Re: Do Coons & Skunks Compete for Territory?
[Re: Urbancoon]
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08/03/20 02:29 PM
08/03/20 02:29 PM
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Turtledale
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Plenty of both here seem to live side by side. Probably compete for some of the same foods but not all
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Re: Do Coons & Skunks Compete for Territory?
[Re: Urbancoon]
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08/03/20 08:32 PM
08/03/20 08:32 PM
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chas3457
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Saw a skunk, a possum, and a barn cat eating out of the same pan at the same time. They all seemed pretty tolerant of each other. Charlie
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Re: Do Coons & Skunks Compete for Territory?
[Re: Urbancoon]
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08/03/20 09:46 PM
08/03/20 09:46 PM
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I also think that they are pretty tolerant of each other.
Like Chas, I've seen possums and skunks eating out of the cat food dish on the porch while the cats sat nearby and watched. When coons come around the possums and cats clear out but the skunks don't care. They don't bother each other.
Eh...wot?
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Re: Do Coons & Skunks Compete for Territory?
[Re: Urbancoon]
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08/04/20 06:58 AM
08/04/20 06:58 AM
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Doesn't seem to be any relationship to it being here and the temporary absence of raccoon, then.
Thanks for the feedback! Some disease might have came through. Were the raccoons pretty think before they disappeared?
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Re: Do Coons & Skunks Compete for Territory?
[Re: Pike River]
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08/05/20 12:25 AM
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Doesn't seem to be any relationship to it being here and the temporary absence of raccoon, then.
Some disease might have came through. Were the raccoons pretty think before they disappeared? No. Raccoons were thinned out by some trapper in the area who got tired of them pulling battons off his shed, using the back fence as a latrine, and digging up his lawn (earthworms, not grubs)!
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