Critters

Well,  our coons showed up at our door tonight looking for hand outs.

Of course, we gave in.
 

 

 

 

You're being invaded!!!

That is so cute! Can ya'll touch them?

We have not tried, but some will take cookies out of your hand.

That last picture reminds me of the movie Over the hedge. It looks like they all get together and talk... "I'm in the mood for a snack - come on guys, lets go hit up those people - they always cave in".

Dang........am I counting correctly?  9 banditos?  Jeez.

I know ... I've never seen anything like it!! 8 or 9 - I can't tell!!

Little rat bastids! LOL  (And I'm a critter lover!) I have a family of these little sons a guns who like to frequent my backyard every other night or so and take a huge dump on my pool and hot tub steps!  Needless to say we are constantly having to drain a bit and acid wash the steps as it stains horribly!  We have tried everything from coyote urine sprinkled all around to placing the patio furniture as barriers (they just hop in elsewhere and swim across to the steps then), to humane cage type traps (caught the neighbors cat a couple times lol) to calling Fish & Game who then tells me "oh we will only come out if they are injured" - well they are going to be injured one of these days when I pop a cap in their little hairy coon (_(_)'s!! 

When they bring their babies up, there are at least 10 on the porch.  They only respond to us. When we have friends over and they see different people or hear different voices, they are very cautious

aaaaaww that is so cool...I had a pet coon when I was a kid, I had him for four years..his name was Bandit...Slept at the foot of my bed with me...Needles to say, I have special spot in my heart for these little devils..

AAaaawwwwww babies?!? That is just so cute to me! If they were pooping on my pool steps, it wouldn't be so cute. But out in the woods - I'd be calling for them to be able to feed them.

So, what are their names?

Thet have not caused us any problems at all except cleaning out the bird feeder. They don't even crap in the yard.

They are cute Paige and as I said I am a total critter lover..but how maddening to go out there morning after morning and see that big mess when one is trying to get ready to go to work and then have to deal with it because it cannot be left to sit there as it stains the diamond brite terribly not to mention being unsanitary...and no one seems to be able to give us an answer as to how to put a stop to this.  These pics just make u wanna pick em up and play with them tho ( they can pack a MEAN bite too by the way!)

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Thet have not caused us any problems at all except cleaning out the bird feeder. They don't even crap in the yard.

 
THAT'S because they are eating YOUR cookies and then coming and crapping in MY pool! HAHAHA

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So, what are their names?

 
The one at the door is Hyper.  And this is Momma.
 

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Thet have not caused us any problems at all except cleaning out the bird feeder. They don't even crap in the yard.

 
Wish they could teach the Geese and Ducks that we get!!!!

Bobby, I told you how to remedy that!  Duck A la "orange! <smackin lips>  

Yeah, Geese can mak a mess. It's a new hazard at the golf course

Man....... that is a lot of hat material running around the place !
 
It's all fun and games till the food runs out......then watch your back man, watch your back......
 
 

They are AWESOME!!! I wish we had some critters THAT DON'T FLY!!!

Be very careful. They are still wild animals no matter how much you want them to be domesticated. And remember Rabies doesn't always show its signs!

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So, what are their names?

The one at the door is Hyper.  And this is Momma.

She's so CUTE!! She's smiling, looks like she's saying "Hey my peoples - where's my cooookkkiiiaiaiaa"?

Holly S#$T Chris... Don't think that one is smilling!!! These are not the kind of wildlife you'd want hanging around your house,
Here's a couple of articles you may want to read bro...
 
http://www.berkeleydaily.org/article.cfm?archiveDate=09-21-02&storyID=14757
 
http://www.acmehowto.com/howto/pest/racoons-yard.php

I'd of had me some coon hats to put on ebay them there coons are fun to shoot with a semi auto 22.....kinda like plinking soda cans but with blood

I agree they are still wild animals...BE CAREFUL...They are also night critters beware of the ones you see during the daytime...