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Visitor's at 3 a.m. last night!

Udo - 7-28-2010 at 07:50 PM

I was waken up by feet stomping on the deck above my bedroom. :?:

I went to the front door with a bat in hand as well as my bear mace, and saw three baby racoons as well as their mom and dad. One of the babies came in the house and nudged my leg. I then went in the kitchen (with the one baby following me) and fixed peanut butter sandwiches for the babies as well as the adults. The baby ate his in the kitchen, the rest waited outside politely. :bounce:

Went back to bed but could not fall back asleep with all the commotion :yawn:

DENNIS - 7-28-2010 at 08:11 PM

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Originally posted by Udo
I was waken up by feet stomping on the deck above my bedroom. :?:

Went back to bed but could not fall back asleep with all the commotion :yawn:

Udo....is this a Christmas story? It makes me feel Christmasy.

I know about these guys. They raided my pool and partied all night.

akmaxx - 7-28-2010 at 08:19 PM

I had to kick them out at 0530 when the sun was coming up. They couldn't get out of the pool by themselves, I suspect drinking was a factor, so I had to put a ramp in and lure them with bread.

They were grateful and showed their appreciation by bombarding my house with dates and doing wind sprints on my roof every night for the next week.

Damn I love Mulege.

Mulege2009 382.jpg - 34kB

Udo - 7-28-2010 at 08:23 PM

It's a light hearted story (a true one), one that I felt was necessary to lighten up the mood from the heavy-hearted posts recently, DENNIS.

DENNIS - 7-28-2010 at 08:25 PM

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Originally posted by Udo
It's a light hearted story (a true one), one that I felt was necessary to lighten up the mood from the heavy-hearted posts recently, DENNIS.

Feliz Navidad, Amigo.

Udo - 7-28-2010 at 08:30 PM

Cool photo, akmaxx!

By the time a photo-shot came to mind, everyone was gone. I kicked myself about the baby in the kitchen afterwards.

wessongroup - 7-28-2010 at 08:31 PM

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Originally posted by Udo
It's a light hearted story (a true one), one that I felt was necessary to lighten up the mood from the heavy-hearted posts recently, DENNIS.

Well done...

bajaguy - 7-28-2010 at 09:04 PM

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Originally posted by Udo
I then went in the kitchen (with the one baby following me) and fixed peanut butter sandwiches for the babies as well as the adults.......

White or wheat bread????...did you cut the crusts off????....what flavor jam????............

Dang, now I'm hungry!!!!!!!

Udo - 7-28-2010 at 09:09 PM

No jam, Terry.
The crusts were intact, and used whole grain wheat bread. Better for the critters.

bajaguy - 7-28-2010 at 09:15 PM

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Originally posted by Udo
No jam, Terry.
The crusts were intact, and used whole grain wheat bread. Better for the critters.

OK, you pass the test.......but I think they like strawberry jam

Udo - 7-28-2010 at 09:23 PM

I'm glad the test went well :bounce:

monoloco - 7-29-2010 at 05:14 AM

Would have been a good opportunity to test the bear mace, laser, flare gun and wasp spray to see which was most effective.

Cypress - 7-29-2010 at 05:27 AM

Racoons are one of the most destructive varmits known to man. They love eggs and destroy bird and turtle nests.

Marc - 7-29-2010 at 06:51 AM

Looks like a disruption of the balance of nature. They should have made their own sandwiches. :lol:

Udo - 7-29-2010 at 07:12 AM

:wow:

That would be a sight, HUH?

Russ - 7-29-2010 at 07:33 AM

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Originally posted by Cypress
Racoons are one of the most destructive varmits known to man. They love eggs and destroy bird and turtle nests.

Get a family in your garage overnight and it'll look like a cyclone went off inside. If there is an once of food they will return until you trap and move them an long ways away. My recommendation is NEVER feed them, any wild animal or stray dog. If you do I think you should be prepared to take responsibility for them.... for ever! It really peees me off when a short timer thinks they're so cute and leaves and the full timers are left with a problem. :fire:

BMG - 7-29-2010 at 08:26 AM

Ingredients:

1 raccoon
12 small sweet potatoes
1 med. onion (sliced)
3 med. carrots
1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
salt and pepper
1 large bell pepper
1 cup water
1 bottle of barbecue sauce

Directions:

Dress the coon, then cook until tender. De-bone. Place racoon meat in foil lined baking pan. Add remaining ingredients to baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until sweet potatoes are done.

Udo - 7-29-2010 at 12:18 PM

This recipe also works with possums, large lizards, frogs, coyotes, armadillos, as well as some monkeys. :spingrin:

BMG - 7-29-2010 at 12:24 PM

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Originally posted by Udo
This recipe also works with possums, large lizards, frogs, coyotes, armadillos, as well as some monkeys. :spingrin:

Yeah, but once you start feeding them PBJ sandwiches in your kitchen they become pets. The kids usually don't want to dine on Fluffy.

Russ - 7-29-2010 at 02:37 PM

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Originally posted by BMG

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Originally posted by Udo
This recipe also works with possums, large lizards, frogs, coyotes, armadillos, as well as some monkeys. :spingrin:

Yeah, but once you start feeding them PBJ sandwiches in your kitchen they become pets. The kids usually don't want to dine on Fluffy.

No problem! I have a recipe for kids :!:

Bob and Susan - 7-29-2010 at 03:13 PM

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No problem! I have a recipe for kids :!:

i have one too

vandenberg - 7-29-2010 at 03:21 PM

A W.C. Fields barbeque :yes:

Bajahowodd - 7-29-2010 at 04:19 PM

I'm thinking that maybe this thread should be moved to the Baja Recipes forum.

MsTerieus - 7-29-2010 at 05:31 PM

Yikes, Udo (Udos?)!! Be careful: raccoons can be VICIOUS little devils! They were getting into my house through the cat door, and one of them tore my kitty's ear practically in half!

[Edited on 7-30-2010 by MsTerieus]

BillP - 7-29-2010 at 05:48 PM

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Originally posted by Bob and Susan
No problem! I have a recipe for kids :!:

i have one too

Would you baste mojo de ajo or a spicy mole?

Udo - 7-29-2010 at 05:52 PM

Here's another raccoon story:

We used to have a doggie door (it's gone now). So one night I hear the dog running through the house at 2 a.m.
Didn't bother me at first until I heard the bathroom door slam shut. So I decided to get out of bed and investigate. (No bat or bear spray on me this time).
I open the bathroom door, turn on the light.
I immediately notice a raccoon on the floor and I scream!
The raccoon also screams!
He then runs through my legs and out to the doggie door
.A few days later, the doggie door was dismantled.

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Originally posted by MsTerieus
Yikes, Udo (Udos?)!! Be careful: raccoons can be VICIOUS little devils! They were getting into my house through the cat door, and one of them tore my kitty's ear practically in half!

[Edited on 7-30-2010 by MsTerieus]

MsTerieus - 7-30-2010 at 11:52 AM

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Originally posted by Udo
Here's another raccoon story:

We used to have a doggie door (it's gone now). So one night I hear the dog running through the house at 2 a.m.
Didn't bother me at first until I heard the bathroom door slam shut. So I decided to get out of bed and investigate. (No bat or bear spray on me this time).
I open the bathroom door, turn on the light.
I immediately notice a raccoon on the floor and I scream!
The raccoon also screams!
He then runs through my legs and out to the doggie door
.A few days later, the doggie door was dismantled.

"My" raccoons were really clever. I had a "Yuppie" cat door -- animals needed a magnet on their collar to enter (or so I thought). Turns out the 'coons figured out that, although they could not push through the door, they could pry it back towards them, with their dexterous little "fingers." I kept door locked for a couple of months, moved the cat food into a room away from door, and got a sensor light, and we were finally left alone.

Udo - 7-30-2010 at 11:56 AM

That's also a very descriptive story of the coons.
Clever little guys, Huh?

BajaGringo - 7-30-2010 at 12:13 PM

We had coons show up every night when I lived up in Sequoia. They figure out real quick who is friendly and who isn't.

We always fed them, the neighbors never did.

The coons always tore through the neighbors trash and ransacked everything and anything in their garages/tool rooms or any other structure they could get into.

They never touched or damaged any of our stuff or bothered with the trash cans.

Draw your own conclusions...

:rolleyes:

Cypress - 7-30-2010 at 12:35 PM

Raccoon populations are exploding due to low fur prices. Very few people trap anymore. As for as eating 'em, have eaten both coon and possum, possum is better than coon and that's not saying much. 'Bout the the only controling factors are starvation and Parvo.

Eli - 7-30-2010 at 01:02 PM

One of the things I love about this forum is the diversity of perspectives.

BajaGringo - 7-30-2010 at 01:15 PM

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Originally posted by Eli
One of the things I love about this forum is the diversity of perspectives.

Or as some of us call it... chaos!

:lol:

MsTerieus - 7-30-2010 at 03:52 PM

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Originally posted by BajaGringo
We had coons show up every night when I lived up in Sequoia. They figure out real quick who is friendly and who isn't.

We always fed them, the neighbors never did.

The coons always tore through the neighbors trash and ransacked everything and anything in their garages/tool rooms or any other structure they could get into.

They never touched or damaged any of our stuff or bothered with the trash cans.

Draw your own conclusions...

:rolleyes:

I never fed them (once I got wise to their sneaking in, eating the cat food, drinking the cat's water, and leaving a wet mess of water mixed with food crumbs).

And other than the above, they never vandalized my property or anything. (I DID freak out a couple of times when I found them inside the house -- especially the time one was in my bedroom). :}

[Edited on 7-31-2010 by MsTerieus]

DENNIS - 7-30-2010 at 04:12 PM

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Originally posted by MsTerieus
especially the time one was in my bedroom). :}

Coons in your bedroom????? Call the exterminitor.

MsTerieus - 7-30-2010 at 04:53 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS

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Originally posted by MsTerieus
especially the time one was in my bedroom). :}

Coons in your bedroom????? Call the exterminitor.

Just one, which I think came in through cat door at other end of house. It went FLYING off when it saw me, exited through a SECOND cat door that led to my garage. We had lots of fun down there -- a fearless 'coon, and a barefooted me without any defensive gear. He stared me down from a shelf over the washing machine. I was afraid to get too close, but I sneaked over to the garage door opener, opened it a tad, and started throwing anything I could get hold of at the raccoon -- a bag of sponges, a box of detergent, etc. He barely budged. Finally, I gave up. I left the garage door open a tad and went to bed. He was gone the next day.

[Edited on 7-31-2010 by MsTerieus]

Udo - 7-30-2010 at 04:56 PM

That's a great tale, MsTerieus

MsTerieus - 7-30-2010 at 05:37 PM

Thanks, Udo. I remember thinking, at the time, "what a picture this would make - me, barefooted, in my flannel nightgown, scared as Heck, picking anything up within reach and throwing it in the direction of this poor, CUTE little racoon....

So, Udo -- which are you: the male or the female in your avatar (or both)??

[Edited on 7-31-2010 by MsTerieus]

MsTerieus - 7-30-2010 at 05:44 PM

Which reminds me ... after that, I researched how to keep the 'coons away. COYOTE URINE was supposed to be a big "cure." I sent aware for some powdered coyote urine, which ultimately did not help. Which REMINDS ME of a better story:

My elderly aunt, upon hearing the story, told me how SHE solved the problem. 1) She had my uncle go out to the back yard and urinate here and there. (Seems that any male urine ostensibly can be effective.) That seemed to help a lot, so, at a party she was hosting not long thereafter, she asked all of her male guests (most of whom were also elderly) to go take a pee in the back yard. Many graciously obliged. She said it worked like a charm!

[Edited on 7-31-2010 by MsTerieus]

DENNIS - 7-30-2010 at 05:49 PM

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Originally posted by MsTerieus
powdered coyote urine

Amazing. I thought they would pee just like dogs. :lol:

I'm sure glad we're talking again.

MsTerieus - 7-30-2010 at 05:55 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS

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Originally posted by MsTerieus
powdered coyote urine

Amazing. I thought they would pee just like dogs. :lol:

I'm sure glad we're talking again.

(me too.)

LOLOL: I think they DO pee like dogs. I guess there is a LOT of work and advanced technology involved in the collection of the pee and conversion of it to highly concentrated crystals, based on its price. I paid through the NOSE for it (and paid again each time I used it, because it does not smell like roses).

Udo - 7-30-2010 at 05:58 PM

I'm the male on the photo, MsTerieus.
My wife's name is Jana, and she loves Baja just as much as I do. Plus she drinks more tequila than I.

Back to the coons:
At least you had some clothes on when you had your bedroom/garage encounter. In my original post that started this thread, I did not mention that I had no clothes on (that's the way I normaly sleep...a throwback from my backpacking days). I don't think the coons cared.

MsTerieus - 7-30-2010 at 06:17 PM

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Originally posted by Udo
At least you had some clothes on when you had your bedroom/garage encounter. In my original post that started this thread, I did not mention that I had no clothes on (that's the way I normaly sleep...a throwback from my backpacking days). I don't think the coons cared.

How funny! :lol: