These pictures have a brief story attached to them. On Monday evening, I came home from work after dark. As I pulled my car into the driveway behind my son's car, I saw two small very young raccoons lying side by side, like logs in a fireplace, looking out at me from under the other car. When I got out of my car, they retreated, but as I stepped back they returned to the edge of the car and began to chew on rubber parts of the car. I looked around for their mother, but could not find her. I worried they had become orphaned. So I went into the house to get some dog kibble and also grabbed my camera on the way out the door. By the time I got back out, one of them was climbing all over the brief case I had left in the driveway, but retreated as I approached. I put down the dog kibble and some water and stepped back. They came forward and began to eat. I took some photographs, which they let me approach near enough to do, and then I left them to go inside. The next evening, Tuesday, they reappeared. I worried that I was accustoming them to human contact, but there was still no sign of an adult raccoon, so I fed them more and provided water, but kept far away from them. They ate heartily, washing the kibble in the bowl of water I had provided. Meanwhile, I tried to read up on raccoon development. It turns out that baby raccoons stay in the den until about 8 weeks, when they begin to forage with their mother. At about 12 weeks, they do a very interesting thing--they forage for a night or two on their own without their mother, but then return to her and forage with her again--sort of like children camping out in the backyard. I think that I came across these young raccoons on their nights-out-without-mother. From photographs I have now seen, these two appear to be about 12 weeks old. Since the two nights they were here, I have not seen them again--they are back with their mother, I assume. Here are some photographs from that first night.
These pictures have a brief story attached to them. On Monday evening, I came home from work after dark. As I pulled my car into the driveway behind my son's car, I saw two small very young raccoons lying side by side, like logs in a fireplace, looking out at me from under my son's car. When I got out of my car, they retreated, but as I stepped back they returned to the edge of the car and began to chew on rubber parts of the car. I looked around for their mother, but could not find her. I worried they had become orphaned. So I went into the house to get some dog kibble and also grabbed my camera on the way out the door. By the time I got back out, one of them was climbing all over the brief case I had left in the driveway, but retreated as I approached. I put down the dog kibble and some water and stepped back. They came forward and began to eat. I took some photographs, which they let me approach near enough to do, and then I left them to go inside. The next evening, Tuesday, they reappeared. I worried that I was accustoming them to human contact, but there was still no sign of an adult raccoon, so I fed them more and provided water, but kept far away from them. They ate heartily, washing the kibble in the bowl of water I had provided. Meanwhile, I tried to read up on raccoon development. It turns out that baby raccoons stay in the den until about 8 weeks, when they begin to forage with their mother. At about 12 weeks, they do a very interesting thing--they forage for a night or two on their own without their mother, but then return to her and forage with her again--sort of like children camping out in the backyard. I think that I came across these young raccoons on their nights-out-without-mother. From photographs I have now seen, these two appear to be about 12 weeks old. Since the two nights they were here, I have not seen them again--they are back with their mother, I assume. Here are some photographs from that first night.
These pictures have a brief story attached to them. On Monday evening, I came home from work after dark. As I pulled my car into the driveway behind my son's care, I saw two small very young raccoons lying side by side, like logs in a fireplace, looking out at me from under my son's car. When I got out of my car, they retreated, but as I stepped back they returned to the edge of the car and began to chew on rubber parts of the car. I looked around for their mother, but could not find her. I worried they had become orphaned. So I went into the house to get some dog kibble and also grabbed my camera on the way out the door. By the time I got back out, one of them was climbing all over the brief case I had left in the driveway, but retreated as I approached. I put down the dog kibble and some water and stepped back. They came forward and began to eat. I took some photographs, which they let me approach near enough to do, and then I left them to go inside. The next evening, Tuesday, they reappeared. I worried that I was accustoming them to human contact, but there was still no sign of an adult raccoon, so I fed them more and provided water, but kept far away from them. They ate heartily, washing the kibble in the bowl of water I had provided. Meanwhile, I tried to read up on raccoon development. It turns out that baby raccoons stay in the den until about 8 weeks, when they begin to forage with their mother. At about 12 weeks, they do a very interesting thing--they forage for a night or two on their own without their mother, but then return to her and forage with her again--sort of like children camping out in the backyard. I think that I came across these young raccoons on their nights-out-without-mother. From photographs I have now seen, these two appear to be about 12 weeks old. Since the two nights they were here, I have not seen them again--they are back with their mother, I assume. Here are some photographs from that first night.
These pictures have a brief story attached to them. On Monday evening, I came home from work after dark. As I pulled my car into the driveway behind my son's care, I saw two small very young raccoons lying side by side, like logs in a fireplace, looking out at me from under my son's car. When I got out of my car, they retreated, but as I stepped back they returned to the edge of the car and began to chew on rubber parts of the car. I looked around for their mother, but could not find her. I worried they had become orphaned. So I went into the house to get some dog kibble and also grabbed my camera on the way out the door. By the time I got back out, one of them was climbing all over the brief case I had left in the driveway, but retreated as I approached. I put down the dog kibble and some water and stepped back. They came forward and began to eat. I took some photographs, which they let me approach near enough to do, and then I left them to go inside. The next evening, Tuesday, they reappeared. I worried that I was accustoming them to human contact, but there was still no sign of an adult raccoon, so I fed them more and provided water, but kept far away from them. They ate heartily, washing the kibble in the bowl of water I had provided. Meanwhile, I tried to read up on raccoon development. It turns out that baby raccoons stay in the den until about 8 weeks, when they begin to forage with their mother. At about 12 weeks, they do a very interesting thing--they forage for a night or two on their own without their mother, but then return to her and forage with her again--sort of like children camping out in the backyard. I think that I came across these young raccoons on their nights-out-without-mother. From photographs I have seen, they look about 12 weeks old. Since the two nights they were here, I have not seen them again--they are back with their mother, I assume. Here are some photographs from that first night.
These pictures have a brief story attached to them. On Monday evening, I came home from work after dark. As I pulled my car in the driveway behind my son's care, I saw two small very young raccoons lying side by side, like logs in a fireplace, looking out at me from under my son's car. When I got out of my car, they retreated, but as I stepped back they returned to the edge of the car and began to chew on rubber parts of the car. I looked around for their mother, but could not find her. I worried they had become orphaned. So I went into the house to get some dog kibble and also grabbed my camera on the way out the door. By the time I got back out, one of them was climbing all over the brief case I had left in the driveway, but retreated as I approached. I put down the dog kibble and some water and stepped back. They came forward and began to eat. I took some photographs, which they let me approach near enough to do, and then I left them to go inside. The next evening, Tuesday, they reappeared. I worried that I was accustoming them to human contact, but there was still no sign of an adult raccoon, so I fed them more and provided water, but kept far away from them. They ate heartily, washing the kibble in the bowl of water I had provided. Meanwhile, I tried to read up on raccoon development. It turns out that baby raccoons stay in the den until about 8 weeks, when they begin to forage with their mother. At about 12 weeks, they do a very interesting thing--they forage for a night or two on their own without their mother, but then return to her and forage with her again--sort of like children camping out in the backyard. I think that I came across these young raccoons on their nights-out-without-mother. From photographs I have seen, they look about 12 weeks old. Since the two nights they were here, I have not seen them again--they are back with their mother, I assume. Here are some photographs from that first night.
These pictures have a brief story attached to them. On Monday evening, I came home from work after dark. As I pulled my car in the driveway behind my son's care, I saw two small very young raccoons lying side by side, like logs in a fireplace, looking out at me from under my son's car. When I got out of my car, they retreated, but as I stepped back they returned to the edge of the car and began to chew on rubber parts of the car. I looked around for their mother, but could not find her. I worried they had become orphaned. So I went into the house to get some dog kibble and also grabbed my camera on the way out the door. By the time I got back out, one of them was climbing all over the brief case I had left in the driveway, but retreated as I approached. I put down the dog kibble and some water and stepped back. They came forward and began to eat. I took some photographs, which they let me approach near enough to do, and then I left them to go inside. The next evening, Tuesday, they reappeared. I worried that I was accustoming them to human contact, but there was still no sign of an adult raccoon, so I fed them more and provided water, but kept far away from them. They ate heartily, washing the kibble in the bowl of water I had provided. Meanwhile, I tried to read up on raccoon development. It turns out that baby raccoons stay in the den until about 8 weeks, when they begin to forage with their mother. At about 12 weeks, they do a very interesting thing--they forage for a night or two on their own without their mother, but then return to her and forage with her again--sort of like children camping out in the backyard. I think that I came across these young raccoons on their nights-out-without-mother. From photographs I have seen, they look about 12 weeks old. Since the two nights they were here, I have not seen them again--they are back with their mother, I assume. Here are some photographs from that first night.
Jun 18, 2017 at 08:29 AM
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