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The bottom fella's singing,

All I want is a branch somewhere
Far away from his derrier *
Somewhere cool with corn to spare
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?



*Poetic license. ;)

LOL GW!

Hi again....another little Update on our little Raccoons which as You can see are getting bigger and bigger.....
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That is typical of the Greeting I get at feedingtime most of the time.
They hear me come into the Barn and here they scatter as fast as they can and climb up onto the sreened in window so they can see what's going on .....they are so curious !!
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Then they make these incredible sweet noises while they are "talking" to me.I just want to hug them :-))
Brigitte

Awwww! Wish I could hear them. Do they make the little trilling sounds?

How absolutely precious!
I have some that regularly visit the backyard at night. I enjoy obseving them.

Oooohhh! They're so cuuute! I wish I could hug them too! How old are they now?

Probably wouldn't want to hug them now. Those claws can be devastating even if accidentally or if startled?
Keep us posted on their adventures - I love the practice climbing post one. Wonder if the same one is always on the bottom? They're great little thieves.

More pictures please! It won't be long before they are ready to head out on their own. They are so big now! I think raccoons have their own territories, so you may not get visits from all of them in the future. Enjoy them while they are still here!

Eglantyne, thanks for sharing some of your experiences with wildlife. You are privileged to enjoy those memorable moments almost on a daily basis that many never experience in a lifetime.

My wife and I are very fond of Maine having traveled there quite often on vacation. Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park is our favorite spot. First place I ever had Lobster. We visited Boothbay Harbor several times, also. It is a very enticing area to want to live, in retirement.

We had the experience of being in Bar Harbor shortly after a hurricane came up the Atlantic coast. To witness the waves crashing against the rocky shore was a sight to see. We were also on Cadillac Mt. one early morning (a perfect morning) and observed the sun coming up above the cloud line. It was a photographer's dream shot. And finally to see the top of Mt. Kathadin, while in Baxter State Park, covered in early snow, cumulus clouds against the blue sky and the red, yellow and orange foreground of the changing season was a memorable moment. After many years, I can still see the "picture". And, of course not to be forgotten, to see close-up, the majestic Moose. Awesome !!! Oh how rich you are to be so close to this, every day.

Keep up the good work. It is a delicate balance between mankind and wildlife.

Hello everyone,
due to popular interest :-) I am posting just a few pictures tonight.
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These pictures were taken last sunday when my husband as always cleans out "THEIR room " ,it is quite large appr.12x12x12 ft .
As he is cleaning the little ones have to be in a cage for about 1 hour so they will not get into the way,also for their safety.

Usually they are very mischievous while we are in there and untie our shoelaces,steal something out of my husbands scrub pockets etc.
Have fun looking,
Brigitte
PS:PLEASE do NOT misunderstand ..they are not caged up only during cleanup

They hear my husband coming......gosh and they were just posing for me :-).the 7th one is hiding behind ........
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To answer if we still can pick them up or not ........it depends on the litters......3 are shy and don't want to be touched much,however they do still eat from our hands.
BUT the other 4 ....OMG.....they climb up my pantsleg and like I mentioned before open our shoelaces etc.etc..they are very smart and talented at that.
We keep the dogfood in a galvenized large Garbagecan and know exactly when we had a nightly visitor......the lid is off.
We also watched them before opening up latches on a cage.....a different cage that is not shown,
Brigitte

This is not a Wildlife picture of course but I thought I would share it also.
This is " Foggy" our sons cat who lives with us right now......looks like he made himself at home in my "Nuernberger Kitchen " Roombox I am working on,
Brigitte

Close-Up of Foggy.....for the Miniaturists in this group....I designed and made that roombox myself with a bandsaw I received as a Mothersday present several years ago......my husband.......your present is in the trunk.....I looked and just kept laughing and giggling.....a Bandsaw for me as a present ? .......but it was for ME :-)
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I use it still quite often.You should have seen a Sears Repairmans face when he told me to tell my husband to give him a call so he could discuss the problem with the saw.....I just sweetly told him...well You have to tell me because this is MY SAW..hahaha.....his expression was priceless !
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Will answer posts and post more pictures but have to run because we have family come from Arizona tomorrow.
THANK YOU for all the kind words and encouragements,
Brigitte

Such sweet faces ..the racoons are really growing.

Brigitte.....
You amaze me with all your talents and interests.

I chuckled when you told the story of the Sears repairman.
I love to have good tools myself.

Have fun with your company.

Cheers,
Carol

Oooohhh! Adorable, Brigitte! All the little racoons look like their in their stroller ready to go for a walk!

Cute pictures of the cat, too! They just love to lay in the darndest places.

Thanks for the pictures, they're always fun to look at.

Your shot of Foggy reminds me of Alice in Wonderland, when Alice would find herself growing large inside rooms! The raccoon babies are so cute - I can totally understand why you have to contain them while their enclosure's visited by room service. They look about as "abused" as our dogs did when we had three. They loved piling in the big greyhound-sized crate together and sleeping in a big lump o' dogs.

Hello again,
New update.....all of the raccoons were released last fall,one female came back and had babies under the house this spring.

As of last evening though we have 2 more babies to take care of.Two males I have been told,5 weeks old .They are still drinking the bottle,will post some pictures later on today :-)

First it is feedingtime....our son Robbie is feeding one while I was feeding the second one :-)

my husband is doing his duty "babysitting" one of them while I was cleaning the crate.

Here is the one I fed.......resting on my chest before bedtime.They were really good and slept the whole night thru :-)...more pictures to come when we take some more.

Awwww, how sweet! I hope you have lace curtains to go with that lovely wallpaper!
Pati

Eglantyne, more babies! :D Judging from that picture of your son, he must be a gem - his face is so open and sweet. Howie and I love that shot.

Pati,
thank you :-) ..they are so cute.
Somebody just called a few minutes ago ,they are bringing 2 more 2 critters by...our DIL didn't hear if they said mink or Lynx babies...
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this is actually our family TV room but I loved that wallpaper when I saw it,have the coordinate in my sewingroom room which is adjourning.

Mink or lynx! There's a big difference between those!

sylvi74 yes I know but she didn't hear the person correctly and the husband has not shown up yet to give them to us.

Evidently the mother was run over by a car and the babies were hovering by the dead mother...I saw something just recently with a baby squirl.When I drove into town I saw the dead mother and on the way back a little one was by the body,but when I braked it run away into the bushes.

Oh, how sad! But usually by the time rodents are out of the nest they can do okay on their own. I just hate to think of those poor little babies wondering why there mommy won't get up. You are so good to take care of them!!

Well they are here..a little frisky little girl who wnts to bite me and her brother which is not doing good.he was found on the same roadside as the mother so maybe he got partially hit too.The "babygirl" was on the other side and they were calling each other.The man who brought them is going back to see if they are any more siblings ?

Just found this thread and it's great!! Need a new one to post more baby pics Eglantyne!!! Wish just WISH I had a camera the day I stopped and pushed/was chased by a gigantic snapping turtle to get him out of the road. Not a cute pic though!! My friend said, why didn't you just pick him up and take him somewhere safe? I said you kidding??? His neck was as long as my forearm! Bite bite for sure!! Did the best I could though, with crazy drivers honking the whole time. I bet he was 100 years old...

More pics more pics!!!

Nicole

Oh by the way they are mink not Lynx..ready to take a pic in a few minutes.
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Nicole...I am afraid of snapping turtles also and when we see them in the road it is my husband who picks them up.

Mink probably easier than Lynx I would think! LOL!!

Keeping my eyes peeled for the pics!

Nicole

Brigitte, I can't believe it was almost a year ago that we began a conversation about vireo nests and cowbirds that morphed into a racoon thread. I sure am happy I didn't unwatch this thread! Keep up the good work and continue to post. BTW, could that little guy your DH is cuddling have been slightly tranquilized by a small sip of Miller Lite? LOL! Works for me!

Bob

This message was edited Jun 17, 2005 6:06 AM

I know what you mean...Watching threads nets some fun conversations later on!

This is an incredible thread! The early dialogue about wildlife rehabiliation was very interesting, to say the least. Then I became caught up in all your wonderful animal stories.

Eglantyne, Thanks for sharing those fascinating photos of yours! I'd probably never be able to see such amazing close-ups of nature otherwise. Your photos are treasures. Thanks for sharing your amazing work with us.

I just want to pet them!

GOOD morning everyone,
It's good to see You Bob.........gosh I know it's been a long time since I even posted in this forum even though I have lots of pictures to share.I am usually in the rose and Daylily forum,especially roses since I am a rose fanatic seems like.........on the other hand what is it I don't like ? ;-))
Bob I pasted and copied Your post and just sent it to my husband :-))

Nicole ,pictures are coming in a few minutes.I just looked them over and picked the best ones to post.

gardenwife....wait until You see some pics of Foggy coming up :-)

moyesi ...THANK YOU for your encouraging words,it makes me happy to make others happy even though it might be just with pictures.Animals are sooooo much fun........well usually hahaha

As of yesterday afternoon we have 2 brandnew babies that I am trying to raise.
This is a couple of hours later after they were brought to me ( still in the same box )
they are in a small cozy crate now with woodshavings etc.
This is the female..look at her nose ? cute or WHAT ?

Here she is again....they wouldn't take the bottle so I put they milkmixture into a saucer and some of it spilled.
In the wild minks have usually between 4-6 babies whereas in captivity in Minkfarms they can have up to 10 or even 12

We are happy to report that the brother on the left came around a few hours after.He was in sheer shock when brought to me and I really didn't think that he was going to make it.
Last night he was moving around quite nicely and the same this morning.They went "potty" in the corner like "good little babies should "
BTW which the baby raccoons have NOT learned yet.

The man who found and brought them to us brought his wife to see them last evening for a few minutes and was pleased to see the male doing so much better.He also mentioned that he went back to see if he could find any other siblings,making noises like minks do ,trying to communicate back etc....no luck !
I don't even want to think of the drama they have gone thru and trying to survive in the wild right now.Most likely they were more than 2.

Foggy's pictures are coming ...they are hilarious !!

will have to do it later on this morning,a friend just dropped by

Brigitte, first of all I want to say how much I admire you for all of your continuing efforts to help all of these little wild ones who, without you, would probably have little chance at all for survival. You're a very special person. My kids have immensely enjoyed looking at all your pics too. My son (6yrs) is absolutely smitten with the mink babies. He declared he wanted one of his own. When I explained that they're wild and why you have them ... well, he thinks you are just about the biggest hero on the planet :-). And he (respectfully) requests MORE PICS PLEASE :-) Thanks again for all your wonderful efforts to help these wee ones and for letting us share a bit of it with you :-)

-Julie