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Tamra	Raccoon Facts		Lead	[-]
Posts: 2054 06-29-2008 8:55 PM a Jewel munificent member	YIKES! Jarca, you're right in that raccoons are NOT protected in the state of UT & that you don't need a license or anything to SHOOT or TRAP a raccoon! NO wonder you were SOO concerned about Bob, then alone Earl!!! The Dept of Ag & Food (under which raccoons fall) even advocate using those NASTY, AWFUL bear-leg traps in a rural area!!! They are even starting NOT to relocate them cuz they "cause problems" elsewhere when they do! Someone who doesn't like raccoons very much must have written the "helpful info" at the Dept of Ag cuz it talks about rabies, worms, and something called Aleutians disease that can be passed to other mammals. I realize that their job to keep people AWAY from these animals, but SHEESH!!!
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Tamra		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2054 06-29-2008 8:57 PM a Jewel munificent member	then alone Earl This was SUPPOSED to read = let alone Earl. SORRY, guys, I guess my emotions ran away with the keys!!!
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jarca		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1656 06-29-2008 9:33 PM Aug 28, 2009 QUEEN JARCA visit my blog... "Independent Thinker"	now you know my dilema---no matter what i do other than kill them, i'm illegal,,,,and it's not just utah! there is not a single state in the U.S that will take raccoons. i found out about utah with bob, hence me owning bob...now further research i find all states have the same laws about raccoons. thats where i had the one hope of the site that said they did take them, but they have been put out of buiseness. i can understand a law not to be able to own them....but laws that the only thing you can do is kill them seems absurd. and i thought the coon dog hunting being legal was torturous, but leg traps --- hell that's downright barbaric! wonder what god thinks of these laws? even rattlesnakes can be released! needless to say, the more i read, the more i feel frustrated and sad. Come visit: JARCA'S FORUMS
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Tamra		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2054 06-30-2008 8:56 PM a Jewel munificent member	I will check with the zoo & see if they have them! I was REALLY shocked cuz right there in the handout (online) from the Dept of Ag & Food, they said they were a "nuisance" animal!!! Crows are apparently in the same category - strange, isn't it, how all the intelligent species are lumped together???
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jarca		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1656 07-01-2008 4:02 PM Aug 28, 2009 QUEEN JARCA visit my blog... "Independent Thinker"	strange, isn't it, how all the intelligent species are lumped together??? gosh next will it be collies??? i figure all species have thier place, "nuisance" is when it doesn't fit it with man's plan---kinda like the indians when we came to the U.S. very sad. i checked out "Aleutians disease" and what i could find is that is sort of like "wasting disease" which all mammals can get--- can't find anything about it being contagious to man. and it's in the parvo catagorie. seems that ferrets are real susceptable to it...and they sell ferrets as pets here----go figure! Come visit: JARCA'S FORUMS
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Tamra		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2054 07-04-2008 10:54 AM a Jewel munificent member	Interesting........... We had a ferret for a while. They are cute & fun, but I am not sure they should be kept as pets! Ours grabbed my cat Esther by the back of the neck as we were introducing them! Good thing we had a hold of both of them & he let go quick after I tapped him on the head!!!
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jarca		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1656 07-04-2008 12:47 PM Aug 28, 2009 QUEEN JARCA visit my blog... "Independent Thinker"	yes, i think if one has a ferret it should be an "only child", and they are like raccoons---they are into everything. i also feel that it is a wild animal that should be free---however the ones they sell are bred in captivity, so they know no difference. problem with these types of animals, is they look cute in the pet store and people don't realize the work and habits of them, so then they don't want them later. (kinda like people who get "cute" puppies without studying the temperment, grooming, upkeep etc.) if i ever had a "rodent" i think my favorite is a guinea pig---sweet, and very people orientated (when obtained young and handled) and they don't terrorize the house. a bit stinky tho if not kept up well. Come visit: JARCA'S FORUMS
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Tamra		#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2054 07-06-2008 9:53 AM a Jewel munificent member	I have to agree - guinea pigs (cavies as they are known in England) are AWESOME!!! This last one we had - Scarlett - was hilarious! She had had 2 litters before we got her so she was feisty - must have been that red hair! Sara's cat Nenna tried to "bap" at her with her paw & the look Scarlett gave her was like "You wanna lose that paw? Try it again!" Also, the crazy pig wouldn't eat green apples!!! We kept her plastic enclosure up on the big kitchen counter so she was safe, but more importantly, so she could SEE everything!!!
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jarca		#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1656 07-07-2008 8:58 AM Aug 28, 2009 QUEEN JARCA visit my blog... "Independent Thinker"	aren't guinea pig babies just the cutest things they are born just like the big ones only teeny! i was amazed the first time i saw one! i just love them!!!! always had them when i was a kid, and my kids had them (until cutiegirl got the evil one---poor cutiegirl, her guinea pig was a biter, her hamster was an escape artist, don't even ask about the kittens she went thru---until we finally got her the toy poodle "buddy" and now she has the fox terrier "lady"---i guess she was just always meant to be a dog person.) the most amazing guinea pig i ever saw was templeworks son, david's. you must make her tell you all about it! (i loved the fact that david had one of these lil kids shopping carts, and that guinea pig would sit in the "child seat"of it for hours and be pushed around while david "shopped:) Come visit: JARCA'S FORUMS
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paul4barbus		#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 26 07-08-2008 3:00 AM	Before I met my wife she lived alone with her young children, and they had 5 guinea pigs in hutches. Unfortunately they all died one after another and it was suspected that the feed was responsible somehow. She insisted that her ex-husband came round and burnt all the hutches (and the poor departed animals) to ensure all was eradicated. Obviously the children were unaware of this and they buried, with great ceremony including some prayers and some tears, some cardboard boxes which, they thought, contained their pets. A couple of years ago, the kids are now 31 and 33, we were all chatting at Xmas with family and relatives. Sue related this tale, as it was somewhat relevant to whatever was being spoken about........................... and both the kids suddenly, with eyes popped wide open remarked that they didn't know that had happened and even to this day (then) they thought that the pets were still buried under the crosses (likely not there by now of course) in that garden where they lived ........... oops paul4
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jarca		#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1656 07-09-2008 9:10 AM Aug 28, 2009 QUEEN JARCA visit my blog... "Independent Thinker"	oh poor sue! i can relate to not wanting to tell your kids that something bad has happened to thier animals, then it pop out 20 years later! and they buried, with great ceremony including some prayers and some tears, some cardboard boxes which, they thought, contained their pets oh, that brings back memories---i went thru a stage in my youth, that every animal (or bug) that died had to have a "proper buriel." as my parents backyard had a pool and was all cement except one raised rose garden it got quite crowded! then we moved here on the farm with my kids at that age. the feild was used for "the buriel ceremonies." (now mind you my common joke to people, is that ex husbands are all buried out in my field) one day, a friend came and was plowing up the back field to plant hay. he came in rather shaken and said, "what are all those bones i'm digging up?" of course i calmly answered, "oh those are my ex husbands." he went back to plowing the feild but with a rather odd look on his face the rest of the time. i now have one pen that i use for "the cemetary." hoping no one will ever feel the need to dig in there. the first couple of dogs i buried in there years ago were just buried in the middle. now i have realized that not having a pattern can be dangerous digging in the future, so i have started with well planned out rows, and marks on the fence where each one is....still kinda worried when i hit that middle area, as it's a bit of a ways away, but that just means i'll be that much older and with a worse memory when the time comes. Come visit: JARCA'S FORUMS
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petethepanda		#11	[url]	[-]
Posts: 101 07-12-2008 3:23 AM	Corrrrr. Did you really really bury your husbands Jarca? pete
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jarca		#12	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1656 07-15-2008 2:16 PM Aug 28, 2009 QUEEN JARCA visit my blog... "Independent Thinker"	Corrrrr. Did you really really bury your husbands no...but it would have saved alot of hassle if you knew a couple of my husbands! but it sure keeps people wondering in this small town----funny, no one has asked me to marry them anymore Come visit: JARCA'S FORUMS
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petethepanda		#13	[url]	[-]
Posts: 101 07-18-2008 5:11 AM	Dearest Jarca I'd ask, I like wedding vows. You can say to me "Do you, pete, take all my wordly goods including chocolate, lots and lots of chocolate, milk and dark?" and I'd say to you "I do" pete
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jarca		#14	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1656 07-18-2008 4:46 PM Aug 28, 2009 QUEEN JARCA visit my blog... "Independent Thinker"	you mean you'd even share your chocolate? i'm impressed! I like wedding vows. i like a good wedding cake! however once a friend finally told me i didn't have to get married to get wedding cake, that i could just buy one, i've been happily single for over ten years now. (ah, the things you learn the hard way ) Come visit: JARCA'S FORUMS
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petethepanda		#15	[url]	[-]
Posts: 101 07-19-2008 2:19 PM	I never said I'd share mine. My vow was to share yours . Sharing ..................................... What's mine is mine. What's yours is ours. pete
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jarca		#16	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1656 07-20-2008 12:20 PM Aug 28, 2009 QUEEN JARCA visit my blog... "Independent Thinker"	you are a funny guy pete!!! Come visit: JARCA'S FORUMS
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Tamra		#17	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2054 07-21-2008 3:59 PM a Jewel munificent member	Sharing ..................................... What's mine is mine. What's yours is ours. I have told my daughter that THIS is WHY she doesn't have a step-father - I don't share well!!!
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