Wildlife: Heidi Chronicles: Will They Stay or Will They Go?, 1 by DreamOfSpring

DreamOfSpring wrote:
KyWoods,

It really didn't last very long and judging from the reaction of the raccoon, it must have looked much worse than it was. The raccoon just went right back to eating his meal without showing any sign of lasting 'damage'. There was no blood drawn or anything like that. I'm reminded of what I've heard many times about how raccoons have thick skin which is largely impervious to such things.

Although this time the raccoon seemed completely fine afterward, the incident gave me one possible answer as to why some months ago a much younger kit arrived for dinner with a limp! That kit was limping on his hind leg. At the time I remember wondering what might have caused such a thing.

Below (no laughing) is my attempt to show the location where Snowball bit the raccoon. (The pink lines represent the head/mouth of the opossum.) This is actually a pic of one of Heidi's kids eating an egg many months ago.