Heather Helps Animals: Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't

Monday, June 29, 2009

Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't

Well it's been a tough time trapping lately. Friday night, I decided to put out the traps and leave them out over night since my colony cats are so smart. I was keeping my hopes up and my fingers crossed to see what would happen. Well I woke up bright and early, a 6am rise, and my trapping was successful, well in a matter of

speaking.....

I caught me some baby raccoons. There is a mom and her 5 babies that roam around here at night and well I caught two of the babies. Although, I was sad I was unsuccessful trapping cats, I was glad that if I did have to catch raccoons that I least caught two and not just one that way they can be together. As soon as I released them, they joined each other right away as their bond is very strong. They climbed the tree and top of a roof of a garage and started to call out for their momma, so I got the hell out of there. I guess better luck next time.

1 comment:

YvetteJuly 4, 2009 at 12:34 AM
the first raccoon picture is the cutest picture of a trapped raccoon - ever!!!
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