Re: Skunks/raccoons

Yes...and I no sooner planted it back where it belonged...when she ran back over and grabbed two more!!!! Pam and I ran after her and got them...then I had to put the plants UP. She is like a 2 year old...you tell her no..and she KNOWS what no means...and she wants it even more. And she doesn't forget either.

Jesse Rene' Bell
Claremore, OK
Zone 6



From: Kitty Morrissy <kmrsy@comcast.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Skunks/raccoons
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 13:14:47 -0500

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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