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Her Parents Adopted A Raccoon And Named Him “Little Rick” After He Kept Showing Up On Her Their Porch For Food Every Day
Chipchick ^ | 2/12 | Abby Connolly

Posted on 02/19/2024 4:50:13 PM PST by nickcarraway

I have always loved stories of people who rescued or cared for wounded animals and ended up making them a permanent part of their family; this story is no exception.

Stacy J Rost (@StacyRost), a Seattle sports radio host, has captured millions of hearts after posting about her parents’ experiences caring for and spiritually adopting a little raccoon named ‘Little Rick’ on X.

“My parents had to put their dog down two years ago, and it’s been really hard on them,” wrote Stacy in her most viral post about Little Rick.

“Unfortunately, my stepdad, Rick, has found the worst way to cope: feeding a one-year-old raccoon and letting him live on their porch.”

Stacy’s stepdad named the raccoon Little Rick and has fed him several meals daily. Little Rick first started arriving at her parents’ house when he was quite tiny and had an injured leg. Once Little Rick noticed Stacy’s family was willing to feed him and nourish him, he started coming by their house routinely for some food.

Little Rick and Rick have formed quite a wholesome relationship, and Little Rick has gotten comfortable enough around him that they can be on the porch together at the same time.

Since first posting about Little Rick in late December, Stacy’s posts on X have gone extremely viral with over 20 million views, and she hasn’t stopped giving Little Rick fans the content they have been begging for.

On her X profile, viewers can find tons of pictures and videos of Little Rick and how her parents have spoiled him. It isn’t just Rick who’s in love with Little Rick – Sarah’s mom spoils him too.

“My mom claims she’s against this because he’s a wild animal and dirty, but she’s lowkey in cahoots,” wrote Sarah on X.


TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: raccoon; raccoons
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To: nickcarraway

feed a racoon and you have a pet or a problem depending on how you look at it.


21 posted on 02/19/2024 6:17:23 PM PST by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
They make a real nice pot roast.

How do they open the oven?

22 posted on 02/19/2024 6:27:27 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Bikkuri

That’s SO cute!


23 posted on 02/19/2024 6:30:22 PM PST by Old Grumpy
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To: nickcarraway
The Racoon Whisperer
24 posted on 02/19/2024 6:33:19 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Back when TV was FUN. Great writing, acting, etc. Just fluff, yes, but good fluff. Free, too! I’m on an I Dream of Jeanie kick these days... Hard to believe that her showing her navel was at the time considered Over the Line. Thank God we’ve ‘progressed’...


25 posted on 02/19/2024 6:37:03 PM PST by drwoof
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To: nickcarraway

Good point. My raccoon couldn’t even make a grilled cheese sandwich. Not for lack of trying, mind you.


26 posted on 02/19/2024 6:40:35 PM PST by drwoof
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To: nickcarraway
Have you ever come across a raccoon? Mean little bastards.



Don't feed the animals please.

27 posted on 02/19/2024 6:40:59 PM PST by Tommy Revolts
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To: nickcarraway

Hurricane Andrew in Miami in 1992 removed most of the tree in the state park on the end of Key Biscayne and the food source of the raccoons living in the park. I remember seeing a lady who live in one of the high-rises next to the park with large bags of dogfood feeding a group of at least fifty (probably more like a hundred) very thin raccoons that had gathered up to get fed in front of the high-rise. I think she fed them every day until the park was restored.


28 posted on 02/19/2024 7:14:54 PM PST by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: Old Grumpy; SaveFerris
Just a screencap of the confused/terrified cat 😉😁:








29 posted on 02/19/2024 7:15:55 PM PST by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Trailerpark Badass
The Racoon Whisperer

That is crazy...

30 posted on 02/19/2024 7:20:25 PM PST by chud
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To: Bikkuri

Are you certain that the cat wasn’t watching a Hillary Cleanup Operation?


31 posted on 02/20/2024 1:56:58 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

He probably saw my rent bill...


32 posted on 02/20/2024 2:26:21 PM PST by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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