I don't love raccoons, but the babies at this stage are cute like puppies, bumbling around and playing with each other. The mom came out of a storm drain with four babies. Three hid under the porch. The fourth tried to eat the food, she batted him away until she was finished, then let him eat. And then she looked around for her other babies.
And where are my cats while raccoons are eating their food?
Shot through a window. If I go outside, they run away.
So adorable! A friend of mine feeds dog food to the raccoons that live in the woods behind her house. I only found out when I saw her buying it at the grocery and asked if they'd gotten a dog.
This is so precious! I’m so jealous you got such clear shots of them. My groundhogs aren’t this cute. I haven’t seen them in a while either but they are there.
@margonaut@grammyn@lynnz@congaree@sangwann@helstor365 Thanks! I know raccoons cause problems, but the young ones are so cute. @haskar Raccoons are considered a nuisance species where I live and trapped ones are euthanized. I realize I'm part of the problem because I feed stray and feral cats and the food attracts the raccoons. But the cats were neutered through a trap-neuter-release program that tries to control the population of stray cats and we agreed to feed them. Sometimes it's hard to know what's best.
@haskar Raccoons are considered a nuisance species where I live and trapped ones are euthanized. I realize I'm part of the problem because I feed stray and feral cats and the food attracts the raccoons. But the cats were neutered through a trap-neuter-release program that tries to control the population of stray cats and we agreed to feed them. Sometimes it's hard to know what's best.