Re: Follow-up
[Re: Paul Winkelmann]
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04/05/15 05:31 PM
04/05/15 05:31 PM
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Paul Winkelmann
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I seem to have a difficult time with breeding, gestation, and litter birth with respect to raccoons. Gestation is 63 days and
raccoons will actually breed during a January thaw, which means we could have litters by now. Although the normal breeding season is
February and into March which leaves the end April and May as the best months for litters. I also have trouble with the names of
immature raccoons. I call them baby raccoons or young raccoons. Kits, kittens, and cubs just don't register with me. Fox have kits.
cats have kittens, and lions have cubs.
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Re: Follow-up
[Re: Paul Winkelmann]
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04/06/15 01:40 AM
04/06/15 01:40 AM
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Posts: 1,191 Mt. Olive, IL
Ron Scheller
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I have always called them kits.... and maybe I'm right! It's on the internet, so it MUST be true! From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon"After a gestation period of about 65 days, two to five young, known as "kits", are born in spring. The kits are subsequently raised by their mother until dispersal in late fall."
Ron Scheller
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Re: Follow-up
[Re: bluebill]
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04/08/15 02:00 PM
04/08/15 02:00 PM
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traprjohn
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I removed 4 kits the other day that were crawing already. ..like a crow? yep, he meant crawling.
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