Hello friends!

I figured it was high time I actually posted a raccoon update in the Raccoon Update thread.

Eric took this picture of Magoo tonight.


Like little Izzy from a former litter, both Marcel and Magoo have learned to climb the rail that runs around the window well in our backyard. The part of the rail that runs near our back door gives these little beggars an unobstructed view of my kitchen, so of course that is where they tend to park their lazy behinds. Such a position ensures them dinner, as who could possibly pass by those mournful raccoon eyes and not reach for a scoop of cat food and a cluster or two of grapes?

We see Marcel and Magoo, our bachelor brothers, with great regularity these days... a little too regularly for Eric's taste. Donna is long gone. This is normal and natural for this time of year. We assume she is off somewhere nursing a litter of kits. In all probability we will not see her again. A mama raccoon as young as Donna is unlikely to have the size, strength and cunning to claim and defend our backyard as her own. I also would be surprised if Gigi returns this year, given that at some time after she established her territory last summer, she had the misfortune to break one of her front legs. This would give her a distinct disadvantage this year, assuming of course, that despite her broken leg, she still found enough food and avoided/resisted diseases to live another year. Mother Nature is a harsh mistress.

In all probability, some big, bad, dominant female raccoon from a prior litter of babies will claim our backyard this summer. Perhaps this will be the year that Izzy returns? The first thing that big, bad mama raccoon will do is kick Marcel and Magoo right out!!! No mother raccoon would tolerate bachelor brothers near her babies. The process of "encouraging" those two to leave might take several nights, but eventually some mama raccoon will scare and/or scar Marcel and Magoo so badly that they will not dare to ever return again. Some raccoons are slow learners. As regular readers of this thread may recall, a few years back Interloper Mama had to work long and hard to convince Arthur that he should go away and never ever return! Eventually he got the message.

Marcel and Magoo's days of sloth and lethargy are numbered. They just don't know it yet...

You sound like you're writing the outline for upcoming episodes of a soap opera.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Hello friends!

I figured it was high time I actually posted a raccoon update in the Raccoon Update thread.

Eric took this picture of Magoo tonight.


Like little Izzy from a former litter, both Marcel and Magoo have learned to climb the rail that runs around the window well in our backyard. The part of the rail that runs near our back door gives these little beggars an unobstructed view of my kitchen, so of course that is where they tend to park their lazy behinds. Such a position ensures them dinner, as who could possibly pass by those mournful raccoon eyes and not reach for a scoop of cat food and a cluster or two of grapes?

We see Marcel and Magoo, our bachelor brothers, with great regularity these days... a little too regularly for Eric's taste. Donna is long gone. This is normal and natural for this time of year. We assume she is off somewhere nursing a litter of kits. In all probability we will not see her again. A mama raccoon as young as Donna is unlikely to have the size, strength and cunning to claim and defend our backyard as her own. I also would be surprised if Gigi returns this year, given that at some time after she established her territory last summer, she had the misfortune to break one of her front legs. This would give her a distinct disadvantage this year, assuming of course, that despite her broken leg, she still found enough food and avoided/resisted diseases to live another year. Mother Nature is a harsh mistress.

In all probability, some big, bad, dominant female raccoon from a prior litter of babies will claim our backyard this summer. Perhaps this will be the year that Izzy returns? The first thing that big, bad mama raccoon will do is kick Marcel and Magoo right out!!! No mother raccoon would tolerate bachelor brothers near her babies. The process of "encouraging" those two to leave might take several nights, but eventually some mama raccoon will scare and/or scar Marcel and Magoo so badly that they will not dare to ever return again. Some raccoons are slow learners. As regular readers of this thread may recall, a few years back Interloper Mama had to work long and hard to convince Arthur that he should go away and never ever return! Eventually he got the message.

Marcel and Magoo's days of sloth and lethargy are numbered. They just don't know it yet...

Ah yes, Eric has a fan club... ;)

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

You sound like you're writing the outline for upcoming episodes of a soap opera.

All My (Raccoon) Children?

The Guiding (Back Porch) Light?

The Young And The Restless (And The Hungry...)?

You sound like you're writing the outline for upcoming episodes of a soap opera.

All My (Raccoon) Children?

The Guiding (Back Porch) Light?

The Young And The Restless (And The Hungry...)?

LOL...always Hungry.

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You sound like you're writing the outline for upcoming episodes of a soap opera.

All My (Raccoon) Children?

The Guiding (Back Porch) Light?

The Young And The Restless (And The Hungry...)?

Or The (Raccoon) Chew?

Or (Raccoon) Texas Ranger?

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

A few more overgrown kits to add to Angela's slothful two!

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It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues

Marcel and Magoo's days of sloth and lethargy are numbered. They just don't know it yet...

Super duper cute picture!!! I'm sort of thinking that Marcel, Magoo and I may be in the same boat.

What?

Angela will stop feeding you cat food?

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It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues

What?

Angela will stop feeding you cat food?

Sad, isn't it?

Yup!

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It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues

Nice pic, Angela:) Thanx for the update.

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rOZZ
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So, there I was, raccoon in hand, when ...

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It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues

Believe it or not, this kittens name is: Kitler
This is the 25th pic of 159 of Animals in the News...
She's up for adoption or rehoming...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/08/ferrets-rodents-sold-as-toy-poodles-argentina_n_3037094.html#slide=318214

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Ang's book could also title - My life with yard raccoons ....

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For Vic.

[edit]
And another.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Blub, blub...

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Lisa is a raccoon lady on fb. Her profile pic is of a baby raccoon. Very cute...

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rOZZ
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Angela

Do you have more food?

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It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues

first back................

first back................

Apparently, the raccoons aren't impressed.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.