tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post3166310000449708352..comments2024-02-02T00:22:18.479-06:00Comments on Okay, Listen Here: Raccoon CityStephanie Jones AKA Alicia Hunter Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03023631488715031414noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-71579934660764271532011-03-01T20:49:32.100-06:002011-03-01T20:49:32.100-06:00Stephanie, you might be a lot safer to stay in the...Stephanie, you might be a lot safer to stay in the buildings. The more I read, the more I get afraid of all this wildlife.<br /><br />Kathy, yeah life in the country is always one thrill after another, one I could mostly do without. LOL I didn't need a heart attack the other morning. And if there is a mosquito within a hundred miles it will bite me and I will swell up like a toad. Hate them and hate spiders!<br /><br />Ew, RP. Oppossums! They are a menace to horse owners! They carry a disease that affects the central nervous system of a horse. It's really bad and usually the horse has to euthenized. I am always watching for possums. As for the raccoons. we have caught two more since I penned the blog. All are being relocated since I also discovered they carry leptospirosis, a very bad disease that affects cattle and humans. Gee, I never used to worry about all this. I guess the older I get, the more I worry.Cherylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-37168018650035543042011-03-01T19:24:22.726-06:002011-03-01T19:24:22.726-06:00Okay, I have to admit...I followed the link having...Okay, I have to admit...I followed the link having seen the title, in high hopes of hearing something about zombies. I'll have you know, you did not disappoint. Nay, nay. I was absolutely -delighted- by your encounter with the Juvanile Zombie Raccoon Ninja. (JZRN...I'm coining that and selling it to Cartoon Network. >.>)<br /><br />I could have warned you about the wiley critters. Never underestimate anything with oposible thumbs...or prehensile tails. And your boys are correct, they're not solitary. They tend to have litters of between 4 and 6...and mama is rarely too far off. <br /><br />I still remember the summer we caught a whole family of them raiding our apple trees in broad daylight. Mama ran off into the woods, but her six babies decided to scamper up the closest tree to evade us. The closest tree, of course, being the apple tree. The problem with that was said apple tree was a dwarf that stood no more than 7 feet. (While the adults are clever, their youth seem to share a lack of common sense that rivals that of humanity.)So we all donned leather work gloves and went picking them off the tree branches by their tails to be deposited into a wire chicken cage. We then humanely relocated the snapping varments to a nature preserve. Problem solved. :D<br /><br />~Angela BlountAngela N. Blount (RedPeril)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06701198374117476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-17870540984016098842011-03-01T19:23:02.717-06:002011-03-01T19:23:02.717-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Angela N. Blount (RedPeril)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06701198374117476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-68713938228668584802011-03-01T18:37:53.200-06:002011-03-01T18:37:53.200-06:00Oh, and I love the racooon with the glowing eyes. ...Oh, and I love the racooon with the glowing eyes. ;)Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-88527912330228162902011-03-01T18:37:09.139-06:002011-03-01T18:37:09.139-06:00Oh! I was quite sure, as I started reading your b...Oh! I was quite sure, as I started reading your blog post that this racoon was squealing for brains, Cheryl! While I'm impressed by Rocky's ninja antics, I admit I'm a bit disappointed that the creature had just fallen unconscious. ;)<br /><br />You have the darndest stories about life in the country. LOL! Don't stop passing them along. :D<br /><br />PM, rats! Nuff said. ;)<br /><br />Jean, funny comparison between bears.<br /><br />Stephanie, I'm sorry you hit the deer. Might have been Bambi's mother. :(<br /><br />I love the outdoors as long as I'm not dealing with mosquitos and bugs. Lived outside growing up, climbing trees and hunting for snails and pincher bugs in Japan. I'm not sure when I got so squimmish. LOL!Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-13096651463448657512011-03-01T17:02:10.313-06:002011-03-01T17:02:10.313-06:00Like Jean, I try to stay inside buildings and in c...Like Jean, I try to stay inside buildings and in cities and away from wild life. This hasn't always been the case, I grew up waaaaay out in the county and there was lots of wildlife every where you looked. I once hit a deer with my Ford Pinto. Ahhhh, the memories!<br /><br />Cheryl-thanks for a funny blog!Stephanie Jones AKA Alicia Hunter Pacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03023631488715031414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-82867353298661213152011-03-01T16:43:03.739-06:002011-03-01T16:43:03.739-06:00Hey PM, I have had such mouse problems at the barn...Hey PM, I have had such mouse problems at the barn. The cats love it but I hate the little critters. We did have a couple of Norwegian Wharf rats (I think here they call them Gopher Rats). We were using big traps and this one gnawed its leg off and could still scurry. My hubby hit it like a golfball straight toward me. The dang thing went up my pants leg. I've have never gotten out of my pants so quickly! LOL<br /><br />Jean, I can understand, the Bear was a big man right along with Shug. They seemed larger than life. We also have minks running the creek by our house. They look like weasels. I keep wondering how many I would have to trap to get a coat.Cherylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-50055470230756507222011-03-01T10:29:08.068-06:002011-03-01T10:29:08.068-06:00I try to stay away from wildlife and the outdoors....I try to stay away from wildlife and the outdoors.<br />I once saw a stuffed black bear at Rau Antiques in New Orleans. It was taller than I expected. I once met Bear Bryant when I was 19. He was not as tall as I expected, but then I was expecting about 20 feet.Alicia Hunter Pace (aka Jean Hovey and Stephanie Jones)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13844329805282121486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-73247217010928565852011-03-01T08:31:11.608-06:002011-03-01T08:31:11.608-06:00It's not the ten-pound animal that scares thos...It's not the ten-pound animal that scares those big boys; it's the word "rabies" and the fact those little animals hiss and snarl and sound way bigger than they are. I've had a couple run-ins with raccoons though mine weren't Ninjas.<br /><br />I had my mouse escapade last Thanksgiving where I came face to face with one in my pantry. I trapped 4 of them before the maintenance guy was finally able to locate where they might be coming in and stuff the holes with steel wool. There's nothing quite like seeing a mouse scurry across the room out of the corner of your eye and then have him taunt you by hiding behind the sofa. And for a couple days the darned things were managing to eat the peanut butter off the trap without springing it. And then there was the morning I woke to this little squeaking sound and found one trapped only by his little leg, dragging the trap behind him.<br /><br />Thank God for steel wool!<br /><br />MarilynPlayground Monitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444337591281145863noreply@blogger.com