Raccoons

[beerlover (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Inkpen

So true!!!!
Could be youngsters having a good time at the All You Can Eat Deck Diner!!!

Suggest you not put dog food out on deck..otherwise all the wild ones will be there chowing down adn leaving a huge mess!!!

It is normal to see raccoons in later afternoon and early evenings..this time of year, mommas have babies and she goes out to look for food when she can!!

If you have problems, feel free to contact me, I am a Master Wildlife Rehabilitator and will be happy to help out!!


Here is Marylands rabies stats..current up thru this month,
http://www.cha.state.md.us/edcp/vet_...ies_2000s.html

O.K., thanks! BTW - we don't normally leave the dog food out. It was put out for kitchen cleaning and then we didn't bring it back inside promptly. Pretty amazing that the coons could find the dogfood in a tupperware container that quickly...

It's very tempting to put the food back out there to lure them back in because they were so darned cute, but I know it's a bad idea. I'll try to remember to post some pics when I get home.

[Dymphna]

About 20 years ago, someone gave my Dad a pair of baby raccoons that had been in a chimney. Originally, the homeowner had called animal control or DNR and they came to get them, but they only got 2 babies from the den that Mama Raccoon had made in the chimney. It turned out there were 4. So, Dad ended up with the other 2.

Hand fed them for a while and kept them in a dog pen. Gradually giving them more and more freedom to roam the woods around the house. Every night Dad would go out and call to them and they'd come up to the den for pets and snacks. They were rather fond of beer and potato chips.

Gradually, they took longer and longer to respond when Dad called them out of the woods and eventually, they never came back. For a few weeks he'd catch a glimpse of them in the trees, so he knew they were ok and had made themselves at home in the woods.

[beerlover (Premo)]

Here are some pics of the little rascals....

[AmyB225]

Originally Posted by beerlover

Here are some pics of the little rascals....

Howwww cuteeee is that :) we had corn out for deer in our yard I loved to watch em eat the corn well for a while we had a raccoon coming out in the daytime eating I took pictures too

[Nanny Pam (Premo)]

Target practice.

[CMC122]

I just noticed some hefty knawing on my totes container of dog food Looks like someone is trying to get into it so I may have to load the knawings with some hot sauce and see if that deters him Bastage.

Hey Cablechick, I saw his footprints in the backyard too