Walt,
we like racoons, too, but by now we have a conflict of interests:
http://ferider.smugmug.com/gallery/178283/1/6845436
http://ferider.smugmug.com/gallery/178283/1/6725588
(Sorry not OM photos).
Cheers,
Roland.
--- Walt Wayman <hiwayman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Right now, we have a mama coon and two babies, plus an extra adult who we
> think is the sister or
> brother of the mother coon who tags along, that come up on our deck every
> night. We feed them
> leftovers, buy extra bread for them (they love plain old white "lightbread"),
> and we sometimes
> just hand them cookies or stale donuts. We actually have made them peanut
> butter sandwiches,
> which they love. And eggs, but we have to show them how to crack them. We
> know we're not
> supposed to feed them, but we are adamantly politically incorrect here and
> have no regard for
> those who are.
>
> Besides, if you've never seen a baby coon, let me tell you this: no plush toy
> you've ever seen
> is half as cute. And they make little squeaky noises, look at you with those
> big, black-masked
> eyes, reach out with those tiny little human-like hands to take what you
> offer and...I'm choking
> up now.
>
> Maybe I should take some pictures.
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
>
> -------------- Original message from Der Eiserne Reiter : --------------
>
> > :-)
> >
> > He completly voluntarily opened the screen of our French doors (from
> > balcony to
> > kitchen),
> > found his way to the cat bowl and emptied it. I only saw the tracks in the
> > morning (5am,
> > no coffee yet), and found our three disturbed indoor cats outside. In the
> > stress
> > of
> > collecting them I forgot about my camera.
> >
> > Roland.
> >
> > --- "Timpe, Jim" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > PETA is on its' way for your unabashedly cruel treatment of the racoon.
> > > You're supposed to provide Purina coon-feed.....
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > Dear AG,
> > >
> > > last year we had a racoon in our house eating our cat food ... but this
> > > is
> > > another story :-)
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