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Post by librarylady on Apr 8, 2016 12:21:17 GMT
But destructive creatures........
from our night camera
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Post by pattipea on Apr 8, 2016 12:25:18 GMT
Oh, he is a cute little fella, but they can sure cause some damage. Good luck!
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Post by Scrappyhappy on Apr 8, 2016 12:35:18 GMT
Ugh, we have had issues with those masked bandits too.
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Post by Zee on Apr 8, 2016 12:45:34 GMT
The masked face of evil. Seriously makes me shudder!
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Post by iowgirl on Apr 8, 2016 13:00:58 GMT
Nasty. Unfortunately, their babies are even cuter. Just like skunk babies - so adorable.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Apr 8, 2016 15:17:16 GMT
We had an owl making a racket last night. I think it was attacking something and they both put up a screaming fight. I hate to hear baby bunnies scream. They sound like human babies to me.
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Post by freebird on Apr 8, 2016 15:19:43 GMT
Ugh. Smash it with a rock!
(I hate raccoons but they are cute little bastards)
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Post by grammanisi on Apr 8, 2016 15:23:29 GMT
You can live trap it and take it to the country and drop it off. We have done that many times with coons and groundhogs.
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Post by karinms on Apr 8, 2016 16:34:34 GMT
Ha ha. Great capture! So far I've caught pics of a few coyotes, a raccoon (it might have been a fisher) and a rabbit....but they were further away and not nearly as cute. We move our game cam around but I'm thinking of getting another just to put on the back of the house. Last night our motion sensor light was going off and on all night... and there were tell tale tracks in the snow.
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Post by anniefb on Apr 8, 2016 18:32:55 GMT
Is it a racoon? No racoons here in New Zealand. Our greatest pest is the possum which destroys our native forests and wildlife. There are reported to be 65 million possums in the country compared to 4.5 million people!
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Post by FrozenPea on Apr 8, 2016 18:45:50 GMT
I have never see a raccoon in the wild. We don't have them here.
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Post by librarylady on Apr 8, 2016 19:01:44 GMT
We live alongside a creek. I'd be spitting in the wind if I thought I could remove raccoons (or any wildlife) from the area.
From time to time someone will get excited because they have seen a coyote back there. The city traps and removes the coyote and then in 6 months another comes around.
We had a fox family back there for about 2 years, but now they are not visiting.--or at least have not been on camera. We don't put the camera out every night, but do take photos often just to see who is visiting.
Right now our regular visitors are raccoons and possums.
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Post by compwalla on Apr 8, 2016 20:12:01 GMT
I've never seen a raccoon here but we do have skunks and possums and coyotes. Where we lived before we had lots of raccoons and had to keep the trash bins inaccessible or the raccoons would throw themselves a garbage party.
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Post by Zee on Apr 8, 2016 20:13:33 GMT
I have never see a raccoon in the wild. We don't have them here. Seriously, there are no raccoons in Alaska? I had no idea! I'd pack my bags immediately but I've seen the mosquitoes you have and I can't deal with that winter. Or bears.
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Post by FrozenPea on Apr 8, 2016 22:16:21 GMT
I have never see a raccoon in the wild. We don't have them here. Seriously, there are no raccoons in Alaska? I had no idea! I'd pack my bags immediately but I've seen the mosquitoes you have and I can't deal with that winter. Or bears. The mosquitoes aren't so bad. And bears I have only seen them when we went to Denali Park. Now the winters, I am so over them! I have been here 35 years. This past winter was nice as we had almost no snow but now we have high fire danger.
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Post by refugeepea on Apr 8, 2016 22:28:26 GMT
Raccoons know what hot dogs are made out of.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Apr 8, 2016 22:37:25 GMT
Nasty. Unfortunately, their babies are even cuter. Just like skunk babies - so adorable. So true!!! Dh is from Long Island and was so excited the first time he saw a raccoon on our back porch. I was not nearly as excited or happy!! Luckily that was one of the few times we had them and we only lived there for a couple of years. We don't keep anything they might like outside (dog food, cat food, anything like food) but I know the dogs have treed them and smelled them around our yard. We have a park surrounded by forest and a creek fairly close by.
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Post by janet100 on Apr 9, 2016 16:08:05 GMT
I live in the redwood forest, so I have a ton of critters as neighbors. They all are pests, and I don't put anything edible where anyone can get to it - cause they will stay forever even though you accidentally did it once 3 yrs ago.
People tell me raccoons would eat my cats if I let the cats outside. That raccoons would prey on small domestic animals. I have tree rats (which have a lot less claws and sharp teeth than cats but are a large meal) and I never saw raccoons or possums hunting the tons of rats in the garage or storage areas. This lead me to conclude raccoons are not really interested in hunting domestic pets.
Anyone ever have a raccoon hunt their pets?
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Post by Zee on Apr 9, 2016 16:24:39 GMT
I live in the redwood forest, so I have a ton of critters as neighbors. They all are pests, and I don't put anything edible where anyone can get to it - cause they will stay forever even though you accidentally did it once 3 yrs ago. People tell me raccoons would eat my cats if I let the cats outside. That raccoons would prey on small domestic animals. I have tree rats (which have a lot less claws and sharp teeth than cats but are a large meal) and I never saw raccoons or possums hunting the tons of rats in the garage or storage areas. This lead me to conclude raccoons are not really interested in hunting domestic pets. Anyone ever have a raccoon hunt their pets? They don't hunt pets, but they will fight with them if they feel threatened and they're pretty fierce. They won't kill your cat but they can mess him up pretty bad. Also, they can be carriers of rabies and distemper but not show illness, so if you have pets that might encounter them you should make sure they are always up to date on their vaccinations. (Everyone should do that anyway, of course--my god, didn't we all see Old Yeller?)
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Post by lucyg on Apr 9, 2016 16:32:19 GMT
ahh, the reason I always refused to have a dog door back when I had a dog! We live on the edge of civilization here and there are raccoons, possums, skunks, deer, coyotes, snakes, owls, and lord knows what else out there. I like the owls. The coyotes get a lot of people's cats, I think.
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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on Apr 20, 2016 14:55:23 GMT
Raccoons won't kill your pets but they will fight them and could pass on rabies, as someone already said. They are way more likely to fight each other though, and ignore pets unless they feel threatened.
Their poop is very poisonous so use gloves if you ever have the pleasure of cleaning it up.
Did you also know that raccoons live only 2 years?
I opened my front door one day and there was one lying there, freshly dead. It wasn't there 10 minutes earlier. There didn't seem to be any sign of injury. Apparently they just keel over dead at the age of 2-3, wherever nature happens to take its course.
Raccoons really are cute but a pain in the ass. Each one has its own very distinct personality. Some are complete assholes and some actually make very good pets. You never know what you're gonna get with each one.
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