Wingham Advance-Times, 1977-10-26, Page 841
Pae.8---`'he Wingham Advance -Times, October 26, 1977
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A HELPING HAND—Jeff De Boer gives Rascal a hand in getting down from a tree, The
young racoon is one of two orphans the De Boers found this spring on one of their farms.
BOBBING FOR APPLES -Racoons are accustomed to
finding food in the water, often catching crayfish and shell-,
fish in the wild. Rascal and Bandit, young pet 'coons on the
Dick De Boer farm, will sornetimes sit on the edge of this
garbage pail arbd bob for apples floating in the water. They
were a little reluctant to show off their talents this day
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UNUSUAL PETS—Jeff DeBoer and Ian Jarvis grab every o
with their
pet racoons, Rascal and Bandit. They found the 'coons this spring iniaybaarnnlay on one of the
De Boer farms. The mother.must have been killed along the highway, as the baby 'coons
were almost starved, Mrs. De Boer relates. They brought them home and raised them on
bread and milk, and are now trying to figure out whatto do with them. Jess is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dick De Boer and Ian is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Jarvis, both of RR 1,
Bluevale.
Two littIe racoons
.make interesting
A Turnberry Township family summer and the animals "jus
that rescued two orphaned baby loved it". They would float do
'racoons this spring now faces a the river on a styrofoam sur
problem: What to-do with them?
They will soon be too big for pets,
but can't be simply turned back
to the wild, Mrs. Dick De Boer
points out, They have learned to
like dogs and -people and the first
hunter to come along would get
them.
She has been looking around for
a zoo or wildlife .refuge to take
them, but so far has found
nothing and the `coons may be
spending the winter hibernating
in the De Boer barn.
The baby racoons were found
this spring in, a barn on one of the
farms, she said. The boys heard
something upstairs in the barn
and, upon investigating, found.
the two . half-starved animals.
Apparently the mother had been
killed along the highway.
. The little `coons were. brought
back to the house and for a time -it
seemed they would starve. any-
way, Mrs. De Boer recalled.
Efforts to feed them from a bottle
were unsuccessful and they
couldn't seem to drink milk from
a dish. Finally she hit upon the
idea of bread and milk; the milk
soaks into the bread which the
racoons can 'pick up and eat.
They have been going strong ever
since.,
The racoons are the pets of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Huth and
young Jeff De Boer and Ian family spent the weekend with
Jarvis, a neighbor's son, and they Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ribey and
have been having a great time family, Chatham.
with the unusual pets, named The condition of Mrs, Alec (Al -
Rascal and - Bandit all summer.
They took the racoons swim- vine) Murray,awho wasstruck by
a
ming in the river during the p car near her home; 'is im-
proving.
t
down
clearly regard the De Boer farm
as home and make no attempt to
run away. They would go into the
house if allowed, Mrs. De Boer
added; but the thought ;of two
curious little 'coons in her kitchen
makes her shudder. •
The animals are not at all shy
with strangers and love to
explore strange apparatuses,
such as cameras, with their
clever little hands. They also get
along well with the De Boers' two
big German Shepherds and as-
sorted cats, only taking exception
to too close an interest while they
are eating.
All of this adds up to a problem'.
If the animals are just turned into
the bush they will soon find their
way back home, while if they are
taken far enough away they may
very well wander, onto the
nearest farm looking for com-
panionship. Racoons, Anyone?
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BREAD AND MILK withsidedishesofcornandapplesare
sumptuous for young racoons. They eat with their hands,
washing everything first. The orphaned baby coons
wouldn't drink from a bottle and couldn't drink the milk out
of a pan when they were first found, Mrs. Dick De Boer
remembers, and she finally hit upon the idea of bread and
milk as a way of getting some food into them.
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board, occasionally falling of
and paddling. away on their own
Jeff remembers. Sometimes he
or Ian had to swim downrive
after them- to bring them back.
As a . result of having bee
raised from infancy, the racoons
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