Blind Raccoon and his bodyguards
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Published 2014-11-13
* UPDATE BELOW* This is a Blind Raccoon. He is at least 5 years old and has been coming to our house for about 5 years. There is something wrong with his tapetum lucidum. His eyes shine bright green during the day. He is at least partially blind. He walks into things. He is afraid of the wind, high grass, birds, and snow.
He is out and about during the day. He comes to our house for food early in the morning usually around 6-9AM. He often returns for seconds and sometimes comes back for thirds. His bottom lip is missing so we feed him soft pasta noodles soaked in cream of chicken soup. We often cut up small pieces of hot dogs, ham, pork, etc. He refuses to eat canned cat/dog food.
(And NO, its NOT Rabies or distemper. He would have died and NOT lived for as long as he did. And Raccoons can be out during the daytime. Sometimes they are out in daytime, especially during baby season. So just because you see a Raccoon out during daytime does NOT mean it has rabies)
Recently (late October 2014) 2 black kittens have been hanging around our yard. And they became close with the Blind Raccoon. They would magically appear when he would come for food. So they figured out that Blind Raccoon = FOOD. So they would appear when the Blind Raccoon (and sometimes other raccoons) would show up.
And then THiS happened today....
(November 13, 2014)
Did you see PART ONE of this video? It isn't as cute but it's still amazing! Here is the link.
• Blind Raccoon and his guard cat
** UPDATE **
(July, 7, 2017) - Sorry for not updating!
The Raccoon was around for at least 5 years before the kittens magically appeared in the woods. We don't think that he was totally blind, but his vision was VERY impaired in some way. We "think" that he may have been able to see shapes and things moving. And memory of where things were located. If something was out of place he would sometimes run into it. He would get scared easily. We never were able to figure out why his eyes were like that, even after doing a lot of research and asking our vet. But he was a miracle. And i am so glad that i had a camera with me and was able to capture this amazing one in a lifetime moment.
Sadly Blind Raccoon passed away sometime in June of 2015. (6 months after my mom and 15 yr old cat did). We don't know how he passed away but we hope that it was somewhere peaceful in the woods behind our house. We took care of him for more than 5 years.
The average lifespan for a raccoon in the wild is only about 1-3 years. So a blind/handicapped Raccoon surviving at least 5 years is a pretty long time. He was a miracle.
I tamed the wild kittens (that was painful) and WAS going to send them to PAWS Chicago but after putting in all of that effort, loss of flesh and blood WE KEPT THEM & they now live inside with our HUGE other cat Squirt.They officially became ours on December 14, 2014 when we got them fixed & chipped. PAWS did it for FREE because we guaranteed that they would have a forever home. They estimated that they were about 6 months old.
Turned out that I needed the black kittens as much as they needed me. Taming them helped me slightly cope with the loss of my mom and my 15 year old cat within 9 days of each other.
Before mom came down with the flu that ended up sending her to the ER via ambulance on Christmas Eve of 2014, she said that she wanted to keep the kittens.
Sadly she did NOT get a chance to spend time with them. She held one of them once, but they were still not "tame" yet.
Dad did NOT want to feed or deal with the cats. He didn't want any more animals. Mom made him capture them them because she "didn't want them to get cold" and even when he did not want to keep them she wanted to keep them. I wish she was able to have spent actual "hands on" time with them.
It makes me sad, but she would have LOVED to watch them. They are very different than any cats that we have ever had. They use A LOT of tail communication. It's so weird. And they play fight constantly. They are still a little skittish & when I am not home they often hide.
Although Blind Raccoon is Gone, YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH THE BLACK CATS and his other animal friends here on his NEW FACEBOOK PAGE!
www.facebook.com/BlindRaccoonAndHisGuardCats
On my Instagram page i have a lot of old photos of him, the Black Cats, Raccoons, animals and nature!
I will try to TAG any FaceBook, YouTube, and Instagram UPDATES with the Black Kitties and #Raccoons with the hashtags:
www.instagram.com/eryn_09
Here are 2 videos of the Black Kittens now (7/9/2017)
Video One: • Another video of the Black Kittens fr...
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Video Two: • The Black Kittens from the Blind Racc...
And there are a bunch of other cute Non-Blind Raccoon NATURE VIDEOS on my youtube channel (if you weed though all of the concert videos)
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All Comments (21)
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“Mr. President, please stay with your detail.”
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You can tell the security detail is former military.
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Bro got a whole Disney movie going on in the backyard
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His vision, declined trash panda, is blind but let me remind these cats are so kind
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Someone off-screen approaches the raccoon Black Cat 1: "Please step back, sir!"
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Cats tails sticking straight up means they're happy.
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Poor raccoon... He seems really worn out and tired, he's really cute still, and It's really sad that he passed away, my heart goes out to this raccoon <3 And the cats protecting him,
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Trotting along with their little tails in the air. It's so cute
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What a beautiful children's book this could make.
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Two bodyguards in black suits and dark sunglasses.... Hahaha
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two things that are amazing about this. one, that the cats know that the raccoon is blind and two, the fact that they make an effort to protect it.
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Those are two of the cutest bodyguards I've ever seen. He's a lucky raccoon to have them as his buddies.
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Somebody needs to give the filmer of this some much deserved credit for NOT TALKING WHILE FILMING. 4 Stars
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the best bodycats ever
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The two black angels never leave the blind raccoon alone. They're simply great.
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What a heartwarming tale. The kittens show up at precisely the right time. Very nice video and you saved three wild animals! Your love is being returned and that is what it is all about.
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They were his escats.
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I can go to bed happy now. The raccoon lost his sight but gained 2 tails, 4 eyes 8 paws and loyalty till the end. And the kittens got a forever home! Thanks for sharing.
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I've had 2 cats before and one was choking and the other one immediately comes running to him and starts hitting his back like how humans do, cats are truly amazing creatures sometimes
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UPDATE 1-4-2020: The cats are doing very well. One takes care of me and my health issues and makes sure i get my medication (i take about 12-15 medications) throughout the day and he comforts me when i am not feeling well. (I slipped on 2-3 icy stairs on my front porch and fell and landed where my head and neck connected causing a Traumatic Brain Injury and Dysautonomia/POTS and a few other health issues). So the Brother cat takes care of me and DEMANDS me to take my medicine! And the Sister cat likes to escort me to the bathroom even when i don't have to go and she likes to walk ON me. They are both really funny and pretty weird. I try to take photos and post them on their facebook page to keep people updated. You can find them/us at: www.facebook.com/BlindRaccoonAndHisGuardCats
