Hi Ed, Two years ago I tossed an empty plastic lemon into the coonie pool for the babies. You know, one of those lemons that you get at the grocery store that...
YEAH!!! Glad to hear BigBoy kept his dinner reservations! :) I know how you felt worrying tho.... I drive myself nuts worrying about these furbutts!! Even...
Hi Alandra! Sounds like the leg isn't broken (that's good), but might just be sprained at most. Keep watch and keep us posted! Hopefully in a few days...
Indeed, the limp may heal itself. And if it should not, Gimpy is the poster raccoon for living with a severe limp. She's been around for at least three years,...
The floating lemon toy sounds like a fine idea. I do much of my shopping at Costco. You don't suppose they'd like playing with a 55 gallon lemon juice drum...
LOL!! I imagine there would be little teeth holes in a matter of HOURS but it might be fun!! My pools aren't deep enough for a water bottle taller than the...
This is a new picture of my mom with the 6 (now 5) babies. The last few nights she has only had 5 with her. We had 4 total nursing mom last night. A new mom...
... It was nice to hear about your MOTHER! This is my first response to anyone but I have been here a lot. For 18 months I have been feeding a young raccoon -...
Very cute (meaning the 'coons). Opossums are rarely accused of being cute. It's not their fault, but whoever was issuing feet and tails when they were...
Thanks, Edmund! I wish I had your skill with photography! I loved your comment on the opossum! Judy Sent on the Now Network™ from my Sprint® BlackBerry ...
Hi, Justin-- I can only tell you what I have observed over the years. When it comes to food, raccoons have no sense of sharing. Out there in nature it's every...
Judy, your photo is fine. In the 30 years we have lived here, we have seen only one possum. No, not as cute as raccoons, but very interesting in their own way....
Hi Justin... I agree with Dave. She's teaching the kit to be able to fend for itself. :) Another thing I've noticed with my mommas here is that when the kits...
I've heard that possums don't really hang by their tails and that was just an "urban myth". ???? ~Kell See my raccoon videos! ________________________________ ...
My experience comes mainly from a lecture at the natural science museum here. A university professor did a special presentation on the opossum. At the end, the...
Here's what I learned on the Internet: Only the young opossums will hang by their tails. The adults are too heavy to do that. The tails are prehensile and they...
Hey Everyone -- My Gal Bertie has come thru --- she brought 5 new babies over on Tues night for an intro and a bit of kibble! I'm now waiting to see what...
You are too kind. We have not been attracting nearly as many of the new moms as in previous years. So I may not have many photo-ops as before. I may have to...
Congratulations on the new babies! I think we have two mamas with three each, but they come by so late it is really hard to see. Jeannie Jeanne C. Anderson ...
Last night we had two moms bring their babies for the first time! This picture is of the mom with the 5 (used to be 6). We had a mom bring out 2 and a...
Hi Justin, The only times I have seen mom 'coons growl at the youngsters has been when they are trying to position them somewhere safe while they venture into...
Oh dear. We got occasional opossums when we used to feed 'coons constantly. Aside from being odd looking they were totally harmless. They have sharp looking...
You are right! I don't think rats are cute. We also had nutrias last summer. Bad deal. Sent on the Now Network™ from my Sprint® BlackBerry ... From:...
Thanks to you all for the wonderful insights. I like what Ed had to say and that is to trust MOM. It just floors me the emotions I can have over these little...
I have been feeding a pair of possums for about 5 years now, although I can't swear it is the same pair. They are totally harmless and wash themselves like...
Thank you all for the nice insight. I even left 5 bowls of grapes and peanuts and water and tonight she still ate all from all the bowls and the kit just...
Hi Justin, speaking/writing about grapes and baby coonies, -- have found that at first, the babies don't know what the grapes are, unless you break them in...
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