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| I DON'T LIVE NEAR A WOODS WHERE I CAN DO A SOFT RELEASE-WHICH IS LEAVING THE CAGE DOOR OPEN AND LETTING THEM COME AND GO FROM CAGE TO YARD TO WOODS AND MOST TIMES BACK TO THE CAGE TO EAT AND SLEEP. THIS GOES ON SOME TIMES UNTIL SPRING. THEN ITS OFF TO FIND A MATE BUT SOME MAY COMES BACK TO EAT AND EVEN BRING THEIR YOUNG. THIS IS THE BEST TYPE OF RELEASE AND EASY ON THE REHABBER. |
| I DO NOT HAVE A WOODS SO I TAKE MINE 20 MILES AWAY TO A SAFE WOODS AND A NICE RIVER. I GO BACK AND FEED FOR 2 DAYS THEN 3 TIMES A WEEK FOR A WHILE. IN VERY BAD WEATHER I RETURN AND PUT OUT DOG FOOD. BECAUSE I RELEASE THIS WAY I HAVE TO DO A LOT OF EXTRA WORK. I BUY LIVE MINNOWS AND PUT IN A SHALLOW CHILD POOL AND LET THEM LEARN TO FISH. I BUY VEGGIES LIKE THEY WOULD FIND IN THEIR GARDEN RAIDES-CORN AND APPLES AND GREEN BEANS AND ANY OTHERS I CAN FIND. I MAKE THEM OPEN THE CORN THEIR SELF AND I PUT THE APPLES ON A LINB AND MAKE THEM CLIMB AND GET IT. BECAUSE I CAN'T FEED THEM EVERY DAY THEY HAVE TO LEARN TO FEED THEM SELF. IF ONE LEARNS THE OTHERS WILL FAST CATCH ON THAT IS WHY I NEVER RELEASE A COON OR SKUNK ALONE. I USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM. SQUIRRELS AND POSSUMS CAN BE RELEASED ALONE IF IT IS NECESSARY. DON'T THINK THEY JUST KNOW HOW TO DO THESE THINGS BECAUSE NATURE TELLS THEM. THAT IS NOT TRUE...THEIR MOMMY SHOWS AND TRAINS THEM JUST LIKE YOUR MOMMY DID. |
| AS I SAID BEFORE- DO NOT SPEND ANY MORE TIME WITH THEM THEN YOU HAVE TO IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE SET FREE. THEY WILL BOND TO HUMANS AND IT COULD CAUSE THEIR DEATH. YOU SET THEM FREE AND THEY HEAR ANOTHER HUMAN VOICE AND GO FOR FOOD OR TO GET A PAT ON THE HEAD AND GET SHOT INSTEAD. IF YOU ARE FOR SURE YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO LET THIS ANIMAL GO THEN SPEND EVERY MINUTE YOU CAN AND MORE WITH IT. BE SURE YOU ARE WILLING TO GIVE UP EVERYTHING THAT BRAKES AND MOST OF YOUR FREE TIME BEFORE YOU KEEP A WILD CRITTER. IT DOESN'T JUST NEED YOU UNTIL YOU ARE BORED OR GET MARRIED AND HAVE KIDS IT WILL NEED YOU FOR A LIFETIME. I AM NOT BEING MEAN I HAVE JUST SEEN THEIR PAIN WHEN THIS HAPPENS |
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