I'm lost, can you help?
Dec 4, 2022 06:09:16 #
Dec 4, 2022 06:18:12 #
BadDog wrote:
I came accross these two young raccoons that seemed to have lost their mother
Cute!!
More than likely mom isn't far away
Dec 4, 2022 06:19:52 #
rwm283main wrote:
Great shots! Mom will find them.
Did you see on the news last night, right here in CT, where an adult raccoon was biting a young girl as she headed out the door to wait for the school bus. Her mother heard her screaming, and ran out the door. Grabbed the raccoon by the neck and tossed it out into the yard. Scary! Brave mother.
Did you see on the news last night, right here in CT, where an adult raccoon was biting a young girl as she headed out the door to wait for the school bus. Her mother heard her screaming, and ran out the door. Grabbed the raccoon by the neck and tossed it out into the yard. Scary! Brave mother.
Mom, should have killed the offender Raccoons are not normally aggressive
Dec 4, 2022 06:36:41 #
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Dec 4, 2022 09:18:11 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
cameranut wrote:
They are adorable and these are great close up photos. Speaking of the little girl who was attacked; I hope she received the rabies shots. Healthy raccoons do not attack unless provoked.
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Stan
Dec 4, 2022 09:44:19 #
When my wife and I lived up in the mountains of Southern California we had a family living under the porch that would wage a racket every night, not letting my wife sleep. She decided to try to scare them away one night stockpiling a number of objects to throw at them when the commotion started. When the inter-family battle started one evening, she went out on the porch in her birthday suite and began throwing her stockpile of ammunition at the group, only to be challenged by the adults, chasing her off the porch back into the house. I didn’t get much sleep that night due to my inability to stop laughing. I will never forget the image of my wife being chased off the porch in her birthday suite by the group of angry raccoons.
Dec 4, 2022 10:17:15 #
Dec 4, 2022 10:44:41 #
dcma2005
Loc: Waterbury, Connecticut
BadDog wrote:
I came accross these two young raccoons that seemed to have lost their mother
Raccoons are vicious creatures. I would be very wary about being around young raccoons because the mother is most likely not very far away.
Dec 4, 2022 11:36:00 #
Dec 4, 2022 13:09:15 #
Dec 4, 2022 14:20:46 #
rwm283main wrote:
Great shots! Mom will find them.
Did you see on the news last night, right here in CT, where an adult raccoon was biting a young girl as she headed out the door to wait for the school bus. Her mother heard her screaming, and ran out the door. Grabbed the raccoon by the neck and tossed it out into the yard. Scary! Brave mother.
Did you see on the news last night, right here in CT, where an adult raccoon was biting a young girl as she headed out the door to wait for the school bus. Her mother heard her screaming, and ran out the door. Grabbed the raccoon by the neck and tossed it out into the yard. Scary! Brave mother.
That is scary because a healthy raccoon wouldn't likely bite someone coming out their front door. It might bite if it was cornered or you were attacking its babies. The mom should be concerned that the animal was sick - rabied perhaps and she should seek medical attention promptly. In Toronto we are currently experiencing hundreds of dead raccoons around that have died from distemper. Raccoons with distemper typically lose their fear of humans, appear blind and confused, may wander aimlessly, and may become aggressive, if cornered. Our Wildlife folks can't keep up with the numbers that need to be cleared from roadways etc.
Dec 4, 2022 15:51:32 #
hzmeyer
Loc: Michigan
We have racoons that would raid our bird feeders. I had a bag of dog food that no one would eat so I put some out for the racoons. They loved it. As the weeks went by, more than a dozen would show up. Eventually, they let me walk out into the crowd and feed them by hand. Sometimes I had to push them aside with my foot to get out the door. When they took the kibble from my fingers, they were so gentle I could barely feel their touch. Let's stop bad mouthing racoons- there are bad guys in every crowd.
Dec 4, 2022 21:48:24 #
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