...and they tell two friends...

[geekchick]

I'm afraid I can see where this might be going.

Two nights ago there was one raccoon at the platform bird feeder on the deck. Last night there were two. Tonight I turned on the deck light and was treated to three little masked faces looking very surprised; two took off quickly, the third shrugged and went on with the stuffing of the face for five more minutes. I suppose it's time to bring the bird feeder in for a couple of nights before we end up coming home from a weekend away to find them parked on the sofa with the remotes, a bag of chips and a couple of beers, watching Animal Planet while Gateway cowers under the bed.

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[carpee-diem.livejournal.com]

I used to have a racoon as a pet.. he was SO cute! He was found by a logger and I adopted him.. sadly (or thanfully) he started to get more wild the older he got until finally I had to let him go (after he bit me in the nose!) - but he did still hang out around my house and visit once and a while.. and I was the only one who could feed him by hand for years! But watch out tho.. you don't want too many buzzing about.. they can get into a PILE of stuff and make a serious mess.. trust me!

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

There are game recipes in the older editions of The Joy of Cooking that include raccoons... (smile).

[geekchick]

o_O

I know, I have one of those editions. I also have no desire to ever try one of the recipes.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

I suppose it's time to bring the bird feeder in for a couple of nights

Yeah, acclimating raccoons to easy food could be a bad thing, long term. Where is everyone's trash kept in your neighborhood?

And the visual of them having taken over the living room is too funny. :-)

[geekchick]

Heh, actually it looks like I can leave the feeder out because they completely emptied it last night. =) Just need to avoid refilling it for a while. Although at least one of them found the hanging feeder as well. Oy.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Oy is right. They learn quickly, the cute little buggers. :-)