Raccoon Encounter... What's Wrong? What Do You Do?

Raccoons are the largest cookers of meth!

 

more than likely rabies. With the collapse of the fur industry in the late 80's-early 90's the racoon population really took off. Around here they lay dead all over the roads. Lots more rabies issues with tehm as well.

Humane society says

How can you tell if a racoon has rabies?
Is that raccoon rabid?

• Staggering gait.
• An animal seemingly oblivious to noise or nearby movement.
• Erratic wandering.
• Discharge from eyes or mouth.
• Wet and matted hair on face.
• Repeated high-pitch vocalization.
• Self-mutilation.

 

They also obsessed with ciggerettes, lol

 

Yeap, they bum smokes, hork your lighter and promise to get you next round of drinks but next round on them never comes!

raccoons stole the catalytic converter, the airbag and a door from my neighbors Honda Civic!

 

I have racoons. And skunks nightly! and I mean they don't miss a single night.They are always looking for scraps from my
laying hens. One finally made it into the chicken coop this week. It didn't want eggs, just drug the laying feeder over to its hole
it dug. Surprised it made it past the electric fence. Sometimes we are awakened to skunk spray from one getting shocked.
So far the racoons, and skunks haven't bothered my chickens. The bobcat however got one, and I got him with a pellet in the ass,
but he's hanging around still. We also had a ton of baby skunks in the backyard this week. I just want one!!

 

I wish I could like/UNlike a post. You're a good man with a yuuuuuge heart. You did her a kindness as you know. It still sucks when you look around for an adult to do the hard thing and you realize that YOU are the adult.

You're a good man, Charlie Brown, When it's your turn to cross the Rainbow Bridge, you're gonna have a helluva escort.


Got something in my eye,...

 

Get some of those jawbreakers that are like 1 inch in diameter. Not the great big ones, but the one inch ones.

They fkn LOVE those.

 

Yeap, a huge parade of trash pandas, ducks and Asian gangbang chicks.

I’d throw rose petals from the crowd but I’ll be riding the hot rail to hell to take my thrown.

raccoons traffic in human organs. Not for hospitals or doctors skirting laws to save lives, nope. To weirdos who like collecting human organs!

 

These guys get it.

Had a middle sized one wandering around a shop in the middle of the day. Same story, shuffling along, no fear of humans, walking dead like behavior.

Distemper.

Only had FMJ loads on me, took five before it stopped moving.

There’s nothing more humane to do than to end their suffering.

 

Thank you Brother, from my heart, Thank you for taking the time/thought to say that to me. It is very much appreciated, and makes me smile, makes me feel good.
Thank you WERA Brother <3

 

I haven't seen a raccoon in years, but we have coyotes on my cameras every night

 

Go watch "the great outdoors"

Racoons are evil...every time we camped down at Fairfield State park they would raid our spot and wake us up.

 

I was today years old when I realized that Amyl is not the lead singer’s name and the band dudes don’t just have runny noses

Her name is Amy, close… funny rocking bunch of Roos for sure

 

LOL'd if true.

Damn. I dunno what that actually looks like in animals besides them being mega aggressive and foamy and attacking somebody. I was def hesitant to try and chase him down because of that, but he looked in a bad way.

it was 5:30pm. nowhere near my house. It was right on a biking/hiking trail in a giant wooded county park trail system. Near a busy road, trail has frequent users and is in proximity to neighborhoods, but not on my property. I literally came around a turn and he was just standing there looking at me.

I dunno what that looks like. I can (obviously) look it up after this response, but yea. I had no reference.

Dude I didn't mean just like, casual about it. I mean like he looked like he was 1-step away from falling over and just collapsing dead from exhaustion. Like he had just ran a marathon without water.

he looked like a cub man. he was small, and he still had like, "puppy fur" that looked real soft and whispy, not like a big fat coarse haired grown-up raccoon.

it made me sad to see him. he looked like he was scared of me, but just couldn't force his body to get away any quicker. i coulda easily "slow jogged" him down at like 4-5mph in a heartbeat.

 

that's how i felt. i was like, "who do i call for somebody to do something for this guy?" and there wasn't, really. i didn't even have anything to grab him even if that WASN'T a terrible idea. i was just trying to keep an eye on him in case somebody could come, but then no dice and then i turned for 30 seconds and he was gone. turning into an old softy...

 

That's probably why you dont see raccoons.

A few years ago I saw a map from a study estimating animal populations here in San Diego. There are so many canyons, lagoons, etc that there's space for wild animals. And some of the areas are protected. IIRC, the major populations of coyotes, cats (wild/feral/house), and other prey animals hardly overlapped. It was kinda nuts to see someone quantify that. And it gave another reason for why some friends keep "losing" their outdoor cats.

 

@SpeedyE, how are you doing these days?

I hope things are going well for ya!

 

It was either a lost baby that was dehydrated and dying, or a distempered baby. I didint see it, so I will guess 50/50 either way.

 

Still alive Brother, still alive .... Thank you for asking <3
My stress/c-ptsd eventually cleared up, and now my brain is firing 100% on all cylinders again... God Bless
Thank you again <3