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[aubreynoramarie]

Well I found the other one's carcass under the deck.

now Petey has to pull through so she won't be lonesome! I showed the live one to him and he didn't perk up

 

[Eglyntine]

Typically I have never seen a coon attack during the day. They are smart as a whip but very lazy which is why they go for trashcans a lot. But whenever they have gone after our birds when we lived in Maine it was always at night. Of course western coons could have more motivation heh. You are probably safe with letting Elvis around the chickens again. Although I am sure at this point you would not want to risk it after everything that has already happened. From the sounds of it the coons probably set Elvis up and when you started keeping him inside they figured out it was easy pickings on the chickens. I know coons are "animals" but human serial killers are dumb compared to them. My parents had a pet raccoon when were were toddlers and he knew how to pick locks. That is no exaggeration, nothing could keep that raccoon from getting into something he wanted. They ended up having to put him down because eventually pet coons go bonkers and start attacking their owners, which he did. He bit my Mom right through her boots one night cause she would not give him some of her food that he wanted.

Ppl do eat them a lot back east, it is not uncommon to go into some of the various Mom & Pop diners and see coon stew on the menu. It is very very greasy, more so than even goose or duck but I hear that it is very tasty. The problem with most city coons (like most skunks) is that they carry rabies so I would not suggest eating any that you catch in your backyard that is for sure. My Dad has a .45 pellet handgun that he uses to shoot coyotes and it works really well. He has ended more than one coyotes life with it in one shot. It was my brothers originally but I think he paid around $200 for it. It definitely was not cheap. If you are adventurous enough you can always get a blow dart gun, my husband is VERY scarely accurate and deadly with the one he has.

Dee has the right idea though, Animal Control will come out and trap them for you free of charge and you will not have to mess with them at all. My neighbour called them out to remove a skunk last summer and they had it trapped and gone within two days. They are usually really good about getting it done because of the high chance of them carrying rabies. I hate to say it but even if Petey pulls through, if the coons have rabies or anything like that he will most likely die anyway and you definitely do not want to risk spreading that to any of your other animals or yourself. If he has liquid building up under the skin he's a goner anyway. They do not usually recover something that traumatic and as hard as I know it will be for you, you should be kind and put him out of his suffering. *hug*

I have been sick all morning just thinking about what you are going through Sweetheart. I wish there was something I could do to make you feel better. Even getting replacement birds does not comfort you when you lose animals to something so horrific like you have. The bright side is our polish will be here next week and I am really super glad that I put in that order for the extras now. *hug*

 

[aubreynoramarie]

Thanks Nikki. I'm positive it was Elvis who got my polish because I saw him do it. Caught him red pawed.

Mark is going to get traps from the humane society. I can't kill anything or even fathom sending somethin to it's death but marks got a vendetta and he wants to personally send em where they belong. He wants to line their coop with coon tails so the coons know that the price of a chicken dinner may be their life.

I'd say we did pretty well though. Our first coon encounter. We had four coons in the yard and only one bird got killed. I put Petey in a small pen with his girl and it seems to have perked him up. He is now standing and has even made some strides around the pen. I have a pan of antibiotic water an a thing of electrolytes in there. He showed interest but did not drink. I think he lost an eye, too. One is wide open, the other is shut tight and bleeds a little. Poor Petey. He's moving his head around right now. That's a good sign!

 

[Eglyntine]

Oh I must've missed the post where you caught Elvis red-handed or misunderstood what you said. I really wish dogs could speak english so we could understand why all of sudden they decide to do the insane things they do at times. Of course I have a 4 and 6 year old that CAN talk and I still cannot fathom what goes through their minds when they go from being perfect angels to burning the house down. The pat answer, "Cause.... I don't know" is the closest I get to a response.

Definitely a good sign for Petey if he is up and about, even if it is slowly it shows he has the drive to live. Hopefully his eye is only swollen and not completely out of commission, I'll keep my fingers crossed for him. I really like Mark's attitude about the coons, if the tails work you could always patten the idea and sell them as "Pest Control" items. hehe

 

[Eglyntine]

Two little boys, ages 4 and 6, are excessively mischievous.

They are always getting into trouble and their parents know if any mischief occurs in their town, the two boys are probably involved.

The boys' mother heard that a preacher in town had been successful in disciplining children, so she asked if he would speak with her boys. The preacher agreed, but he asked to see them individually.

The mother sent the 4 year old in the morning, with the older boy to see the preacher in the afternoon. The preacher, a huge man with a deep booming voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him sternly, "Do you know where God is, son?"

The boy's mouth dropped open, but he made no response, sitting there wide-eyed with his mouth hanging open.

So the preacher repeated the question in an even sterner tone, "Where is God?! " Again, the boy made no attempt to answer. The preacher raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and bellowed, "WHERE is GOD?!"

The boy screamed & bolted from the room, ran directly home & dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him. When his older brother found him in the closet, he asked, "What happened?"

The younger brother, gasping for breath, replied, "We're in BIG trouble this time! GOD is missing, and they think WE did it! "

 

[SunnyDawn]

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Yea Petey!!! I sure hope he pulls through!

 

[SunnyDawn]

Hey all! I need your help. I've been playing around with my camera again and was curious as to how close up I could get, so I took a few shots of my eyeballs. I was surprised that I can actually get pretty close up except that the camera wants to focus on what is closest to the lens (in this case my eyelashes instead of my eyeball) but I did get one pretty freaky shot of my eyeball that was in focus.

Now I'm going to use one as my new avatar but I thought I'd check in with you all to help me decide which one. I could do a poll but I thought I'd try here first.

I kind of like the creepy one but the 2nd one, of course, is more recognizable...

I did mess with the exposure a little in Photo Shop to get a deeper hue, especially the first one cause I like the way the pupil stands out and kind of bleeds into the iris when it's darkened up like this. I think it looks creepy but cool...

Anyway which one do you guys like if any?

 

[aubreynoramarie]

DUUUUDE. that first picture is SOOOOOOOOOOO cool. It gets my vote!

 

[SunnyDawn]

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Yea!!!

 

[Eglyntine]

I wanna know how you get your eyeliner on so perfect, I am completely jealous! hehe