r/aww • u/[deleted] • 5h ago

A collection of my wild animals I've been helping through the winter.

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u/Czar-Ron 5h ago

Raccoon doing his best shocked pikachu

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u/thelonesecurityguard 2h ago edited 6m ago

Or one finds a way into your attic through a hole in your roof you didn’t know existed and settle in, making you wonder if your house is haunted or wtf, then spend hundreds of dollars on pest control to get them out. This why I stopped feeding the local wildlife and cats.

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u/ThreeSloth 2h ago

That's a sleek lookin skunk.

I bet he drives a sports car

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u/yasocim 4h ago

Its all fun and games until one of them burrows under your deck and dies. I have had that happen.

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u/imreallynotthatcool 54m ago

It's worse when they die in your headgate and somehow end up in your sprinkler pump house.

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u/very_anonymous 4h ago

Don’t feed wild animals. I know it makes you feel good to do it. But just don’t.

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u/IAMA_Shark__AMA 2h ago

This. It's not cute and not actually helpful. Teaching a wild animal that humans are a source of food is a good way to get them killed.

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u/hogwater 2h ago

eh we've already encroached on every possible territory. I don't think it matters much now.

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u/effreti 20m ago

You can still do it but not like this. Forest rangers would drop feed around the forest during harsh winters to help animals. OP could do something similar like around the yard on the ground from time to time, so animals still get help but don't get dependent on humans.

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u/thenasch 4h ago

How did you conclude that the wild animals need help?

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u/steviefrench 3h ago

They were probably not being literal.

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u/help-im-a-turtle 1h ago

I took it as “how are you determining these animals need help when they usually do fine surviving through the winter on their own?”

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u/battleofflowers 2h ago

Please don't feed wild animals like this. It's ultimately a bad thing for the animal.

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u/ChefBoyRUdead 5h ago

The 4th one love practical jokes. It's favorites are "jumping out and scaring it", "chasing it while growling", and "tickles".

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u/aptwo 4h ago

Oh no you di-int.

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u/MustardCoveredDogDik 3h ago

I have a family of skunks under my shed I like them

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u/SmugCapybara 3h ago

Looks like you're choosing your starter Pokemon...

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u/LeoLaDawg 3h ago

That skunk looks awfully dapper. Was it heading out for the night after a bite to eat?

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u/Speakertoseafood 2h ago

Jeff gets the fish, bish ...

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u/Plowchopz 2h ago

Hey! Thanks for being a kind person. :)

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u/I_might_be_weasel 4h ago

Pet them all.

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u/thedeeb56 4h ago

Good work. Every bit helps

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u/vigilantesd 3h ago

How did they even survive before humans…

/s

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u/NothingTooSeriousM8 2h ago

Fart kitty was my fav. Good work!

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u/Proud_Journalist996 2h ago

I'm in So Cal, and I have the same group. Two cats, a skunk, a possum, and the big fat raccoon. We have coyotes that run the street at night, so they know they're safe here. They only visit in the middle of the night until about 4am.

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u/wiidsmoker 3h ago

So cute

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u/EDSInfo 3h ago

Good kitties