Missing Baby

Here is the skiddish little baby who got himself separated from mom. He spent the day in our garage, while our nerves were on edge hoping that mom would come back for him. What would we do if she didn't come?? Thankfully we didn't have to answer that question.



When the sun went down, mom was the first raccoon of the night to come into the yard. She was a little leary of the carrier, but when she got close enough, the baby saw her and ran out towards her. They were so happy to see each other, they started kissing and grooming... They stayed in the yard for about 20 minutes, eating and drinking together. Baby learned his lesson and didn't get more than 6 inches away from mom. A few hours later the whole family came back for snacks, just like nothing ever happened. I wonder if his mom was as stressed out as we were?!

OH NO!!!!

The first set of kits of the year made their debut last night, but instead of being a happy occasion, two of them got spooked by a noise. They hid behind our garbage cans, and left by their momma! About 40 minutes later, mom came back and got one of them that we were able to shoo back into the yard, but the other one was too shy and slow and got left again. Poor little thing waited all night, so in the morning we went out and got him off the wall to protect him from the sun and stress of the day. I'm sure mamma will come back to claim her kit, but there is alot of pressure - I just want them all to be ok! (Oh, the stress!!)

They are coming!

Anxiously awaiting the summer of babies - we have at least 3 or 4 moms that are obviously nursing. It will be a great summer of baby fun!

The Sleeper

A few weeks ago I was walking past the back door and had to stop in my tracks! There was a big ole' raccoon completely zonked out by the water dish. At first he was curled up to it, his chin resting on the side - sleeping. At next glace a few minutes later was on his back, all four feet pointed stright up and his mouth hanging open. It was hysterical! Then I thought he might be dead or dying (not so funny....) but he was still breathing, so it seemed ok. I grabbed my camera as this was a priceless photo op. Through the glass it wouldn't focus, and I couldn't open the door as that would have awakened him for sure. So all I got was this one crappy shot after he rolled over. But his nap will be in my memory forever! (and he was fine, apparently just tired!)

Raccoon Summer

It's been a good raccoon summer. Not as good as last year, but in some ways - better. I desperately miss my friend Giggles and Shadow. I hope they are well, wherever they are. But I do have their mom and her three new kits, one of which looks more and more like Shadow everyday. I have also really been enjoying the mom and four smaller babies - they are just adorable, and still pretty little. Last night they came to visit and played in the pots and dug up my rosemary. It was dead already, so I didn't mind. The little one played with the hose in between batting the ice cubes around and having snacks. It's such a good feeling to know that I am making their lives maybe just a little bit better and more fun when they visit my yard.

It's baby time again!

I've been waiting for the new kits of the season to show up, and this week I got my wish! There are two new families, one with three babies (from the "sixers" mom, I bet she's glad to only have half as many to worry about this year!) and the other family has four. They are slightly younger and oh so cute! Here are a couple shots of the newbies:

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The Return of Giggles

It's been awhile since I've seen my pals Giggles and Shadow. Their mom has been around, but I haven't seen Shadow in months. Tonight Giggles came to hang with me for a bit! We shared some grapes and crackers, a little conversation.... always a pleasure to mingle with the ring-tailed ones.

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Be afraid....be very afraid!

Once the rain stopped and things dried out, Boss and the Dukes returned. Apparently Boss is hatching an evil plan of world domination.

The weekend of RAIN.....

Didn't detour the regulars from their snacks. Just made them "pre-soaked"...a bonus!

Ho Ho Ho

"Oh, I hope it's grapes...please be grapes.... or maybe marshmallows, oh how I love those marshmallows....I'm so excited I can hardly stand it!!"

I will just help myself .... thanks

Last night I had a visit from my favorite Coonies, Giggles and Shadow and their white trash mama. She is a cracker crackhead and will steal food right from her kids hands and run off. Kind of like if Britney Spears was a raccoon.

Anyway, Shadow let me pet him on the head a couple times and I went outside and hung out with them for a bit. Another raccoon came and they made fighting noises. I tried to shoo the other coon away, but he wasn't scared of me at all, just looked at me like "what? do you have me confused with someone else?" Turns out it was one of the sixers and he wasn't taking me seriously at all. My coonie cred is trashed. Or solid, depending how you look at it.

The Wild Fires

The posts have been lacking the last couple months I know. October 21st brought some crazy wildfires to Orange County and sent all my raccoons running for cover (at least that's I'm guessing.) They stayed away for several weeks and I was quite worried about them. They are back in force now and a new family with 3 young kits have been hanging out as well! If anyone is out there reading, I will post some more pics soon.



A few days after the fire, Giggles and Shadow came back. They both seemed to have effects from the what they had to do to flee the fire. Poor Giggles had this horrible looking wound on his paw. Thankfully after a few weeks, it healed without infection.

Eating out of my hand!