The golden eagle was still at WildCare on Sunday and we got a couple of pictures this time. That’s me feeding it. Steve is holding it, even though you can’t see him.
I should note that the eagle has a pelvic injury that prevents it from grasping mice with its talons and self-feeding. [...]
. . . That you get to hand feed a golden eagle. But I got to do just that on my shift at WildCare Sunday. Steve held it (and its massive talons) while I shoved mouse bits down its throat. No pictures this time, maybe next week if it is still there.
But [...]
We currently have 2 young raccoons in foster care at our house. One of them (Wild Thing) is very wild having just come into WildCare recently at 11 weeks of age. The other one (Pansy Boy) came in around the same time at 9 weeks old after being raised (illegally) as a pet [...]
Every so often someone will come to WildCare and request our help in identifying a large spider they have in a box or to ask how they can keep raccoons from eating the koi in their pond. Fairly standard questions. But this weekend I had the most surreal conversation with a woman who [...]
After our shift at WildCare, Steve and I went back with Melanie to check on the momma raccoon and her babies living in a crawl space. We kind of doubted they were still there. After all, we had pretty thoroughly invaded mom’s space the last time we were there. And then there [...]
Oh those wacky raccoons. They can cause trouble.
Steve pointed me to this story about a raccoon in Cyprus who caused a major power outage after surviving an 11,000 volt electric shock. Poor fella is facing deportation!
And Melanie supplied this fine example of a stupid human getting exactly what he deserved. This dufus [...]
Apart from my squeamishness with blood and all things medical, one of the reasons I never pursued my childhood desire to be a veterinarian was that I didn’t think I could deal with euthanizing animals. It’s never really been a huge problem at WildCare because I’ve never questioned the necessity for some of the [...]
Thanks to JoLynn for this amusing, but strange, article. As many of you know, Steve and I do foster care for raccoons and have become quite fond of the buggers. We love hearing stories about how smart they are. Once, when discussing ways of keeping wild animals out of yards (like anyone would [...]