From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   RosemontCrest wrote:   
   ...   
   > 4) Raccoons. While raccoons don't typically don't eat flowers, I   
   > wouldn't be surprised if they were the culprit. Raccoons have no fear of   
   > cats.   
      
     they have small sharp teeth, they shred things,   
   not a clean break or cut.   
      
      
   > What other critters do you have roaming your neck of the woods?   
      
     pretty much everything here at one time or another.   
   skunks, possums, mink, muskrat, fox, coyote, ...   
      
     but more often than not the top four for damage here   
   are deer, rabbit, groundhog, chipmunk (in that order).   
   good fence works for the first three and a bit of air   
   rifle hunting makes sure the last one doesn't get too   
   repopulated.  raccoons are an issue if you try to grow   
   some plants that they like or if you use fish emulsion   
   fertilizers they will pull out plants thinking there   
   is some good food down in the ground...  we don't grow   
   sweet corn so they don't bother us here and i don't   
   even consider them pests.  they do useful things like   
   eat hornet/wasp nests from behind/under the rocks.   
      
     luckily we don't have bear, wild pig, moose, elk...   
   the bison down the road aren't free roaming either.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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