Posted by Carmody
(here)
Just pulled a racoon off the wall right at the top of the brick wall and the soffit.
A very pregnant female trying to break in and give birth to a litter.
Same thing three days ago.
Out there with an aluminum bar, on an iron balcony that no one has been on for probably a decade, not my favorite place to be stepping out, on that second storey balcony. If the whole thing lets go..no one would find me for a good day or so. Makes for interesting statistics.
And I'm really leaning into it, as the racoons is exactly like all angry and scared racoons. Spitting, growling, and angry/scared.
Really leaning into it, bending the aluminum bar, as she's stuck to the wall like a living burr. The bar is bending, almost 20-30 degrees of bend.
I finally break her loose and she goes down. Onto the hard packed gravel driveway, about 16-17 feet (4.5-4.75M) down. And she's pregnant. Damn.
I don't want any of it, but she can't stay ....and she has to leave now.
She will probably return, and I'll have to prepare for it.