making it so dependent on me. I’d like to move eventually.
I thought maybe I should stop feeding everything for awhile, summer is a good time to hunt for food. Maybe it will move on? But I know I will feel horrible when it’s sitting down there waiting for food. Plus I’d still like to feed the older deaf feral that I have that only shows up once in awhile. This is really starting to cause stress in my life! Thanks for the help!!! Lee Ann