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Night before last, my wife heard a noise coming from out deck in back of the house. I looked out the screen door to see a half grown raccoon, that had just knocked over one of my wife's potted plants. It was raining very hard, and the guy just wanted out of the rain. He would walk around the deck, lay down for a minute...walk some more. I opened the door to the deck, with only a screen now, between us. He was about 4 feet away.

I look at him, he looked at me. he kept almost walking off the deck, but kept coming back to get a better look at me. I kept talking to him (assuming a him). So....I got a jar of unsalted peanuts, and a sliced apple, and put them out for him, on the deck. When I opened the sliding screen door, he slowly walked down the steps...and came back a minute later.

For the next hour or so, I sat on the floor, just inside the door, talking to him...as he ate the apple and peanuts. When he was done, he curled up in a corner (still only a few feet away), and went to sleep.

Last night, he came back. He just sat outside the sliding glass door, and waited.

I put out some more food, and I sat here, talking to him, as he ate.

My wife, not without reason...said, "Please don't go out there and try to pet it. And please don't let it in the house."

I don't think I'll feed it anymore. Even though it's fun. A family of racoons isn't the best thing to have in your back yard.

But I still feed the chipmunks and the squirrels in our back yard. The neighbors love me.
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    Now you'll never get rid of him. Was camping once, made the mistake of throwing a raccoon a marshmallow, he ate it, came back for more and soon was on top the picnic table going through our bags, chased us away.

    Came back with the family later and scratched at the door all night, they get pretty bold.
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by HDRider View Post

      Now you'll never get rid of him. Was camping once, made the mistake of throwing a raccoon a marshmallow, he ate it, came back for more and soon was on top the picnic table going through our bags, chased us away.

      Came back with the family later and scratched at the door all night, they get pretty bold.

      I have a picture of Kurt. I'm going to put it out on our deck. That should scare them off.

      Actually, having a fat raccoon living on my deck....it could be worse. It could be relatives.
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      • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

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        Actually, having a fat raccoon living on my deck....it could be worse. It could be relatives.
        I always assumed fat racoons would be the upper crust of the Whitacre family reunion.
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        • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
          Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

          I always assumed fat racoons would be the upper crust of the Whitacre family reunion.
          When did you start being kind to Claude?


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          Seriously, raccoons can rip a dog to shreds. They grab with their front legs and scratch with
          rear legs - often getting the dog's stomach.
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          • Profile picture of the author BigFrank
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            Originally Posted by bizgrower View Post

            When did you start being kind to Claude
            While denigrating raccoons?

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          • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
            Originally Posted by bizgrower View Post

            Seriously, raccoons can rip a dog to shreds. They grab with their front legs and scratch with
            rear legs - often getting the dog's stomach.
            Yeah, petting isn't something I'll attempt. In fact, I won't be feeding it again. I just thought it was funny the way it was ignoring me, and so relaxed when I was so close to it.

            Yesterday, I was watching Youtube videos about Pet Raccoons.

            My wife walks by, sees what I'm watching ...and says, "No. Don't even think about it".

            But the truth is, I pretty much think every furry animal is adorable.

            Wait, I've met Riffle...make that nearly every furry animal.
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    No joke, a raccoon can get all mental & rip your face off. Keep your distance.
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      No joke, a raccoon can get all mental & rip your face off. Keep your distance.
      I know. Especially if you haven't raised it from a baby. But they hiss and show their teeth, if they are aggravated, like a dog.

      Like the large black cat that lived behind my store. This may be a relationship where it tolerates my proximity....but touching is not in the cards.

      And "but touching" is what I was hoping for. (I beat Riffle, Whateverpedia, Mark, Kurt, Yukon, Biz, Big Frank, etc to it!)

      Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

      I always assumed fat racoons would be the upper crust of the Whitacre family reunion.

      Still sore because you didn't get the invitation?

      "Upper crust" MMMmmmmm...that makes me hungry.
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      • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        "Upper crust" MMMmmmmm...that makes me hungry.
        My DB, super ninja NLP skills are still intact. Colossal cavern of ignorance, my ass.
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        • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
          Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

          My DB, super ninja NLP skills are still intact. Colossal cavern of ignorance, my ass.
          My ass? Are you using your DB super ninja NLP skills to seduce me? It's working.

          You just don't like raccoons because they don't have a butt.

          I'm watching videos of interviews with Karl Pilkington (Ricky Gervais' friend). He should join this forum.
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    A few weeks ago I called the City's Animal Control office because I had something up in my roof. I've had squirrels before, this was no squirrel. It was big, heavy, slow moving and was driving the dog out of her mind. The guy goes up and finds nothing. No nest, no poop - nothing. Sets some traps and comes back around 4 days later - nothing, yet I'm still hearing the noise every night.

    Then there is a break in the action for a few days. Both the dog and I are quite relieved. That didn't last for long. Next thing we know, it sounds like spring break up there. Scratching, chattering, squealing, thumping.

    So the guy returns and discovers a family of raccoons living up there. Says the mother will attack him if he tries to collect the babies. I have to wait until they are old enough to start going out at night in search of food. Then he'll trap them and relocate them. In the meantime I'm dealing with Cirque du Soleil when I toddle off to bed at night. That's right. The little monsters are nocturnal.

    It seems that the large, slow-moving critter that I heard the first time was the preggers mommy raccoon.

    Grrrrrrrr. - Frank
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    • Profile picture of the author AprilCT
      Those darn raccoons, Claude. So cute, but rather ornery and dangerous critters. I fell outside at night about 7 months pregnant with my first son taking my German Shepherd out in the dark a.m. Those buggers were hissing and snarling and coming after me. My beloved pup held them off until I could get up and get away and then she came running after me. She was my beautiful hero and neither of us were bitten.

      They were always after the garbage can until we learned to hog tie it to the fence. The aggravation of opening and closing is a small price to pay to keep the yard clean. When you stop feeding him/her, your garbage can might start to pay the price. Worse yet, he/she will bring friends!

      The raccoons around here can get very large. We had one huge one try the can every night for a while at the same time and then jump over the fence. I waited by the outside light (switch is inside) so I could see what was going on. The dang thing was as large as my German Shepherd! He'd obviously been eating pretty well in the neighborhood.

      Since they can't get into the can for many years now, they leave our yard alone.
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      • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
        Originally Posted by AprilCT View Post

        Those darn raccoons, Claude. So cute, but rather ornery and dangerous critters. I fell outside at night about 7 months pregnant with my first son taking my German Shepherd out in the dark a.m. Those buggers were hissing and snarling and coming after me. My beloved pup held them off until I could get up and get away and then she came running after me. She was my beautiful hero and neither of us were bitten.

        They were always after the garbage can until we learned to hog tie it to the fence. The aggravation of opening and closing is a small price to pay to keep the yard clean. When you stop feeding him/her, your garbage can might start to pay the price. Worse yet, he/she will bring friends!

        The raccoons around here can get very large. We had one huge one try the can every night for a while at the same time and then jump over the fence. I waited by the outside light (switch is inside) so I could see what was going on. The dang thing was as large as my German Shepherd! He'd obviously been eating pretty well in the neighborhood.

        Since they can't get into the can for many years now, they leave our yard alone.
        Everyone on our street leaves their trash by the road on Wednesday. We pour ammonia in the bags, Raccoons aren't really a problem. This is the first one I've seen for years.

        Yeah, I know they can be vicious, like any animal.

        Like Riffle.
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        • Profile picture of the author AprilCT
          Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

          Everyone on our street leaves their trash by the road on Wednesday. We pour ammonia in the bags, Raccoons aren't really a problem. This is the first one I've seen for years.

          Yeah, I know they can be vicious, like any animal.

          Like Riffle.
          So, nobody in your neighborhood can afford trash cans? I really thought you perhaps lived in a bit more upscale area.
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          • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
            Originally Posted by AprilCT View Post

            So, nobody in your neighborhood can afford trash cans? I really thought you perhaps lived in a bit more upscale area.
            Oh no, he has trash cans alright, thing is there's never any scrap food left to put in them.
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          • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
            Originally Posted by AprilCT View Post

            So, nobody in your neighborhood can afford trash cans? I really thought you perhaps lived in a bit more upscale area.
            We have two different recycling bins we put out, and the trash has to be a certain kind of plastic bag. Garbage, we dump in the dumpster behind our store.

            Trust me, the lawns all look like green carpet. If anyone on our street is gone for two weeks in the Summer, somebody better be looking after the lawn. If it snows more than 3 inches, your drive and walk better be clear by Noon. I'm not kidding.

            Nobody uses trash cans. If we did, we'd get a letter from the "Neighborhood committee".


            It was a bit of culture shock (for me) when we first moved in.
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            • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
              Anyway, after work, we went to get groceries. I enjoyed myself thoroughly, by pretending I was trying to buy food for the raccoon.

              "Oh, look Honey, unsalted peanuts in the shell for only $2 a pound."

              "No".

              "We might get a cat. I'm getting a few cans of tuna"

              "No"

              "Do Raccoons like cheese?"

              "No"

              "These Macintosh apples look good"

              "I didn't think you liked............No"

              Enjoyed myself completely.
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          • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
            Originally Posted by AprilCT View Post

            So, nobody in your neighborhood can afford trash cans? I really thought you perhaps lived in a bit more upscale area.
            Having trash service at all is high society for Wooster. In fact, putting your trash somewhere other than your front lawn is hoity toity.
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            • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
              Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

              Having trash service at all is high society for Wooster. In fact, putting your trash somewhere other than your front lawn is hoity toity.
              No, no, no...you don't know the half of it! On our street, you're not able to walk your dog, without wearing a tuxedo. We even have a trail to walk your tigers and ocelots.

              Yesterday, I was in the back yard, sipping my martini...the neighbor, Captain Reginald Higgenbottom...retired, asked me, "Claude, old chap..you deal with the common folk.....what do you think they are doing tonight?"

              I said, (while smoking my cigarette from that extender thingy that 1940 aristocrats used), "Well, my dear Higgenbottom....how the deuce should I know?" And I spent the rest of the evening...in my robe and ascot, looking out into the distance, while thinking about affairs of state.


              That's a normal day for me....that, and sitting out in back of the donut shop, conning stupid raccoons out of their donuts.

              It's complicated.
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

      Did you know? Every donut shop in Wooster is required to have claude locks on their dumpsters.
      I have a deal with a few raccoons behind the biggest donut shop. We're back there, smoking a joint, and I say "OK, I get the donuts we find, you can have all the fruits, vegetables, and meat"

      Racoons are stupid trusting animals.
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    Only in a Claude forum thread:
    • animal control
    • ass
    • bags
    • chattering
    • chipmunks
    • crust
    • culture shock
    • donut
    • dump
    • furry
    • green carpet
    • ignorance
    • it could be worse
    • joint
    • keep your distance
    • marshmallow
    • meat
    • neighborhood committee
    • ninja
    • relocate
    • scratching
    • slow moving
    • squealing
    • squirrels
    • thumping
    • touching
    • unsalted peanuts
    • vicious
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    • Profile picture of the author Kurt
      Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

      Did you know? Every donut shop in Wooster is required to have claude locks on their dumpsters.
      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      I have a deal with a few raccoons behind the biggest donut shop. We're back there, smoking a joint, and I say "OK, I get the donuts we find, you can have all the fruits, vegetables, and meat"

      Racoons are stupid trusting animals.
      BTW, it's obvious when I said "claude locks" why no one thought of your hair.
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      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      Only in a Claude forum thread:
      • animal control
      • ass
      • bags
      • chattering
      • chipmunks
      • crust
      • culture shock
      • donut
      • dump
      • furry
      • green carpet
      • ignorance
      • it could be worse
      • joint
      • keep your distance
      • marshmallow
      • meat
      • neighborhood committee
      • ninja
      • relocate
      • scratching
      • slow moving
      • squealing
      • squirrels
      • thumping
      • touching
      • unsalted peanuts
      • vicious
      Yeah, but at least the raccoons are happy at El Whitacre household.

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      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      Anyway, after work, we went to get groceries. I enjoyed myself thoroughly, by pretending I was trying to buy food for the raccoon.

      "Oh, look Honey, unsalted peanuts in the shell for only $2 a pound."

      "No".

      "We might get a cat. I'm getting a few cans of tuna"

      "No"

      "Do Raccoons like cheese?"

      "No"

      "These Macintosh apples look good"

      "I didn't think you liked............No"

      Enjoyed myself completely.


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      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      Only in a Claude forum thread:
      • animal control
      • ass
      • bags
      • chattering
      • chipmunks
      • crust
      • culture shock
      • donut
      • dump
      • furry
      • green carpet
      • ignorance
      • it could be worse
      • joint
      • keep your distance
      • marshmallow
      • meat
      • neighborhood committee
      • ninja
      • relocate
      • scratching
      • slow moving
      • squealing
      • squirrels
      • thumping
      • touching
      • unsalted peanuts
      • vicious
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        Originally Posted by bizgrower View Post

        I think Yukon's longest written OT post, like ever:
        I should have posted 28 comments instead of a list.
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    Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post


    My wife, not without reason...said, "Please don't go out there and try to pet it. And please don't let it in the house."
    I'm not sure your wife was talking to you.


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    Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

    Sort of.

    Night before last, my wife heard a noise coming from out deck in back of the house. I looked out the screen door to see a half grown raccoon, that had just knocked over one of my wife's potted plants. It was raining very hard, and the guy just wanted out of the rain. He would walk around the deck, lay down for a minute...walk some more. I opened the door to the deck, with only a screen now, between us. He was about 4 feet away.

    I look at him, he looked at me. he kept almost walking off the deck, but kept coming back to get a better look at me. I kept talking to him (assuming a him). So....I got a jar of unsalted peanuts, and a sliced apple, and put them out for him, on the deck. When I opened the sliding screen door, he slowly walked down the steps...and came back a minute later.

    For the next hour or so, I sat on the floor, just inside the door, talking to him...as he ate the apple and peanuts. When he was done, he curled up in a corner (still only a few feet away), and went to sleep.

    Last night, he came back. He just sat outside the sliding glass door, and waited.

    I put out some more food, and I sat here, talking to him, as he ate.

    My wife, not without reason...said, "Please don't go out there and try to pet it. And please don't let it in the house."

    I don't think I'll feed it anymore. Even though it's fun. A family of racoons isn't the best thing to have in your back yard.

    But I still feed the chipmunks and the squirrels in our back yard. The neighbors love me.

    Oh boy, Claude!

    Here's something you need to see, lol!




    Instead of thinking D.C., think Wooster.


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      This will be Claude in a week! Hee hee!


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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        My house in MS was directly across from an unbuilt heavily wooded area - with racoons and possums and armadillos, etc.

        For years the coons and possums came to my front porch to check for cat food - and I usually made sure some food was there a couple nights a week.

        One year I had a momma raccon who brought her 2 little ones almost every night and they would play and run on the porch. I could stand at a window and watch them and it was fun.

        I could go out and put some food and water there and they didn't run away - they'd just stop and watch me. I had one that would come up and put his front paws on my shoe but I wasn't dumb enough to reach my hand down and try to pet him.

        Had a little albino possum coming for a while, too - so ugly he was cute.

        What did happen a few times was a racoon would come and check for food - the food would be there - he'd run back across the street and then come back with 3 buddies!
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    A couple of years ago, I was taking trash out and heard this scratch, scratch, scratch, thump sound coming from the dumpster. There was a whole family of raccoons in the nearly empty dumpster.

    They had climbed the cedar fence surrounding the dumpster and dived in but could not get out. I put a tree branch in the dumpster so they could climb out. It worked.

    Another time I threw a broken space heater -or maybe microwave -over the fence into the dumpster. It hit a poor raccoon and I thought he was badly injured. He was just lying on his back and not moving. I went back to the office to get a phone number for a wildlife rescue person and the raccoon was gone by the time I got back.

    I do enjoy watching wildlife.
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      Originally Posted by bizgrower View Post

      I went back to the office to get a phone number for a wildlife rescue person and the raccoon was gone by the time I got back.
      Eaten by a larger raccoon.
      I do enjoy watching wildlife.
      Well, you've come to the right place.

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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by bizgrower View Post

      A couple of years ago, I was taking trash out and heard this scratch, scratch, scratch, thump sound coming from the dumpster. There was a whole family of raccoons in the nearly empty dumpster.

      They had climbed the cedar fence surrounding the dumpster and dived in but could not get out. I put a tree branch in the dumpster so they could climb out. It worked.

      Another time I threw a broken space heater -or maybe microwave -over the fence into the dumpster. It hit a poor raccoon and I thought he was badly injured. He was just lying on his back and not moving. I went back to the office to get a phone number for a wildlife rescue person and the raccoon was gone by the time I got back.

      I do enjoy watching wildlife.
      In the empty dumpster behind the store, I went out one day, and there were three racoons in it...just cuddled together, looking frightened. You could see that the two adults were hiding a baby behind them. I went back inside, put a 2X4 in the dumpster, so they could climb out.

      One day, the back door was open at the store, and a groundhog just walked into the store. It walked around the store, slowly found the back entrance again, and walked out.

      Every time I see an animal like that, a part of me is surprised that they don't just sit next to me, and let me pet them. To me, nearly all animals are beautiful...and hilarious.


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      • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        In the empty dumpster behind the store, I went out one day, and there were three racoons in it...just cuddled together, looking frightened. You could see that the two adults were hiding a baby behind them. I went back inside, put a 2X4 in the dumpster, so they could climb out.

        One day, the back door was open at the store, and a groundhog just walked into the store. It walked around the store, slowly found the back entrance again, and walked out.

        Every time I see an animal like that, a part of me is surprised that they don't just sit next to me, and let me pet them. To me, nearly all animals are beautiful...and hilarious.
        And you experienced that same day over and over again until finally you had mastered the piano, learned the heinrich maneuver, given up dounuts, genuinely smiled at your customers and paid for Riffles lunch.
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          Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

          And you experienced that same day over and over again until finally you had mastered the piano, learned the heinrich maneuver, given up dounuts, genuinely smiled at your customers and paid for Riffles lunch.
          I would never insult Riffle by offering to pay for his lunch.
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          • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            I would never insult Riffle by offering to pay for his lunch.
            That thought would surely never cross your mind.
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          • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            I would never insult Riffle by offering to pay for his lunch.
            So we are all trapped in August 31st 2008 and only you know about it. It must be tedious thanking the same insults over and over again.
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            • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
              Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

              So we are all trapped in August 31st 2008 and only you know about it. It must be tedious thanking the same insults over and over again.
              Welcome to my life.
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        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post


        One day, the back door was open at the store, and a groundhog just walked into the store. It walked around the store, slowly found the back entrance again, and walked out.

        Was it because of your high prices, lousy service or both?
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        • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
          Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

          Was it because of your high prices, lousy service or both?
          No, it showed up mid afternoon, which Claude calls AD (after dounuts) He calls the morning BC (before cakes)
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        • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
          Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

          Was it because of your high prices, lousy service or both?

          I'll be honest with you, it was the high prices that made him leave. I saw him later, buying a vacuum cleaner at Wal-Mart.
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          • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            I'll be honest with you, it was the high prices that made him leave. I saw him later, buying a vacuum cleaner at Wal-Mart.
            Hmm in that case, if he comes in again, I Wood-Chuck him out.
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            • Profile picture of the author David Beroff
              Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

              Hmm in that case, if he comes in again, I Wood-Chuck him out.
              That was great!

              Reminded me of the newborn woodchuck I saw today, maybe three or four inches (10 cm) long. It was so cute, and I was able to get close enough to touch it, but of course I didn't, for several good reasons. Presumably the mother had already abandoned it for being too sickly or something, as it could barely move, and I wasn't sure if it could even see yet. I felt bad for it, but at least its end would be quick, thanks to one of the bears.
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          • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            I'll be honest with you, it was the high prices that made him leave. I saw him later, buying a vacuum cleaner at Wal-Mart.
            Probably a Bissell as I imagine a Shark would be scary to him.
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    Raccoons: "Monkeys of the North"
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    No doubt about it, if you're an animal lover racoons are hard to resist. My late sweetie's parents rescued a litter once and I've never seen anything as cute in my life as those kids gathered around a bowl scarfing down butterscotch pudding.

    Even those that are rescued as young babies turn a little wild again at around the age of 2 - they have no domesticated evolution at all. However - you can make friends with them, and if they are older, feeding them doesn't turn them dependent because they already know how to hunt for food. I would think feeding a very young one would put it in need of special training to hunt later for it to become independent at all.

    Claude - just sit and talk to it without approaching it. If it wants to come and talk, it will. Don't reach for it and it's not going to attack you. They don't just attack - they attack when they are scared or confined unwillfully. You could probably get this guy to eat out of your hand with no problems, but it would never be a "tamed" animal. Still - you have other really wild friends and get along with them even though you can't keep them. We know who some of those are.
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    • Profile picture of the author discrat
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      You could probably get this guy to eat out of your hand with no problems, but it would never be a "tamed" animal. Still - you have other really wild friends and get along with them even though you can't keep them. We know who some of those are.
      Thats crazy. Then if it does nip you and draws bllood you got to haul off to the doctors and get Rabies Shots in that belly of yours.

      thats no fun
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      • Profile picture of the author HeySal
        Originally Posted by discrat View Post

        Thats crazy. Then if it does nip you and draws bllood you got to haul off to the doctors and get Rabies Shots in that belly of yours.

        thats no fun
        If it approaches you and you don't move fast or try to grab it, it's not going to bite you. Rabies isn't all that common. Considering how communicable it is, it would wipe out species if it were just generally around. The newer treatments for rabies aren't as bad as the old ones and killing the animal to find out if it's rabid is about gone, too. This isn't 1950.

        If the animal is rabid, it's not going to be acting normal in the first place. Of course, I realize that I'm making an assumption that Claude would ever be able to sort out what "acting normal" even starts to mean for any species since he hasn't gotten the clue on how to do that himself yet. He does try, though, doesn't he?
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        • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
          Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

          Of course, I realize that I'm making an assumption that Claude would ever be able to sort out what "acting normal" even starts to mean for any species since he hasn't gotten the clue on how to do that himself yet. He does try, though, doesn't he?
          Nicely done.
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    Claude, your raccoon has escaped again....

    Raccoon hitching a ride on an alligator, this was on the news last night in Florida, must be desperate.

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    • Profile picture of the author RahimaMal
      Originally Posted by HDRider View Post

      Claude, your raccoon has escaped again....

      Raccoon hitching a ride on an alligator, this was on the news last night in Florida, must be desperate.

      Hahaha saw this article this morning....funny stuff
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    • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
      Originally Posted by HDRider View Post

      Claude, your raccoon has escaped again....

      Raccoon hitching a ride on an alligator, this was on the news last night in Florida, must be desperate.

      Then the gator says "Of course I bit you, I'm a gator."
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      • Profile picture of the author AprilCT
        Originally Posted by bizgrower View Post

        Then the gator says "Of course I bit you, I'm a gator."
        And then the raccoon says, before he dies: Hahahahaha I got rabies and you are headed the same direction as you sent me.
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        • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
          Originally Posted by AprilCT View Post

          And then the raccoon says, before he dies: Hahahahaha I got rabies and you are headed the same direction as you sent me.
          That is really good.
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