Re: Skunks/raccoons

Well???  Did you catch him?



----- Original Message -----
From: "Pamela J. Evans" <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
Date: Monday, July 14, 2003 11:51 am
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Skunks/raccoons

> Mind you - this is the same coon that stole a hens and chicks 
> plant out
> of one of Jesse's pots on her back patio. Picture two grown women
> chasing this coon trying to get the plant from here. They're a lot
> faster than they look too! Thank God the kids were out riding horses
> that day or they'd have split a gut watching us!!
> 
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Jesse Bell" <jesserenebell@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date:  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 09:27:33 -0500
> 
> >No, they won't starve.  They are survivors.  No, they are not 
> real picky 
> >about their diet.  And yes, if you feed them be prepared to have 
> them hang 
> >around.  We had two when I was a child...and they hung out in the 
> barn.  
> >They burrowed into the hay to sleep.  But they are very, very 
> smart.  They 
> >remember where you store food.  Those two coons would work 
> together to get 
> >in our house.  One would jump on the screen door and start 
> swinging back and 
> >forth really hard until it budged open, the other one would run 
> inside.  The 
> >first one jumped off the screen and the other coon pushed the 
> door open for 
> >him.  They found the marshmallows my mother had in the bottom 
> drawer of the 
> >kitchen and climbed up on the sink and started "washing" them in 
> the sink 
> >water.   Well, the marshmallows dissolved all over them and they 
> made a mess 
> >all over themselves trying to get it off.  What a mess to clean 
> up!!  They 
> >have a BIG sweet tooth.  If you really wanna see something funny, 
> take your 
> >empty peanut butter jar outside (don't clean out what's left in 
> it) and lay 
> >it on the ground.  They'll stick their head in there to lick it 
> off and get 
> >it stuck on their head....wandering around chattering till 
> another coon 
> >pulls it off.  I find them funny....and very amusing to watch.  
> But after 
> >they are a certain age...they stay OUTSIDE because they are very, 
> very 
> >destructive!!!  Our coon grew up with the dogs and when we let 
> her out...she 
> >runs over to hug on my Jack Russell...they grew up as babies 
> together.  I 
> >have pictures of them rolling on the floor fighting over a toy.  
> They don't 
> >fight fair either....my little dog was sweet to her..and she 
> played dirty to 
> >get her way.
> >
> >
> >
> >Jesse Rene' Bell
> >Claremore, OK
> >Zone 6
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> >>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Skunks/raccoons
> >>Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 23:02:14 -0500
> >>
> >>So, Jessee,
> >>
> >> >...Raccoons are scavengers and junk-food junkies....
> >>You're saying they have no particular diet they should stick to?
> >>
> >> > ... As a licensed rehaber I can
> >> > tell you that a momma and her babies will find food..even if 
> it's 
> >>bugs....
> >>You're saying they won't starve if I refuse to feed them?
> >>
> >> >...So, I will tell you that if you feed them,
> >> > be prepared to have them hang around for awhile....
> >>You're saying that it's ok to feed them, but I'll suffer the 
> consequences?>>
> >>Is feeding them the wrong or right thing to do?
> >>
> >>Kitty
> >>
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> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX/zone 8A
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