I go with Grady cause it had like black makeup around it's eyes like my racoon. teehee
Do you still have that raccoon, Beags? He's gotta be full size by now. How's that working out for you? Doesn't he cause a lot of mischief in your house? _________________ Occasionally I am callous and strange.
Yes, we still have her. And yes, I wouldn't want to keep her in the house full time. She is just way too difficult. She has a nice habitat outside where she spends the majority of the time. She has a hammock and a house inside the screened in porch and a pet door to a large area outside. (maybe 15' square) with all kinds of tree limbs, ladders, platforms, a big outdoor hammock, and a pool in the warm months.
It's quite a job, she has fresh fruit / veggies every day and she eats dog food. (and the occasional amphibian that wonders too close, haha, no, really) And she bites if you make her angry or upset.
we just love here though. I just wouldn't recommend trying to touch her unless you aren't afraid of getting bitten. Usually we can tell when and what not to do but just the other day I wasn't paying attention, was changing her pool water, and she hit and ran me. Not bad, just a drop or two of blood.
She's full grown around 15lbs, avg for a southern species and has yet to exhibit the normal agressive signs of the mating season. She is fixed and they say that sometimes helps but mostly she's just mentally challenged. I think thats why her mom kicked her out of her nest. I mean, she won't eat meat, (well unless it's alive and has fins) and she loves citrus and she just plays all day and loves her cage.
ok, enough. There should be some pics of her in the past year on the Pictures thread. _________________
Sounds like an awful lot of work Beags......but then again most pets are.
Thats why I dont think I could ever get a pet, it's hard enough with the three kids....LOL
Absolutely, I would NOT recommend taking in a wild animal as a pet unless you are prepared for work and occasional blood. I have 2 dogs and a cat and the racoon is Nothing like them. duh, it's wild. It took centuries of selective breeding to lose those traits in domestic dogs and cats. People adopt a wild animal and expect it to behave and learn like domestic pets and that's just not realistic. Then the poor animal ends up living in a small cage and getting shoved food through a hole. No wonder they'll so angry and agressive. Anyway, gotta love a good rant,,, ooops wrong thread _________________
Beags, that's so cool. I wouldn't choose to have a raccoon for a pet myself, but I'm glad you are doing it responsibly and enjoying it. It sounds like Grady has a good home and is very happy. Thanks for the update! _________________ Occasionally I am callous and strange.
Hello, my name is beags and i'm a racoonaholic. (I know that would actually mean some wierd mix of racoons and alcohol, which also works for me but...) _________________
We have some annoying woodchucks that have invaded our yard, so we called the animal control people. They came and set up live traps to catch and relocate the woodchucks. We caught one the first night, but last night the trap caught two juvenile raccoons. I had never seen raccoons up close before. They're cute (when they're not hissing and jumping at you). It was a really hot day, so my husband moved the trap into the shade and we gave them some food and water until the animal control guy came and took them away. They were not harmed, just moved to a new home further out in the wilderness.
Suddenly realizing that this is WAAAAAY off the posted topic. Perhaps we need a raccoon thread? Have at it, Beags. :) _________________ Occasionally I am callous and strange.
Tee hee! Actually I was thinking it went more like this:
Raccoon 1: Hey, I'm trapped! Get me out of here!
Raccoon 2: What, you're stuck?
Raccoon 1: Yeah. Go get help.
Raccoon 2: Just push open the door.
Raccoon 1: It won't open. Just go get Mom, will ya?
Raccoon 2: Here, I think I can get it....D'oh!
Raccoon 1: Moron.
Raccoon 2: Hello pot. This is kettle.
FYI, we caught an adult raccoon in the trap last night. We had to let her go ourselves because the animal control guy doesn't work on weekends. Perhaps it was Mom?
_________________ Occasionally I am callous and strange.
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