Posted on 11/05/2010 4:03:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Edited on 11/05/2010 4:15:19 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
A 9-month-old baby remains in critical condition at an Atlanta hospital after she was attacked by two raccoons.
Newton County Sheriff's deputies are investigating how the raccoons got inside the home and to the child, who was sleeping in a crib in the same room as her mother.
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Yeah, but they will eat small animals. I know they will eat baby birds out of nest boxes.
That's not what I learned from CSI last night...
Yes, but usually they won’t come in the house. The garag maybe.
They will get into your attic very commonly, I would not be surprised if they would not get into the house if they found a way in. They are very dexterous. I’m not saying one way or another, just that nothing they can do would surprise me. We live in an urban area and I see them ALL THE TIME.
Gang initiation?
I think they are like little bears. People think they are really cute (and they are) but after I found out they got into my bird boxes and ate the baby birds, I didn’t find them nearly so cute.
Good for your dog. Mine have never tackled a raccoon, altho they have tried to get possums and armadillos.
I had no idea they were so aggresive! I’m glad your little dog was so alert and ready!
“Oliver says authorities are looking into whether the family was keeping the raccoons in the home as pets”
I’m wondering that, too. It would be one possible explanation for the raccoon’s not being afraid of human beings (though not the only one, of course).
Whatever the reason, the poor kid! Prayers for a full recovery.
Is your dog up-to-date on his rabies vaccine?
I once rented a house with a couple of other guys. A raccoon ate through the asphalt shingled roof and lived in the attic. It took a while but the landlord finally put a new roof on.
However, during the hot Summer months, I could hear the raccoon scamper across the attic floor.
It was a walk-up attic, and [fear of] the raccoon prevented me from opening the door so as to help vent the heat at night.
yes he was vaccinated up to date
They were probably real hungry after the trip from Delaware.....Chris Coons?
A raccoon attacked my father’s cat several years ago and did a huge amount of damage to its throat. Vet stitched it up and Daddy had to doctor the cat for a while; but the cat died from the encounter anyway. In retrospect, it would have been kinder not to go to the extreme measures we did and just had the cat put down. - My cat now would slash the raccoon; she’s sort of mean. Only reason she’s survived for 12 yrs. out here in the country.
LOL I will have to start calling you joeprobono the second...he sends me lots of coon pictures cause he knows I hate them...
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