This is "Wobbly" and a poster child for the reason to NEVER assume that an animal is sick just because of the way they walk!

About 5 years ago a Momma Raccoon brought up 4 babies and we noticed that 2 of them seemed to walk a little slow, while a third lagged behind and would take a step or two and thenfall down. At first, we attributed this to the fact that this little girl might just be so young that he she had not developed her sea legs yet, but as the days and weeks went by we noticed there was very little to no improvement. I knew it could not be rabies since she was not sluggish nor aggressive and had this problem too long already.

One day I walked out the door to… Read More

One day while we were hand feeding the babies for this new family we noticed that one of the babies from this group of 5 had no tail. Of course at first we thought we were seeing things or we were both going blind, as that is easy when all you see is gray and stripes, but then this little guy let me gently pet his little furry noggin’. Then he turned… Read More

My name is Ron Shepard and my wife and I have been feeding wild Raccoons, skunks, ground hogs, deer and just about anything on 4 legs for well over 14 years now and they have taught us a LOT!

Over the years, we have heard so many misconceptions, fallacies and fears about Raccoons and skunks and honestly because of (mostly) the fears, raccoons and skunks are needlessly killed. The worst part is that sometimes those killings also lead to babies dying because their mother does not come home.

When it comes to raccoons, we have learned they are an extremely intelligent furry bundle and they come in various sizes, colors and even mentalities.

Here in the Ozarks, not far from Branson, Missouri, we are on a beautiful lake in Arkansas and 14 years ago we started feeding just one little guy that came… Read More