I like to think people enjoy reading about some real life stuff from time to time and I do enjoy sharing the photos to be honest.
Recently I caught a family of raccoons in my attic... I knew I had at least one up there and I ended up catching it in a cage only to have it drag the cage over to my internet cable and pull it 20 foot out of the ground and chew it to bits! I was going to put her down but she was never aggressive or hissed at me, so I took her out to a local park and set her free.
Two days later I got up in the attic to run new RG6 cable (coax) for the internet and this family of 4 raccoon babies stated to converge on me! No joke! LOL! It was like something out of a scary movie as I had 4 sets of reflective beaty eyes off in the distance with them slowly moving towards me in a cramped attic! Once they got closer I could tell they were baby raccoons but they were making this odd purring sound that almost sounded like gremlins! It was quit shocking really, and as I tried to tell them to stay back they kept advancing toward me almost as if to imply I was their new momma or something! LOL, once I had the kid bring the cage up to the attic and they seen I had reinforcements they started to retreat into a crevice in the roof's edge... It was tricky getting them out, but with a little teamwork we managed to get all 4 of them in the cage!
This was the momma
This is what the momma did to my network cable! But it's okay because I had purchased 500 foot of Cat5e cable and then also 500 foot of RG6 cable (coax) to wire up both my houses with the new 15 camera closed circuit survalence cameras and needed to do it anyway. I ran over 1000 foot of cable and had been putting it off for the longest time and this is why I ended up letting her go at the part rather than ending her, even though she had chewed thru my 100 foot cable I was using temporarily.
Here are all the supplies I purchased and the cable I run to keep the new lines off the ground. The Cat 5e cable as some of you may recall was purchased two Christmas ago when I was building my kids computer but never got around to installing it. Now it's all installed and I just have to get the camera's all set up and wired up to the closed network computer and from there to my old Sony 60 inch projection TV so I can watch them all at once. Anyway, as I got up into the attic thats when they converged on me, then retreated into the corner once I got the cage.
So now I am stuck with these 4 baby raccoons having to feed them with a bottle and trying to get them to eat solid food, which basically amounts to stuff I pull out of the trash can (lol) and my dogs food so that eventually I can let them go. Never mind the fact that there is a 32% chance that they have rabies and I have to be extra careful not to get bit or scratched by them! It's actually more work than what I had in mind but at least I made progress with the wiring and almost have my closed circuit 15 camera surveillance system working at both houses.
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What is to give light must endure burning -- Viktor Frankl
I have made it impossible for the momma to get back into the attic as I caught her getting in there one day and took a photo.
I had no idea she had kids up there, which may explain why she was so desperate to get out of the cage originally... But the funny thing is, I took her about 3 miles away to a park and then found these by where I keep my garbage cans yesterday!
So it would seem either there is another one, or she is back! I wish I could confirm it so then I could just wait and catch her again and then let the whole family go together much further away! It sure would be a whole lot less work than trying to bring up 4 baby raccoons to the point they can eat solid food to let them go...
So anyway... That's my little "story"! LOL
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What is to give light must endure burning -- Viktor Frankl
The little suckers I must admit have made a mess in your attic...I'm glad that you got them all out...And I bet that was the mothers paws too, so she can get back to her babies...
You'll figure something out I'm sure, maybe even keep them in the garage until they're old enough to look after themselves in a few weeks time ?...At least this way you'll likely catch the mother again without too much hassle. ( Unless she abandons them since they'll have "your" scent over them, but I don't know about these animals ).
The photo of the mother trying to get back in is a classic...It makes me think of Stoma trying to get back in here lol.
Good work, & I'm glad they're alive.
Don't breathe too hard in your attic with all of that pink-insulation. Apparently it's another wonderful thing that's really good for us.........
Cheers,
Rastus
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