I don’t mind feeding possums. Raccoons are a different story. Possums are gentle and not aggressive. They live life at a slow pace. They have no defenses except the ugly scary face and being good at playing dead. My dog killed a couple of them but when we went to dispose of the carcasses they were gone. He was so proud but he had no idea. Their body temperature is too low for rabies. If one bit you which is extremely unlikely you would almost certainly not get rabies from it.
Now, raccoons are destructive and selfish. They have thumbs which make them dangerous as well as being aggressive and willing to fight. They are not nice and not worth the trouble of feeding them because when you stop they will be entitled like welfare recipients. They will take whatever they can.
I had a jug of fish emulsion for the garden outside by the beds. Raccoons unscrewed the lid and dumped it. Not a cheap jug either. You can’t leave anything out it seems.
The raccoons I usually leave the door closed.
The possum I would adopt like a puppy if I could, LOL.
When I take the dog and cat out in our fenced backyard, I have to take a gun because of coyotes.