Back in 1976 our Science teacher Mrs Fern had raccoon and would bring it to class. You could do that in those days. Can you imagine that now?! Anyway, it was big so she had rescued it at least a year earlier. She ended up relocating it months later. My husband had two babies they rescued back about the same time probably but when they found their “wild” they relocated the pups as well. Only one person I know kept the baby around and his daughter and raccoon got close but it was an indoor outdoor come as you please situation. He did say if you don’t mind a trashed house they are fun to have around. Ahh Vermont.
Yeah, my dad tells a story about how my aunt kept a raccoon as a pet in the '70s, too. He said she bought it from a pet store, which is so wild to me, but who knows.
Good for you talking about how lovable baby raccoons are until they become teenagers and revert to total feral mayhem. My husband knows someone who tried to keep a raccoon, and it literally destroyed the inside of the guy’s trailer. Raccoons are a good example of “love is not enough!” They are not domesticable, unless you are willing to alter your living arrangements to be raccoon proof, which would make a place not really attractive for humans to live in. But they sure are cute when they are babies.
Ashley, I always enjoy reading your posts, I admit lately I’ve been letting my emails pile up because of lack of time to read them all but your posts I make sure I keep for later when I find the time to sit quietly and enjoy the reading and this post did not disappoint💖 I love raccoons and think theyre so darn cute🥰 just last night I had a pack of six raccoons eating the cat food I set outside on my front porch every evening for the stray/feral cats, my husband jokes that he needs to work extra hours to make sure we can keep feeding the wild life😅 we live in southeast Texas just north of Houston and unfortunately there’s a big problem with people not spaying/neutering their pets in our area hence the need to feed the many strays in our area but since we’re in a very forestry area there’s lots of wild life too so we have plenty of other cute visitors stoping by and helping themselves to the cat food, some of the ones who regularly stop by to eat are raccoons and opossums but there’s also other wild life in our area who also stop by from time to time (skunks, squirrels, armadillos, snakes, lizards, etc) 😊
Just too lovely a story - and, as always, you write it up so well ! So glad to know that he will grow up with like mates and will get a good chance at a real racoon life. Sending love to them all and to you all across the many miles between us :)
That is the sweetest story. Before you mentioned the lemon balm soap, I assumed the bee had mistaken you for a flowering strawberry plant.
Glad that all will turn out well for that little girl
Back in 1976 our Science teacher Mrs Fern had raccoon and would bring it to class. You could do that in those days. Can you imagine that now?! Anyway, it was big so she had rescued it at least a year earlier. She ended up relocating it months later. My husband had two babies they rescued back about the same time probably but when they found their “wild” they relocated the pups as well. Only one person I know kept the baby around and his daughter and raccoon got close but it was an indoor outdoor come as you please situation. He did say if you don’t mind a trashed house they are fun to have around. Ahh Vermont.
Yeah, my dad tells a story about how my aunt kept a raccoon as a pet in the '70s, too. He said she bought it from a pet store, which is so wild to me, but who knows.
So cute! But yes, good call on rehabbing.
Sweet!
Good for you talking about how lovable baby raccoons are until they become teenagers and revert to total feral mayhem. My husband knows someone who tried to keep a raccoon, and it literally destroyed the inside of the guy’s trailer. Raccoons are a good example of “love is not enough!” They are not domesticable, unless you are willing to alter your living arrangements to be raccoon proof, which would make a place not really attractive for humans to live in. But they sure are cute when they are babies.
Ashley, I always enjoy reading your posts, I admit lately I’ve been letting my emails pile up because of lack of time to read them all but your posts I make sure I keep for later when I find the time to sit quietly and enjoy the reading and this post did not disappoint💖 I love raccoons and think theyre so darn cute🥰 just last night I had a pack of six raccoons eating the cat food I set outside on my front porch every evening for the stray/feral cats, my husband jokes that he needs to work extra hours to make sure we can keep feeding the wild life😅 we live in southeast Texas just north of Houston and unfortunately there’s a big problem with people not spaying/neutering their pets in our area hence the need to feed the many strays in our area but since we’re in a very forestry area there’s lots of wild life too so we have plenty of other cute visitors stoping by and helping themselves to the cat food, some of the ones who regularly stop by to eat are raccoons and opossums but there’s also other wild life in our area who also stop by from time to time (skunks, squirrels, armadillos, snakes, lizards, etc) 😊
Just too lovely a story - and, as always, you write it up so well ! So glad to know that he will grow up with like mates and will get a good chance at a real racoon life. Sending love to them all and to you all across the many miles between us :)
I love every word of this. Thanks, Ashley:).
This is a cute story! Thanks for sharing.
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