Pesky pets in Prospect Park?

Last week, while jogging home from Soda in PH to my place on PPW, I saw a raccoon hopping along from one garbage can to the benches to the next garbage can just outside of the park. Now, being from the Midwest (hahaha to the person who posted that the Midwesterners were moving into the Slope, well we are so DEAL, we've escaped!) I've seen my share of wildlife, but what caught my eye was that it almost seemed like it was a pet raccoon. See, this woman walking a little ahead of it kept calling or whistling out when it would stop, and it would run to catch-up to her and they'd continue their walk. Could it be someone actually has a pet raccoon in Park Slope? And I thought it must be hard having a large dog!

'twoud not make a very good pet if you had wood floors. They have really long claws that I can imagine would scratch everything in sight.

LOL -- nothing surprises me in this city.

I had a friend with a pet raccoon on the lower east side
about a million years ago

I guess you could say he was from the midwest . . .

Subject: Re: Pesky pets in Prospect Park?

kosherdave wrote: Could it be someone actually has a pet raccoon in Park Slope?

It is illegal to have wildlife as a pet in NY State (wildlife that is indigenous to the state). That being said, I had a pet raccoon for a short while that I rescued and wild animals don't ever really make pets. As soon as they grow up, they want to leave (sounds like midwesterners). Maybe she had some really good food and it was following her for a treat. Or maybe he had rabies and was chasing her really slowly!

I have raccoons in my back yard in Kensington as well as opposuum and wild parrots.

In my hometown when I was wee, someone had a pet bear. Eventually it got out and (lightly, for a bear I suppose) chomped some poor person in a park. People have the weirdest animals as pets sometimes, and I agree, wildlife really does not make for good pets. I bet it was chasing her down, slowly.

was it a pet....or meat?

kosherdave wrote: In my hometown when I was wee, someone had a pet bear. Eventually it got out and (lightly, for a bear I suppose) chomped some poor person in a park. .

are you from Ohio?

pitu wrote: [quote=kosherdave]In my hometown when I was wee, someone had a pet bear. Eventually it got out and (lightly, for a bear I suppose) chomped some poor person in a park. .

are you from Ohio?

No, he's not from Ohio.

He be from So.Dak.

Ha, I told on you, Kosher.

pitu wrote:
are you from Ohio?

Nope, SD, though I've not lived there for a loooooonnng time. I think I can safely say I am the ONLY person from SD in PS, though I have a buddy in nearby PH who is from SD.

I live on Carroll near 8th Ave, and I see racoons on my block pretty regularly, especially when the weather gets nice. Never saw one walking a human, though. They go great with grits and red-eye sauce!

I'm from Ohio - and I've never seen a bear.

Well, except at the zoo.

And some really hairy dudes that could've been mistaken for bears.

One summer night last year I was in Crown Heights
and not only did I see a grown racoon but he was being followed
by three baby racoons and they seemed to be chasing a cat.

seven24 wrote: One summer night last year I was in Crown Heights
and not only did I see a grown racoon but he was being followed
by three baby racoons and they seemed to be chasing a cat.

that sounds like the best video EVAR!

Subject: ANFIELD

Remember the guy in a Harlem housing development with the "pet" tiger a few years ago.
Then, the next day the Siegfied and Roy mauling occured. Different tigers on the front page of the Post two days running. Man, tigers were the shit back then.

seven24 wrote: One summer night last year I was in Crown Heights
and not only did I see a grown racoon but he was being followed
by three baby racoons and they seemed to be chasing a cat.

they probably thought the cat was food.

[quote=quijibo]

man that bring one big rabbits foot or scare the crap out of elmer fudd.

Subject: hehheheehe

armchair_warrior wrote: [quote=quijibo]

man that bring one big rabbits foot or scare the crap out of elmer fudd.

Harvey?

Last night I saw a posting on the street for a missing "Bearded Dragon" lizard. PS has LOTS of weird pets! I took a pic but can't figure out how to post it since it's not on a web site...[/img][/list]

Some friends of mine have a bearded dragon. That has to be the least fun pet ever. It's old now, so it rarely even moves.

I remember they had some problems getting it to eat. Sometimes it couldn't be bothered to chase down the live crickets, so they would try to feed it dried food. It would look at the food in front of it, stick it tongue out to eat, and miss. I don't believe these things could exist in the wild.

It would get constipated and they would have to give it a little lizard enema to get things moving again.

BrooklynSwordStyle wrote:
It would get constipated and they would have to give it a little lizard enema to get things moving again.

Damn, THAT's high maintenance!