Ronnie and Pandora (Raccoon and Tabby)

That's a strange looking kitten! Ronnie was found by my son and his girlfriend at the side of a rural road three years ago when he was about 3-4 weeks old. He'd been abandoned by his mother. My son and his girlfriend bottle fed him kitten replacement milk in a small baby bottle until he was old enough to eat on his own. When he was young, my son's two cats accepted him as just another strange looking kitten who loved to torment them with his antics.

Now Ronnie likes to chase the squirrels away from the sunflower seeds on our deck outside. Ronnie is now a 3 year old mature male raccoon. We released him gradually back to the wild last summer, and he still comes up to the sun-deck every few evenings for a snack and a back scratch. His favorite snack is hotdogs and sunflower seeds.

By ann from Goulais River, Ontario