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Can I feed an old burrito to a young raccoon?
I used to dissuade raccoons from my yard.
They would invade in hords, dirty the bird’s water with their hand-washing that it would have to be replaced every morning—destroy hummingbird feeders for the sugar water or nectar—and slaughter mother and father birds or all types that were nesting in order to eat the young or the eggs.
‘Rat-coons’ I would call them. Because they were a pest and not something desirable to have around.
But since the pandemic, and since the blizzards and record cold of last winter, I’ve been a little more attentive to all the wildlife—even the raccoons.
There has been a young raccoon coming to eat the suet, and I ran him / her off too—s it would clean me out. But I started feeling some compassion and started feeding it about a month ago.
About a week ago, I was clearing out the freezer, looking for something. And in re-loading the freezer, neglected to put back in one frozen El-Montery Breakfast Burrito. It has eggs and sausage, and has been on top of the refrigerator, still sealed of course, and not gross yet.
I have nothing to feed the raccoon tonight, and they are omnivores and will eat anything, good for them or not.
Can I just feed this old egg-and-sausage-and-cheese burrito to the raccoon? Like I said, the burrito isn’t putrid or gross yet, but definitely unfit for HUMAN consumption I would presume.
Can the raccoon have it with no ill effects?
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