How often does a raccoon eat?

Answer 1

Raccoons eat a wide variety of animal and plant matter, including insects, earthworms, grubs, crayfish, snakes, lizards, frogs, small mammals, birds, bird and reptile eggs, fruits, nuts, berries, sweetcorn, and are not adverse to raiding a trash can and pet food dishes.

Answer 2

they eat mice,squirrels, and a few others. they try to dig though human trash when they can.

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They are very hard on birds, and bird eggs (we have had to protect our birdhouses against the marauders)

Answer 3

Raccoons usually forage for food at night. If there is water available, they will "wash" the food before consuming it. People should not offer food to raccoons.
Raccoons in the wild eat slugs and berries. Racoons eat with their hands,they have no salivia glans, so they need a source of water.People think raccoons wash their food, but they are just trying to wet it.They also love to raid garbage cans.Raccoons love cat food, donuts and sugared cereal. They have a sweet tooth.

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Answer 4

Iv'e found that racoons love fish and catfood. If you leave some out I'm sure they will want to come out and eat. I have done this on several ocassions and at least 1 raccoon has showed up everytime :)

Answer 5

Raccoons do not have scheduled eating times as humans do. They forage for food all their waking hours. They eat as much as they can and then return to their den and sleep. Raccoons need to put on as much weight as possible in order to survive winter when food is scarce.

Answer 6

Usually Near midnight or early in the morning.

Answer 7

they get it from the wild and peoples trash

Answer 8

Raccoons are primarily nocturnal feeders but may be abroad any time of the day or night.

Answer 9

Raccoons eat a variety of small animals, such as insects, earthworms, grubs, crayfish, snails, slugs, small mammals, birds, snakes, frogs, lizards, etc.

Answer 10

Raccoons usually eat at night but may eat during daylight hours to take advantage of a food source.