Cute and fuzzy gone wrong: w/ pics.

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Posted: 10/6/2005 7:03:02 PM EDT

So, we get home from visiting my wife's family around 8:30.

Wife and 4yo daughter enter the house while I unload the car. My daughter started searching under the couch and family room. My wife asked her what she was looking for. Minitacberry responds: "The cats brought in a bunny." We keep looking and asked her again if she saw a bunny. "I smell fur! There's a bunny in here..." I go around the house and enter the kitchen from the hall while Mrs. enters from dining room, Mini hot on her heals. I saw Mini focus on something outside the sliding glass door. Fearing a zombie, I rushed over. Mrs. said "There's a racoon on the porch!"

All you Boondockers out there: you've got to understand, us suburbanites don't see live racoons that often ... especially on our screened in porch (which door I didn't latch).

We watched the racoon try to escape with a mouth full of cat food, and didn't have time to grab the camera. We chatted about how cool it was to have a cute and fuzzy racoon in the yard. We talked about how healthy the racoon looked. The cats didn't even pay attention to the racoon. The toy poodle (wife's dog damnit - I wanted a one eyed, scar covered rottie-pit-shepard with 3 testicals) didn't want to go onto the porch to investigate.

Then I remembered the dog door ...

Then I noticed the basement door was open. The basement that I've been remodeling since December.

I rushed down and saw

Racoon sh*t right infront of my computer.

So much for a cute and fuzzy animal.

I do believe Mr. Racoon would look good as a hat.

Posted: 10/6/2005 7:08:32 PM EDT

[#1]

Your lucky that's all the damage it did. Good thing it wasn't a burgler or worse! Keep your doors locked when your not home!

Posted: 10/6/2005 7:11:15 PM EDT

[#2]

Forty grain .223 vermint rounds are impressive on raccoons in the back porchlight in the wee hours of the morning.

Don't ask me how I know.

Posted: 10/6/2005 7:17:07 PM EDT

[#3]

Lock your doors when you're not home!

Oh, and since I'm a girl, I have to say that whoever painted the kids play room kicks ass!

Posted: 10/6/2005 7:19:01 PM EDT

[#4]

Too funny! Vermin poo on your carpet! That critter has a sense of humor.

Posted: 10/6/2005 8:08:22 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Lock your doors when you're not home!

Oh, and since I'm a girl, I have to say that whoever painted the kids play room kicks ass!

The wife is still working on it. The castle is done but the pond is still underway. Time goes way too quick.

Sorry about the quality - webcam pictures.

Posted: 10/7/2005 4:07:26 AM EDT

[#6]

btt

Posted: 10/7/2005 4:12:29 AM EDT

[#7]

Raccons are NOT cute.

They are often deadly.

Kill it. NOW.

Posted: 10/7/2005 5:04:11 AM EDT

[#8]

Rabid racoons are not uncommon.

They are almost as bad as cats.

Seriously, though, it's a wild animal. They can carry rabies. Take appropriate measures.

Posted: 10/7/2005 5:06:14 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
Raccons are NOT cute.

They are often deadly.

Kill it. NOW.

Racoon
Catch-em-alive trap
Cat food
Garage
10/22
Aquilla .22lr

Some assembly required.

Posted: 10/7/2005 5:09:22 AM EDT

[#10]

If you were equipped with the proper canine, you would have come home to a raccoon tail and bits of fur in your house and a dog with indigestion.

Posted: 10/7/2005 5:12:39 AM EDT

[#11]

Draw down or they will take over!

Posted: 10/7/2005 5:13:10 AM EDT

[#12]

Shoot it......Kill it now.......Rabies Rabies....

Posted: 10/7/2005 5:18:15 AM EDT

[#13]

u r dum

get rid of those cats if they can't even take care of invaders. My outdoor cat routinely takes care of rabbits, mice, birds, moles, anything basically. Stupid farmer neighbor won't let my dog run free so my cat took over its hunting activities. Indoor cats are former Pound animals. The girl cat had to fend for herself when abandoned...she takes on any invaders and the boy cat has learned from her.

Get some shotshells to take care of them varmints. You are asking for trouble and more trouble with raccoons around. They will tell 2 friends and so on and so on....then the opossums will get the word and you will be in real trouble.

Posted: 10/7/2005 5:22:16 AM EDT

[#14]

Too bad you didn't have a brave cat. One of our siamese cats got into a racoon at our garbage can when I was a kid. The cat came out a little worse for wear and had a hair lip scar after the encounter, but he did stand his ground rather than inviting the racoon in for dinner.

Kent

Posted: 10/7/2005 6:57:43 AM EDT

[#15]

If you decide to trap it, be ready for the meanest critter you could come across. He will be pissed and try to eat through the cage to get at you hissing the whole time.

.223+head shot= you live happily ever after without having to get rabies shots.

Posted: 10/7/2005 8:02:29 AM EDT

[#16]

I have a 500 gallon pond with goldfish in it. This summer , after 7 years of being there the racoons discovered it. Fish missing, plants torn up, Dead fish found on lawn. I lost all fish that were over 1 year old ( they were catching the larger and older fish. Some were over a foot in length). I tryed lights , bobcat and coyote urine.

Over a period of 2 weeks I have caught 13 raccons. Some nights I would get one before going to bed and rebait that evening and capture another one same night Get a havahart cage, bait it with any cat food that contains fish or some sardines (packed in water) what ever is on sale. Place it on a small paper plate with the the 2 opposing sides of the plate folded up to shape a "u' when looked at sideways. Place in the rear of trap past the tripp plate.

When caught, Wear gloves, throw old blanket over cage, (why chance Rabies)Take raccons for a long ride after capturing. (preferably at least 10-15 miles away from your house). Use stick to hold open cage door keep car engine running with you between car and the cage (cage opening faced away from car). Raccoon will run from engine noise.

Sorry shooting was not an option where I live.

Just go for a long ride or they will be back.

Posted: 10/7/2005 8:22:54 AM EDT

[#17]

Racoons are nasty; and keep your house secure, please.

Posted: 10/7/2005 8:30:18 AM EDT

[#18]

I've trapped numerous racoons over the years while attempting to catch scared cats that people have put out in the woods, or wild cats or strays or whatever, never had a problem letting them go out of the trap.
I'm not overly cautious but show them respect.

Posted: 10/7/2005 8:30:48 AM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
If you were equipped with the proper canine, you would have come home to a raccoon tail and bits of fur in your house and a dog with indigestion.

My cat would have killed it, too.

'course, my cat is bigger than some dogs, so...

Posted: 10/7/2005 8:31:15 AM EDT

[#20]

Dude, I'm a city slicker and even I know racoons are dangerous, nasty vermin.

although I did know someone who had a declawed domesticated one once. That was pretty cool.

Posted: 10/7/2005 8:32:32 AM EDT

[#21]

so the term "Turd Burglar" is for real!

Posted: 10/7/2005 8:46:19 AM EDT

[#22]

Raccoons are cute when they're young, but evil, nasty bastards when they grow up.

Just shoot the vermin and turn it into a coonskin cap for your kid. Make sure she sees the old Davy Crockett movies first to get her into the mood.

Posted: 10/7/2005 8:51:42 AM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
Raccoons are cute when they're young, but evil, nasty bastards when they grow up.

Just shoot the vermin and turn it into a coonskin cap for your kid. Make sure she sees the old Davy Crockett movies first to get her into the mood.

Having skinned and tanned a few raccons, I can tell you first hand it's a bitch. Nothing I know of is harder to skin. There's a reason all the commericially made coonskin hats are made out of rabit fur with a coon tail.

Posted: 10/7/2005 8:53:47 AM EDT

[#24]

Not only did he eat your cat food - he crapped in your basement!

Posted: 10/7/2005 8:53:57 AM EDT

[#25]

There is really only one reason to have a cat around, and wathing racoons poop on the floor is not it.

Posted: 10/7/2005 9:01:02 AM EDT

[#26]

Sorry, but that's not Racoon poop. I'd check the computer to see who logged on last! Start there!

Posted: 10/7/2005 9:05:03 AM EDT

[#27]

Tacberry you should get this movie for your daughter...

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006675W/qid=1128704446/sr=8-3/ref=pd_bbs_3/104-4053765-8606312?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846

I read the book when I was a kid------------still a good read 35yr's later. It's one of those "10 Best Books Ever" kind of book.

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140344454/ref=pd_ecs_b_gw_a/104-4053765-8606312?v=glance&s=books&n=

Posted: 10/7/2005 12:02:36 PM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
Tacberry you should get this movie for your daughter...

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006675W/qid=1128704446/sr=8-3/ref=pd_bbs_3/104-4053765-8606312?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846

I read the book when I was a kid------------still a good read 35yr's later. It's one of those "10 Best Books Ever" kind of book.

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140344454/ref=pd_ecs_b_gw_a/104-4053765-8606312?v=glance&s=books&n=

I loved Rascal as a kid. I even ran out an bought the book when the Mrs. was preggers. I also bought "Lost in the Barrens" "The Increadible Journey" and "The Kay". They ended up in the attic during the last 4 years. I've got to bring them back down.

Posted: 10/7/2005 12:03:31 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
Sorry, but that's not Racoon poop. I'd check the computer to see who logged on last! Start there!

It was racoon or cat.......................................

Damn useless cats.

Posted: 10/7/2005 12:08:36 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
so the term "Turd Burglar" is for real!

Posted: 10/11/2005 12:35:00 PM EDT

[#31]

That was no Raccoon! It was a giant wabbit!

Posted: 10/11/2005 12:56:23 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:

That is pretty cool. Your wife did a great job!

Posted: 10/11/2005 1:02:20 PM EDT

[#33]

They're good eatin, or so I hear from the guy I went coon hunting with. That was pretty fun and we got 2.

Posted: 10/11/2005 8:26:34 PM EDT

[#34]

my dog killed a coon once while i was fishing. i skinned it and my buddy cooked it. but we live out in the woods.

Posted: 10/11/2005 8:29:13 PM EDT

[#35]

"Daddy, daddy, can we keep this raccoon? He's so cute and fuzzy, and he came all ready for a sleepover, see? He even has his own toothpaste!"

Posted: 10/11/2005 8:36:51 PM EDT

[#36]

Be carefull where you shoot those things. I found one at midnight on in the garage about three years ago. I couldn't get a good shot, so I offed him as he sat on the tool bench. The bullet hit an artery, and Mr. Coon sprayed pink Kool-Aid all over the tools, machines, walls, even my mom's car in the adjacent space. I dived for cover and didn't get hit. I finished cleaning up just about when the sun rose.

Posted: 10/12/2005 11:50:40 AM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:
Be carefull where you shoot those things. I found one at midnight on in the garage about three years ago. I couldn't get a good shot, so I offed him as he sat on the tool bench. The bullet hit an artery, and Mr. Coon sprayed pink Kool-Aid all over the tools, machines, walls, even my mom's car in the adjacent space. I dived for cover and didn't get hit. I finished cleaning up just about when the sun rose.

"Next time you gotta sneak up from behind
and use a tiny garrote. That's the way a man would do it"

Posted: 10/12/2005 12:02:05 PM EDT

[#38]

Im proud to say that on my farm last summer I shot 25 racoons. My only wish is to be the man who pulls the trigger on the last racoon on earth.

Posted: 10/12/2005 12:08:18 PM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:
Raccons are NOT cute.

They are often deadly.

Kill it. NOW.

They are vicious when shot as well. I put 1 round of .40 into a caged one, it was flopping and twitching even as I put 4 more into it! I mean, I'm not one for animal cruelty but that scene was a mix of horror and comedy. I mean DAMN.... it took 5 rounds!!!!!

Posted: 10/12/2005 12:14:14 PM EDT

[#40]

to the guy who has cuaght a bunch of raccoons, paint the next few with some colored spray paint.
I bet you are catching some of the same ones.

Posted: 10/12/2005 12:19:57 PM EDT

[#41]

Have-a-heart coon sized trap: $45

Put a subsonic .22 from a .22 rifle in the brain at close range, or dunk it in a trashcan full of water till dead, or call animal control to pick it up. I've offed possums this way,but haven't tried it on a raccoon yet.

Posted: 10/12/2005 12:25:03 PM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:
... When caught, Wear gloves, throw old blanket over cage, (why chance Rabies)Take raccons for a long ride after capturing. (preferably at least 10-15 miles away from your house). Use stick to hold open cage door keep car engine running with you between car and the cage (cage opening faced away from car). Raccoon will run from engine noise.

Sorry shooting was not an option where I live.

Just go for a long ride or they will be back.

What they don't sell Axes at your Home Depot

?

Posted: 10/13/2005 3:05:43 AM EDT

[#43]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

JF'nKerry in my basement!!!!

Oh, wait a second....

Great, another nightmare brought to me my ARFCOM

Posted: 10/13/2005 3:15:57 AM EDT

[#44]

Sure it wasnt the cat that shit on the rug?

Posted: 10/13/2005 3:35:32 AM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:
Sure it wasnt the cat that shit on the rug?

That wouldn't surprize me.

Anyone want 3 cats? How about a nice fur scarf?

Posted: 10/13/2005 3:54:12 AM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
Have-a-heart coon sized trap: $45

Put a subsonic .22 from a .22 rifle in the brain at close range, or dunk it in a trashcan full of water till dead, or call animal control to pick it up. I've offed possums this way,but haven't tried it on a raccoon yet.

Bingo. For all the "can't shoot where I live" guys.

Kill it or it'll be back, and back and back again. They're smart fuckers.

Posted: 10/13/2005 4:01:07 AM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:
If you were equipped with the proper canine, you would have come home to a raccoon tail and bits of fur in your house and a dog with indigestion.

I think I have the right kind of dod then. He's a mix between a coon hound and a beagle. Looks like a beagle but stands as tall as a hound. He treed a coon last week on the fence. When coonie jumped off the fence and ran in the garage,he followed and kept that thing cornered under the truck till I got out my .22lr. Unfortunately doggy had a fewscratches and what looked like bite marks on him, so off to the vet we go. Kept him for 10 days