OMG! It was Fuzzball!

I just realized who it was I saw out there with Screech last night! It has been BUGGING me all day because I was not 100% sure it was Goofball I saw. He is unique enough looking that I should have no doubt it's him when I see him. I knew it wasn't Smokey, Feisty or Sarge though...so Goof was the only other option, even though I had my doubts....But I forgot about Fuzzball! Or rather I should say, I assumed Fuzzball to have succumbed to some terrible accident because he just disappeared 2 weeks after his release , which was very unusual. He was one of the friendlier ones and always quick to greet me (one of the very few that loved to have the bottoms of his back feet rubbed! hehe). Though I didn't expect to see him EVERY day the longer they were out there, something had to happen to make him just suddenly disappear that soon, because I never saw him again.

That's why I had so much trouble figuring out who it was.....I had already written him off! I never even considered him when I went through the options in my head....I have no doubt whatsoever now and it has TOTALLY MADE MY DAY to know he is out there and ok still!

As you can see, it doesn't take much to make my day! Lol!

The kits are getting big!

Pretty soon it will be hard to tell the kits from the moms! They are growing fast out there. Here are a few cute pics of the gang hanging out.

Look at the little rolly polly porkers! Ha!

Here is Popeye (top) and Foxy sneaking in for a meal after all the moms and kits are done!

A late morning feeding...I think this is Belle, but she and Ringer look pretty identical except for their personality's and some distinguishing scars they have that this pic doesn't show me! Belle's scar is on her face but I need to see her face front to see it.

Went out last night and ran into Screech and I think I saw Goofball!! He's the smiling poster boy on the title of the blog. I have not seen him in soooooo long.....since early winter. It was dark and the flashlight didn't give me the best look. He was shy, but did take a fig newton from me and just hung out while I watched him and tried to decide for sure if it was him! Must have been boys night out....none of the girls were around.

The kids in the "REALLY big" big boys pen

This is the door separating the little kids from the really big kids cage. This was taken from inside the little kids section. Now that the little kids are older they are getting supervised visits into the 10ft section of the cage. There are 3 older coons in there (you can see one peeking in here!) and they have had many weeks to get to know each other through the gate.

It was finally time to open the gate and allow the little kids in to check out the bigger cage. One of the older coons wasn't so thrilled! He took refuge in his favorite box, occasionally pushing open the door to peek out! It was sooooo funny watching such a big boy hide from such little ones!



Needless to say the little kids couldn't be bothered with the older ones, they were so excited to have higher trees to climb and a bigger pool to play in!

Seeker in all his glory!

Tugger and Buster check out the pool.

One of the terrible twosome (I think it's Nosey) takes a swim.

Roxy greets one of the older girls.

Tugger enjoys the hanging shelf.

Teddy greets one of the older girls.

Stinky takes the hard way down a tree.

Clover plays with Gray, one of the older coons.

Gimme that camera! Roxy grabs for the lens.

Roxy and Buster mess around on a tree.

As you can see the gang had a great time playing in the bigger pen and everyone got along great! It does have to be supervised though, because even though they all get along, the older ones are much bigger and don't know their own strength when they play and I have to be careful they don't hurt the little ones by accident.

I don't let Tosser and Mohican run around in there too much yet...they are still a little small for the cage and the heights in there. I have to watch them like a hawk so they have briefly checked it out, but I usually leave them in their pen for now while supervising the others in the bigger pen.

And then there was light....and a bunny update!

Remember those 7 tiny bunnies I had for a couple of days before JoAnn could take them?? Well here they are now!! Amazing! They are adorable and doing great! Cottontails are VERY fragile and difficult to rehab, but JoAnne is awesome and works miracles with the little guys. All 7 have grown into very cute, fuzzy bunnie balls of fur and it will not be long before they come back to my place for release with all the other bunnies JoAnn has raised and released here. Kudos to JoAnn!!!!

Dad was back to help out. There is no electricity in any of the pens etc. At night, I usually have to juggle holding a flashlight in one hand, while changing litter boxes, feeding and fending off climbing raccoons with the other. Thanks to Dad, I now have both hands free AND I can see what I am doing at night! Wooohoooooooo! He built a little box into the wall of the pen so I can put a light inside it that climbing coons and bad weather cannot get to. All it takes is a couple of long extension cords from the house to the box, plugged into the the light inside and presto! Night time care is a breeze now! Sometimes it's the little things that get ya all excited! ha ha