I mean, Raccoons need to relax too.

[Draconator]

https://www.wdam.com/2025/05/06/police-find-pet-raccoon-holding-meth-pipe-during-traffic-stop-hes-trying-smoke-it/

[Roundybout]

If he’s looking to relax, he’s smoking the wrong thing 

[US Egg]

Been here 20 yrs. Lots of critters have come to the back door to peak in. Never a Woodchuck, until yesterday. Right up to the sliding glass door. Thought he might try to attack himself in the window like the turkeys do. Turkeys spaz, peck the window in rage and ***** all over. 

 

Little fuzz ball is around today again. He’s too darn cute to shoot, probably go with the release trap. They’re not so cute when they’re in there trying to kill you. 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

6 minutes ago, US Egg said:

Been here 20 yrs. Lots of critters have come to the back door to peak in. Never a Woodchuck, until yesterday. Right up to the sliding glass door.

[US Egg]

9 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

I just checked on him, big bare patch on his backside, probably mange. Had a nasty looking mangy coyote a month or so ago hanging out. Backyard nature isn’t all fun. I gotta make a decision…..

[Augie]

17 minutes ago, US Egg said:

Been here 20 yrs. Lots of critters have come to the back door to peak in. Never a Woodchuck, until yesterday. Right up to the sliding glass door. Thought he might try to attack himself in the window like the turkeys do. Turkeys spaz, peck the window in rage and ***** all over. 

 

Little fuzz ball is around today again. He’s too darn cute to shoot, probably go with the release trap. They’re not so cute when they’re in there trying to kill you. 

 

I worked with someone who had a deer come up to the slider at the back of their house…..at full speed. Crashed right thru and started trashing the house. She grabbed the kids and ran out the front door. Not the way she expected that morning to go. 

[ExiledInIllinois]

2 hours ago, US Egg said:

Been here 20 yrs. Lots of critters have come to the back door to peak in. Never a Woodchuck, until yesterday. Right up to the sliding glass door. Thought he might try to attack himself in the window like the turkeys do. Turkeys spaz, peck the window in rage and ***** all over. 

 

Little fuzz ball is around today again. He’s too darn cute to shoot, probably go with the release trap. They’re not so cute when they’re in there trying to kill you. 

Nesting northern cardinals are insane too! Their reflection in glass windows drives them wild.  Very territorial.

[RoyBatty is alive]

1 hour ago, US Egg said:

I just checked on him, big bare patch on his backside, probably mange. Had a nasty looking mangy coyote a month or so ago hanging out. Backyard nature isn’t all fun. I gotta make a decision…..

I just read up on woodchucks (see the advantage of reading TBD and being a bills fan).   I would tend to leave it alone unless it is causing serious damage with its burrows or you have a garden, 

 

Release trap might be good (have to be careful as they can have fleas and spread things like lyme disease. If you do catch him you might have to drive away so it doesn't return.  I once caught a raccoon and carried it in the trap across a street and when I let him go, the SOB rna right across the street a hundred yards won my street and ran right up my driveway.  Similar circumstance with armadillo

[RoyBatty is alive]

23 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Nesting northern cardinals are insane too! Their reflection in glass windows drives them wild.  Very territorial.

I once thought a peacock would be a real neat gift for my wife, little did I realize how they like to look at their reflection in glass doors and and leave massive turds on my front patio.  It didn't take long for the peacock to be part of the wild nature  food cycle, I wasnt too upset.

Edited May 8 by RoyBatty is alive

[Jauronimo]

2 hours ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

I once thought a peacock would be a real neat gift for my wife, little did I realize how they look to look at their reflection in glass doors and and leave massive turds on my front patio.  It didn't take long for the peacock to be part of the wild nature  food cycle, I wasnt too upset.

Are you the reason why there are wild peacocks in Westchase?

[BuffaloBill]

On 5/7/2025 at 12:02 PM, Augie said:

 

I worked with someone who had a deer come up to the slider at the back of their house…..at full speed. Crashed right thru and started trashing the house. She grabbed the kids and ran out the front door. Not the way she expected that morning to go. 

 

My dad used to mange facilities and grounds keeping at a local school district. A deer broke through a classroom window in the night and could not figure out how to get back out. It did extensive damage to the room and furniture trying to get out. It was a bloody mess. The sheriff and game warden had to come in and euthanize the deer.

[That's No Moon]

20 hours ago, BuffaloBill said:

 

My dad used to mange facilities and grounds keeping at a local school district. A deer broke through a classroom window in the night and could not figure out how to get back out. It did extensive damage to the room and furniture trying to get out. It was a bloody mess. The sheriff and game warden had to come in and euthanize the deer.

I remember hearing about that...

[Special K]

This happened in Ohio, and the racoon was in the passenger seat......if it happened here in Florida, the racoon would have been driving!!!😂

Edited May 16 by Special K

[US Egg]

Got a Bugs Bunny/Wile E thing going on. I caught 4 rabbits this winter. Seen quite a few of late. Last night my wife wakes me up to say there’s something under the pool deck. Whatever….I just looked Wile E busted through the lattice. I think I know where the rabbits are. 
 

My wife wants to save the rabbits, I think nature should take it’s course…..

[Fleezoid]

11 minutes ago, US Egg said:

Got a Bugs Bunny/Wile E thing going on. I caught 4 rabbits this winter. Seen quite a few of late. Last night my wife wakes me up to say there’s something under the pool deck. Whatever….I just looked Wile E busted through the lattice. I think I know where the rabbits are. 
 

My wife wants to save the rabbits, I think nature should take it’s course…..

 

Well, if it's truly the Wile E Coyote, the rabbits are completely safe. He'll just blow himself up with a box full of ACME dynamite. 

[US Egg]

11 minutes ago, Fleezoid said:

Well, if it's truly the Wile E Coyote, the rabbits are completely safe. He'll just blow himself up with a box full of ACME dynamite. 

Maybe he'll blow up the deck and pool too. Be fine with me, I'm tired of it.....maybe should turn off the gas to the heater though. 

[Simon]

3 minutes ago, US Egg said:

Maybe he'll blow up the deck and pool too. Be fine with me, I'm tired of it.....maybe should turn off the gas to the heater though. 

 

Are you tired of the house too?

[US Egg]

44 minutes ago, Simon said:

Are you tired of the house too?

Funny you should ask. Yup. It’s time to update or move. Not the best time for either.

 

Update. There’s two teeny little baby bunnies scurrying around the deck now. My wife said she also heard brief squealing last night. I don’t think their mommy’s coming home tonight. 😢

[RichStadiumGuy]

2 hours ago, US Egg said:

Funny you should ask. Yup. It’s time to update or move. Not the best time for either.

 

Update. There’s two teeny little baby bunnies scurrying around the deck now. My wife said she also heard brief squealing last night. I don’t think their mommy’s coming home tonight. 😢

Unless you've actually SEEN a coyote in your yard I'm leaning more towards it being a fox myself. There's a pack of coyotes (5 of them last time I saw them during the winter) living in the 200 acres of woods directly across the road from my place and I've seen one of them in my yard a couple of times before but just last week we heard that death screech you're talking about behind our house and when I turned the lights on back there I saw a fox running away with a bunny in its mouth. I've heard it many times before but it still amazes me at how loud a little bunny can scream!

 

:edited for spelling

Edited 3 hours ago by RichStadiumGuy

[Simon]

2 hours ago, US Egg said:

Funny you should ask. Yup. It’s time to update or move. Not the best time for either.

 

Update. There’s two teeny little baby bunnies scurrying around the deck now. My wife said she also heard brief squealing last night. I don’t think their mommy’s coming home tonight. 😢

 

Congrats on your two new pets