Gourmet Grub for Ringtails

We have the perfect habitat for Ringtails but a feline disease all but eliminated them several years ago in our area. I saw two last year and have not seen one since. I have been out a lot at night hunting for them with a headlight with no luck.

Wild Algerita Berries:

JD I haven't seen one in probably 10 yrs. Always thought they were one of our prettiest furbearers

get to picking them berries and making some jelly

My Mother used to make jelly with them years ago and there was an Uncle down in a small community of Algerita in San Saba, County that made wine with them.
I remember it takes a lot of them and a lot of sugar to make either.

Caught one this year east of Austin for a ranch that had several getting into the attic. First one I'd ever seen or caught.

cute little buggers!

I believe this is the last one I caught but I cannot remember how many years ago that was.

Also one of the few wild animals that makes a good pet, when I was a kid my dad who was a truck driver picked up a young one somewhere and brought it home with him, I had it for a pet till it died of old age