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SO for the past few weeks we've been hearing a rustling noise in our house, and we knew it was some kind of critter somewhere... but we didn't really do anything.
well today my parents and i start hearing a lot more noise than usual, and then we hear some raccoons chattering. next thing you know, one's poking it's head down into the fireplace! my mom freaked out. i got all excited.
it's about 8:00 PM around then, when she called some chimney guy. he can't come until wednesday, but suggests using paper to smoke them out. my dad and i do so, while my mom watched the chimney outside to see if they leave. this whole time i'm saying, "but what if they're babies?" and my parents are saying, "well they'll get out how they came in!"
of course, no one listened when i said, "but what if they can't?"
by now we've got a small fire going, and we're standing around when we hear the babies crying. i started freaking out about burning baby raccoons alive. my dad hurried up and put out the fire, and even scooped out all the hot embers so it would cool down and i wouldn't have a mental breakdown.
all the poor little babies were making so much noise, i thought for sure they were hurt. i called my friend tim and ended up crying about making the animals suffer.
i come inside and sit down for awhile and listen for them to be alive or dead or anything. eventually, i see one again. he climbs down into the fireplace! i'm hunched down looking through the glass doors, and i see another! i get all excited that they're okay, and name the small one ricky and the bigger one robbie (earlier i'd named the mom rachel raccoon, but she was nowhere to be found). they were cute little babies! i took a bunch of pictures and videos.
the raccoons start getting restless in the fireplace and being eating the insulation around the doors. they tried to escape pretty damn hard. i offered to get them out with the cat carrier and some cheetos, but my parents didn't think that was a very good idea.
i watched them for about an hour before the emergency pest control guys came. they got ricky out of the fireplace and robbie ran up inside the chimney (chimley, if you're the pest control guy). the pest guys go up on the roof and look down, and see that robbie has company. i name her rita. after he cathes one of them, he sees a fourth baby. her name is renee.
long story short, they guys caught all of them. they flipped a fuck when he put them in the cage. they were adorable though. apparently when you smoke raccoons out of your chimney, the babies can't escaped without their mom carrying them, because they aren't big enough to wedge themselves against the walls.
hooray raccoons! i just hope somewhere takes them in since they're babies. if not, the pest guys have to euthanize them. booo.
well today my parents and i start hearing a lot more noise than usual, and then we hear some raccoons chattering. next thing you know, one's poking it's head down into the fireplace! my mom freaked out. i got all excited.
it's about 8:00 PM around then, when she called some chimney guy. he can't come until wednesday, but suggests using paper to smoke them out. my dad and i do so, while my mom watched the chimney outside to see if they leave. this whole time i'm saying, "but what if they're babies?" and my parents are saying, "well they'll get out how they came in!"
of course, no one listened when i said, "but what if they can't?"
by now we've got a small fire going, and we're standing around when we hear the babies crying. i started freaking out about burning baby raccoons alive. my dad hurried up and put out the fire, and even scooped out all the hot embers so it would cool down and i wouldn't have a mental breakdown.
all the poor little babies were making so much noise, i thought for sure they were hurt. i called my friend tim and ended up crying about making the animals suffer.
i come inside and sit down for awhile and listen for them to be alive or dead or anything. eventually, i see one again. he climbs down into the fireplace! i'm hunched down looking through the glass doors, and i see another! i get all excited that they're okay, and name the small one ricky and the bigger one robbie (earlier i'd named the mom rachel raccoon, but she was nowhere to be found). they were cute little babies! i took a bunch of pictures and videos.
the raccoons start getting restless in the fireplace and being eating the insulation around the doors. they tried to escape pretty damn hard. i offered to get them out with the cat carrier and some cheetos, but my parents didn't think that was a very good idea.
i watched them for about an hour before the emergency pest control guys came. they got ricky out of the fireplace and robbie ran up inside the chimney (chimley, if you're the pest control guy). the pest guys go up on the roof and look down, and see that robbie has company. i name her rita. after he cathes one of them, he sees a fourth baby. her name is renee.
long story short, they guys caught all of them. they flipped a fuck when he put them in the cage. they were adorable though. apparently when you smoke raccoons out of your chimney, the babies can't escaped without their mom carrying them, because they aren't big enough to wedge themselves against the walls.
hooray raccoons! i just hope somewhere takes them in since they're babies. if not, the pest guys have to euthanize them. booo.