Our Raccoons

We didn't know it at the time, but this was a pregnant raccoon looking for a place to give birth to her four babies. It was hard for her to squeeze her body through the 4-inch diameter hole that I had made for Screech Owls, so she eventually chose a spot under my shop building and that became her home. We fed her cheap dog food and corn and things she would eat while she nourished the youngsters. Now and then we would get to see them outside during the day and when she had weaned them, she sent them up and over our fence and she followed her brood and they were gone out of our lives forever. I still miss her but worry about more coming since we have a dog now that would be after her all the time. So far, she never returned and none of her babies came back here. They are all grown now and several generations of their kind have passed.