Love Animals, but Racoons In a Trap?

[AsylumSeeker]

Dunno what to do. Have caught two juvenile coons in a trap I signed out from the city animal shelter. But I feel so bad, maybe he/she is thirsty. Actually caught two, both juveniles.

Had a whole damn family at first, went vacationing and the lady looking over things explained that the cats were eating "a whole lot" and turning the water "into mud". Uhm, no, had a family of racs in the yard.

Caught an obviously nursing mom and a cub first, then the dad. Hoping the family can reunite.

Caught two cubs/large juveniles this evening. Gave them extra cat food in addition to a can of bait cat food (9 Llives). Yum, lol.

Just feel so sorry for them, not their fault they were born where they were. I know they must be thirsty but my wife prohibits me from approaching them. Almost wish I hadn't caught them. WIll call Animal Control when they open tomorrow morning, no need for the animals to suffer any more than necessary.

The guys at work all day were talking about 'coon hats. How wrong is that!?

Yeah, I'm a sucker when it comes to animals. I'll write a mean story but I'm a pacifist at heart. Would rather read about a person dying than an animal... not that I'm against people.

 

[Naughty_Misty]

awwwe... you're just a big ol' sweetheart. When you caught the others what did you do with them? Did you release them in a more isolated area? If you did, then perhaps you could do the same with the young 'uns that you trapped tonight?

 

[Sexcelena]

Aw i love animals too. Maybe sneak them some water before you and you wife go to bed lol and put the bowl away before your your wife awaks in the morning. I actually never seen a racoon im from australia.

 

[CopperSkink]

Yuck.

I work in dog rescue, so I see my share of animals that don't fit into society. Not the warm fuzzy dogs mind you; I get the ones that the volunteer rescue groups can't handle. Violent, scared, unhealthy, you name it. There comes a time when you need to look at population rather than how cute something is.

 

[sr71plt]

The problem at my house is that the raccoon is fishing the pond where we had some pretty valuable koi. We're down to two small goldfish. We're letting nature take its course, but this is all a balancing act.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

awwwe... you're just a big ol' sweetheart. When you caught the others what did you do with them? Did you release them in a more isolated area? If you did, then perhaps you could do the same with the young 'uns that you trapped tonight?

I really am a kind-hearted guy. I asked animal control what would happen to them, as it was obvious to me that it was a family, mom and dad, and many cubs.

Since the animal control building is on the soutskirts of town they say they release them in the nearby woods. I'm so hoping they can rejoin!

Please tell me that through scent they can ID one another. Any animal experts here?

Anyway, just caught two cubs in one trap, they'll be released in the same area. Hoping they get back to the same parents.

One more remains. I do hope to catch him because he'll be released where the rest of the family was.

This really sucks. Guys at work are wearing coon hats, playing with me. Don't mind the teasing,
am more worried about the animals.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

Aw i love animals too. Maybe sneak them some water before you and you wife go to bed lol and put the bowl away before your your wife awaks in the morning. I actually never seen a racoon im from australia.

I took some pics before they were taken away. I'll have to send you afew, don't mind the cage, lol.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

I took some pics before they were taken away. I'll have to send you afew, don't mind the cage, lol.

Luckily had rain, temps dropped from 100's to low 80's. Not sure how to include pics here.

 

[Naughty_Misty]

You can post them to a photobucket account and then using the IMG tag post them...

 

[AsylumSeeker]

You can post them to a photobucket account and then using the IMG tag post them...

lol... and now in English? Sorry, you'e dealing with an "old guy"... gee, did I just say that? Yeah, I did.

 

[CopperSkink]

Don't worry about raccoons; they're fucking pests that way. They can re-home themselves or find their own homes easily enough; the problem is that the first shiney thing they see on the way, they have to have 'till death do them part.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

The problem at my house is that the raccoon is fishing the pond where we had some pretty valuable koi. We're down to two small goldfish. We're letting nature take its course, but this is all a balancing act.

Never knew they would fish. When I went to Wikipedia to do some research I found out why the water bowl next to the food is muddy, though.

Found the runt of the litter in the cage this morning... think this is the last of the unwanted family. Yay!

 

[AsylumSeeker]

Don't worry about raccoons; they're fucking pests that way. They can re-home themselves or find their own homes easily enough; the problem is that the first shiney thing they see on the way, they have to have 'till death do them part.

They do damage property, too. But I just have a soft spot for animals. Okay, maybe not so much the anmials that can kill and eat me, like bears and lions, but the smaller ones, lol. Anyway it appears this whole episode is over (crossing fingers).

 

[sr71plt]

Our yard is registered as a Natural Habitat for Wildlife and there's a sign to that effect in the front. If I went after any yard pests with a hatchet, I'd have to do it in the dark after the neighbors had gone to bed--and they all tend to stay up late.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

Our yard is registered as a Natural Habitat for Wildlife and there's a sign to that effect in the front. If I went after any yard pests with a hatchet, I'd have to do it in the dark after the neighbors had gone to bed--and they all tend to stay up late.

Lol. I have a friend who just had a house built in a 'burb, he said he asked and was told he can kill any animals on his property he is "threatened" by. SO he was encouraging me to empty the traps in his yard so he could "target practice". Uhm, don't think so.

Wow, SR, you are experiencing history, that's great!

Or maybe not, if you have a sharpened hatchet under your bed waiting for the neighbors to go to sleep, lol.

Just thinking, if I was a neighbor, I might be a bit unnerved. Gulp!

 

[sr71plt]

Just thinking, if I was a neighbor, I might be a bit unnerved. Gulp!

Or deheaded. One or the other.

 

[Naughty_Misty]

No to completely hi-jack the thread about cute little critters, but....

what is the difference between beheaded and deheaded?

 

[CopperSkink]

As long as we're talking about animals we can't shoot,

Not to undermine anyone else's experience with wild animals can't nothing be done about, but out here in my boonies everyone on the block and the next five blocks down everyone has a dog that barks all day and night long and never goes in the house, yet any noise from my (indoor) kennel, and people call animal control on me.

 

[sr71plt]

No to completely hi-jack the thread about cute little critters, but....

what is the difference between beheaded and deheaded?

Literary effect.

The scientists among us would use "beheaded" each and every time--even if it came up three times in the same sentence. The creative writers among us would look for more arresting, surprising, fresh renderings.

Arrested/surprised you, didn't it?

 

[sr71plt]

As long as we're talking about animals we can't shoot,

Talking about what you can't shoot. Ever had bees build a hive inside your walls and try to find someone who will/can remove them within the restrictions of bee protection?

 

[Naughty_Misty]

Talking about what you can't shoot. Ever had bees build a hive inside your walls and try to find someone who will/can remove them within the restrictions of bee protection?

There are restrictions on bee protection? ut-oh... I am in big trouble then.

Shortly after my husband came home from Iraq we were leaving to take the kids to school when we noticed that there seemed to be an awful lot of bees handing out by the garage door. Turns out the industrious little demons decided that the hollow pillar in front of our house was the perfect place to start a hive. A bee removal company showed up in under an hour and a massacre took place right there in my front yard. I must have swept up close to 1,000 corpses.

P.S. thanks for "arresting" me!

 

[sr71plt]

There are restrictions on bee protection? ut-oh... I am in big trouble then.

Yep, it might be a state-by-state issue in law, but bees are now a VERY tightly protected species in Virginia. You can't kill them. You have to cajole them to want to move.

 

[CopperSkink]

The bees here are actually quite friendly. I scoop them out of the pool and they dwell on my hand while they dry off, ready to find more flowers to turn into delicious honey. The double-decker bees aren't that bad either.

It's the fucking yellow jackets and the hornets that bother me, and none of them think anywhere on the planet is so fine as my pool deck to hang out at at the hottest time of day when I'm trying to swim.

But since no one's pointing a gun at me, I feel quite self-righteous when I gather the pool broom in my hands and knock those fucking shitty little hives to the ground, whereupon I drown them in bleach.

Sometimes living out in the middle of nowhere has its advantages.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

The bees here are actually quite friendly. I scoop them out of the pool and they dwell on my hand while they dry off, ready to find more flowers to turn into delicious honey. The double-decker bees aren't that bad either.

It's the fucking yellow jackets and the hornets that bother me, and none of them think anywhere on the planet is so fine as my pool deck to hang out at at the hottest time of day when I'm trying to swim.

But since no one's pointing a gun at me, I feel quite self-righteous when I gather the pool broom in my hands and knock those fucking shitty little hives to the ground, whereupon I drown them in bleach.

Sometimes living out in the middle of nowhere has its advantages.

Here's a trick I learned from a beekeeper. Mix sugar and water in a spray, then spray the evil bees, or variations thereof. They then focus on cleaning themselves vice trying to sting people.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

No More Racs

Glad to report we are, for the current time, rac-free. Do not mistake for wreck-free, lol.

The stray cats who have made our yard and shed a home for the past couple of years are noticeably calmer.