This was in 1973. A friend had found 4 starving orphaned babies to me to raise. Has anyone else had a little masturbating weirdo? I sure loved that little guy! The other 3 went other places once they were out of danger. They thought I was their mom. I had this guy till he was about 8 months old, and the game warden wouldn’t let me have him. He offered for him to be jailed at a game farm, OR I could release him. So, of course, that’s what I did. I took him back to the woods where he was found, because the friend was there building a house, and they’d help him adjust. But I had to trick him by waiting till he climbed a tree, and then I ran! Crying all the way! Both of us. I could hear him crying the whole way back to my car…I did get to see him again though. He was in the habit of visiting the friend at night, so I camped there & waited. It had been a year at that point. He showed up, circled around me suspiciously for a second, then the lightbulb came on, he jumped on me & he stayed with me all night! The next day, I went home & he went back into the woods… So, a happy ending, and such a special time in my life! 🦝

I used to see the raccoons often as they used my fence like a freeway, going one way in the early morning and then returning to their home base in the evening. This picture is from March 2020. Hope they’re still around somewhere in LA. Maybe the baby became the one I posted a few months ago. 🤷‍♀️

Has anyone ever seen a raccoon drink from a soda can? A random can of half drank Dr. Pepper is sitting in the middle of my backyard and it definitely was not there last night. There’s also another empty can by my gate. I’m trying to convince myself that it was just a raccoon so I can stop thinking some creep was hanging out in my backyard while I was asleep.

Pre-hurricane Helene, I was leaving fresh water out and some fruit scraps for a pregnant momma. I saw her babies a few times on our security camera, but then due to no water, power, or internet, I didn’t know if they were okay. Post-hurricane I saw two the babies, much bigger now, on our back porch!!! I grabbed some dry kitty food and some fresh water and placed it out for them. My indoor kitty spotted them and is very inquisitive, not aggressive at all, bless! 😂 Anywho, they had a drink, dipped their sweet paws and devoured the kitty food! Then, on two separate occasions, one of them got curious, and came close to the glass door near the food and water! I put my hand up to the glass and the little one put their paw up to the glass, right where my hand was!!!!!! 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

I was just walking outside at 4pm locally and noticed a raccoon just walking around.

Is it sick? Why would it be out and about before night?

I’m not trying to feed them but they occasionally get to the feeders and I can take the feeders down at night if it’s not good for them. I was worried they might eat the whole shell. I love the little guys and don’t want to cause them any harm.