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A raccoon in my lanai

post #1 of 43
12/1/08 at 11:09am
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Nature's war against me and my family continues.

The other day, we spotted a couple of feral cats casing our house for a future home invasion. So last night, it started. The raccoon that has been messing with my garbage all these months got stuck in my lanai last night.



He doesn't look well. He's head is kind of tilted to one side, I don't know if he got injured coming in or if he was like that all along. Last night the poor animal seemed really tired, and I thought it was dying.

Note that this guy has been in my lanai before, they screwed up the screen and can sneak in and out very easily, but for some reason he doesn't seem to be able to do that anymore.

I called animal services this morning, the first 2 agencies didn't seem to care too much about animals. They simply told me to open the door, run for it and let 'meeko' here get out and fend for himself. I told them I thought he was pretty badly injured, but they didn't seem to care.

Then I called a couple of more agencies they referred me to, and one of them asked me if I could trap him and bring him in. The lady quickly amended that when I told them his head was kind of tilted and said the vet recommended I keep away from it.

Anyways, somebody is coming in to take care of this guy soon. If they do take care of him, I'm just hoping bringing it back to the wild doesn't mean bringing it back here.
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post #2 of 43
12/1/08 at 11:12am
You can kill frogs with bleach but you won't open a door for an dying raccoon? Pussy.
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post #3 of 43
12/1/08 at 11:14am
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Yeah, that sounds like a great idea. Instead of having a vet check him out, I should just let nature or traffic sort it out?
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post #4 of 43
12/1/08 at 11:15am
Why didn't you just put it out of its misery like you did the frog? Does God only love bigger animals?
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post #5 of 43
12/1/08 at 11:35am
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Turns out this guy got rabies. The guy who came in said, that may be why his head is like that (could still be another injury).



I didn't know raccoons could growl that loud, he fought being caught pretty fiercely. The guy said the way he head was in made it more difficult to catch.

Anyways, I was lucky I didn't try anything on it because this thing was pretty wild once you got close to it. He said more likely they were going to put him down.

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post #6 of 43
12/1/08 at 11:40am
Did the Animal Control people inject paint into its eye to subdue it?
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post #7 of 43
12/1/08 at 11:42am
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Originally Posted by ElCapitanAmerica View Post
I should just let nature or traffic sort it out?
That's how I "handle" most problems.

Not sure you really did anything to warrant snark in this instance, but you must know you're going to be living down the frog bleaching for the rest of your days here.
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post #8 of 43
12/1/08 at 11:42am
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No, but I was surprised he didn't use his tranq gun on it.
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post #9 of 43
12/1/08 at 12:17pm
Ok, now wait for the revenge of her little kids.
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post #10 of 43
12/1/08 at 2:00pm
Did the animal catcher think you were some kind of asshole for documenting the event with your camera?
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post #11 of 43
12/1/08 at 2:06pm
"I call the big one bitey."
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post #12 of 43
12/1/08 at 2:08pm
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Originally Posted by Alex Augustine View Post
Did the animal catcher think you were some kind of asshole for documenting the event with your camera?
No but he did when he saw him scramble away to quickly upload the pictures and post them on a messageboard.

"OH GOD THE GUYS ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS!"
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post #13 of 43
12/1/08 at 2:18pm
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Originally Posted by Alex Augustine View Post
Did the animal catcher think you were some kind of asshole for documenting the event with your camera?
No actually he was pretty cool about it, he also put the cage down so I could take better pictures.

I also didn't run to post the pics here right away, as soon as I started the thread he was already at the door.
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post #14 of 43
12/1/08 at 2:21pm
Hahha, feral cats casing your house. What does it take to look at stray cats and have that thought cross your mind?
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post #15 of 43
12/1/08 at 2:24pm
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Well, I was kidding of course. I'm pretty used to stray cats just running around roofs in Panama, but it is the first time I've noticed it here in FL (which does take more skill, the roofs over there are flat and these are not).
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post #16 of 43
12/1/08 at 2:27pm
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Originally Posted by devincf View Post
Hahha, feral cats casing your house. What does it take to look at stray cats and have that thought cross your mind?
Well, the Feral Cats were using a step ladder and testing the windows on the second floor. Wouldn't that give you pause?

Besides, haven't you ever heard of cat burglars?
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post #17 of 43
12/1/08 at 2:34pm
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Originally Posted by Dr Vivisector View Post
Well, the Feral Cats were using a step ladder and testing the windows on the second floor. Wouldn't that give you pause?
Wasted opportunity. Matchstick will be along shortly to punish you for this oversight.
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post #18 of 43
12/1/08 at 2:49pm
I think his head was titled because he couldn't figure out why the fuck you don't just call it a patio.
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post #19 of 43
12/1/08 at 2:58pm
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Originally Posted by ElCapitanAmerica View Post
Well, I was kidding of course. I'm pretty used to stray cats just running around roofs in Panama, but it is the first time I've noticed it here in FL (which does take more skill, the roofs over there are flat and these are not).
Brian Setzer and Co. have really hit the skids, apparently.
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post #20 of 43
12/1/08 at 2:59pm
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They looked pretty suspicious ...

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post #21 of 43
12/1/08 at 3:02pm
The frog bleaching has clearly opened you up to a The Frogs style nature's revenge scenario. This isn't going to turn out well for you.
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post #22 of 43
12/1/08 at 3:04pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
I think his head was titled because he couldn't figure out why the fuck you don't just call it a patio.
Because a screened in back patio is called a lanai (or at least where I'm from they are called lanai).
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post #23 of 43
12/2/08 at 4:18am
Porch.
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post #24 of 43
12/2/08 at 5:56am
Yup. Porch.
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post #25 of 43
12/2/08 at 6:19am
Those cats are actually very disturbing...
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post #26 of 43
12/2/08 at 9:57am
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Originally Posted by HBarr View Post
Because a screened in back patio is called a lanai (or at least where I'm from they are called lanai).
Often called "Florida rooms" in parts of NJ.
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post #27 of 43
12/2/08 at 11:44pm
They don't call it "Swiss" cheese in Switzerland, either.
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post #28 of 43
12/3/08 at 2:21am
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Originally Posted by IggytheBorg View Post
They don't call it "Swiss" cheese in Switzerland, either.
That makes sense...what do they call it?
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post #29 of 43
12/3/08 at 2:25am
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Originally Posted by ElCapitanAmerica View Post
Turns out this guy got rabies. The guy who came in said, that may be why his head is like that (could still be another injury).
Maybe he just had a bleached frog in his throat.
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post #30 of 43
12/3/08 at 2:58am
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Originally Posted by Jared Melton View Post
That makes sense...what do they call it?
"Cheese".
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post #31 of 43
12/3/08 at 3:06am
Touché.
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post #32 of 43
12/3/08 at 11:04am
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8 View Post
Maybe he just had a bleached frog in his throat.
I heard the frog was doing well, and comfortably living in the city sewage.
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post #33 of 43
12/3/08 at 11:20am
No thanks to you! It merely wanted to chill out comfortably on your lanai.
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post #34 of 43
12/3/08 at 12:05pm
It's alive and well, it's just currently penning a memoir called "White Like Me".
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post #35 of 43
12/3/08 at 11:45pm
And feels compelled to continuously listen to that Nirvana EP for some reason. . .
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post #36 of 43
12/3/08 at 11:47pm
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Originally Posted by Jared Melton View Post
That makes sense...what do they call it?
What we in the US ordinarily think of as "Swiss" cheese is called Emmental eveywhere else. Incidentally, my in laws live in South Carolina, and refer to their Florida Room as a "Carolina Room."
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post #37 of 43
12/4/08 at 12:09am
I gotta chime in to say the picture of the cats had me cracking the hell up. Cap may be paranoid about wildlife, but damned if that isn't one suspicious looking cat.
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post #38 of 43
12/4/08 at 1:06am
This entire thread is fantastic. Lanai.
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post #39 of 43
12/4/08 at 2:21pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller View Post
I gotta chime in to say the picture of the cats had me cracking the hell up. Cap may be paranoid about wildlife, but damned if that isn't one suspicious looking cat.
I can't wait for ElCapitan to find out they're really coming to protect his kids from that nasty little troll hiding in the walls.
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post #40 of 43
12/4/08 at 2:28pm
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Originally Posted by JudgeSmails View Post
I can't wait for ElCapitan to find out they're really coming to protect his kids from that nasty little troll hiding in the walls.
Actually the cats are there to protect his wife from the sleepwalkers...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWJ4FOCgw-8
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post #41 of 43
12/5/08 at 6:29pm
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Originally Posted by JudgeSmails View Post
I can't wait for ElCapitan to find out they're really coming to protect his kids from that nasty little troll hiding in the walls.
If only Drew Barrymore had some bleach!
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post #42 of 43
12/5/08 at 6:45pm
Those cats are probably fuckin' on your roof and building a gang. You better take care of them quickly. I suggest setting them on fire.
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post #43 of 43
12/5/08 at 9:04pm
Whitey the Frog says: "Only you can prevent animal bleaching..."



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