Hello--
I'm still unsure on this one.
A friend of mine who lives on a large farm some 35 miles inland advises his herd of @50 RF and YF adult tortoises are never preyed upon by raccoons. Further, I notice that the Kamp Kenan guy leaves his various species of adult tortoises in open enclosures and I have never heard him reference raccoon attacks in his videos even once.
We have 4 juvenile RFs that are 3-4 years old and about 7" long...we started with 5, but when these were 6 months old, a raccoon climbed the stairs up to our front porch one night, knocked the tupperware container with lid off the table, and got to one of our poor little RFs before we could get out there.
For a few years now I have housed the remaining 4 RFs outside in a 10' x 5' wooden enclosure with raccoon-proof construction wire mesh covering the top. There is a small hidey area within it that's heated for the winter nights when the temps here dip down into the 50s (island off the Gulf Coast of Florida).
I have the perfect area along one of the side yards that's completely surrounded by raised beds, railroad ties, and thick clumps of exotic bamboo. When the RFs reach maturity I would love to set them in this area, but naturally I don't want to risk a raccoon attack. Is this in fact a non-issue when the RFs reach maturity? Why doesn't the Kamp Kenan guy seem to have raccoon issues?
Thanks in advance!
I'm still unsure on this one.
A friend of mine who lives on a large farm some 35 miles inland advises his herd of @50 RF and YF adult tortoises are never preyed upon by raccoons. Further, I notice that the Kamp Kenan guy leaves his various species of adult tortoises in open enclosures and I have never heard him reference raccoon attacks in his videos even once.
We have 4 juvenile RFs that are 3-4 years old and about 7" long...we started with 5, but when these were 6 months old, a raccoon climbed the stairs up to our front porch one night, knocked the tupperware container with lid off the table, and got to one of our poor little RFs before we could get out there.
For a few years now I have housed the remaining 4 RFs outside in a 10' x 5' wooden enclosure with raccoon-proof construction wire mesh covering the top. There is a small hidey area within it that's heated for the winter nights when the temps here dip down into the 50s (island off the Gulf Coast of Florida).
I have the perfect area along one of the side yards that's completely surrounded by raised beds, railroad ties, and thick clumps of exotic bamboo. When the RFs reach maturity I would love to set them in this area, but naturally I don't want to risk a raccoon attack. Is this in fact a non-issue when the RFs reach maturity? Why doesn't the Kamp Kenan guy seem to have raccoon issues?
Thanks in advance!