Wildlife: Raccoon Files: NextGen 1, 1 by DreamOfSpring

DreamOfSpring wrote:
This thread marks the beginning of a new chapter in a series which began in summer of 2006 with "Raccoons Getting A Little Too Friendly For Comfort" and later morphed into the Heidi Chronicles. The Heidi Chronicles ran from 2006 through 2013 ending with the death of its central character Heidi which marked the beginning of this, the Next Generation chapter in the ongoing series.

This is the story of the raccoons and other animals which come to eat and play at my backyard buffet. I hope you will join us as we discuss the goings on at the buffet.

Prior series (start of our story) begins here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/603944/
Last thread (and end of prior series) is here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1294059/

The photo below is of Desi, born the summer that Heidi died, and, at least for now, our new central character as we begin this the new post-Heidi chapter in our raccoon saga. She is seen looking in through my back patio door while waiting anxiously for dinner to be served. (Uh-uh-uh, no tampering with the pictures, PersonWhoKnowsWhoSheIs! No trying to lighten and enhance the image to bring out more of the mess on the patio, em, I mean detail in the pic. I know this pic is perfect for your talents, but remember, boundaries. I'm trying to keep my dirt/mess private.) ;-)

If you look really close in the pic, you can just make out 4 of her teats, 2 just over 1/2 way up her body and 2 near the bottom of the pic. They are thin, elongated conical masses not unlike Madonna's cone-shaped bodice from the Vogue era. It was upon seeing these that I knew she had kits somewhere.