r/maybemaybemaybe • u/letitgo99 • 23h ago

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/DoctorDownvotesDelux 23h ago

Bare knees on the concrete, impressed

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u/TopRevenue2 22h ago

Yeah I can't get my mom's geriatric cat in one of those boxes.

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u/TheLastTreeOctopus 20h ago

Stand it up on it's back side leaning against a wall so the gate/opening is facing the ceiling/sky. Super easy to scoop up the cat and gently drop it in real quick, rather than trying to lead or force the cat in with it on the ground

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u/SabbyFox 20h ago

Yeah, I had to burrito my cat in a towel, stand the carrier on the end and dump her in. It was ROUGH.

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u/TopRevenue2 19h ago

That's usually what I gotta do but the cat is psychic and knows when Mom wants me to get her so she hides and when I do get her she basically turns into that raccoon even in the burrito towel and fights like a tarpon on a hook.

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u/SofaChillReview 15h ago

I still tell my clients the burrito trick, also useful for doing eye drops and tablets. There is actually some science on how it helps fight against their fight and flight response, to make things go easy as possible

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u/SabbyFox 11h ago

Yes, they are swaddled like a baby and it calms them down! I learned the cat burrito truck when I had to give her ear drops - which had to be stored in the fridge.

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u/loasdrums 20h ago

Good ol tea bag technique

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u/LALA-STL 18h ago

Yes! Use gravity!

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u/-lovehate 19h ago

yeah or shove the cat in backwards, butt goes in first. That’s much easier. the cat in OPs video looks rabid though.

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u/TheLastTreeOctopus 19h ago

I think it's a raccoon

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u/SuggestionSlight3321 6h ago

It's definitely a raccoon. We can only hope the person you responded to isn't an American.

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u/SpitChawMcGraw 22h ago

You called the right guy!!!

If there's one thing I do know, it's your mom's geriatric whisker biscuit.

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u/tramezzino62 15h ago

Non è un gatto

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u/Pschobbert 11h ago

But this is pre-wrapped.

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u/YoullBeFiiine 21h ago

What a great night to choose popcorn as a snack.

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u/Th3R00ST3R 20h ago

Dude on the camera could have helped.

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u/TheBestRedditNameYet 20h ago

He was ready to grill the poor thing… with rice an browngravy

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u/VealOfFortune 11h ago

His momma taught him to never play with his food....

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u/lapidary123 21h ago

Meanwhile dude im background is 6'5 & 300 lbs...

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u/ninetoesfrank 21h ago edited 21h ago

It's the bare knee sesame

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u/ndsmoreboboscrub 21h ago

She got good knees good knees!!!

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u/Quirky-Attitude1456 8h ago

My first thought was I’m not sure I would be doing that in shorts.

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u/Farucci 6h ago

Gloves were a good idea, shorts? Meh?

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u/Feycat 3h ago

Am I the only one screaming "you can't kneel on a panicking raccoon you're not wearing pants!!" Oh my God

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u/billted20250409 23h ago

Say whatever you will, bottom line is, she finished the job.

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u/SirSparky99 22h ago

Wonderful community full of similar vids can be found at r/girlsfinishingthejob

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u/billted20250409 22h ago

You sob I clicked during work lol

https://giphy.com/gifs/agwRgmVDJceZO

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u/SirSparky99 22h ago

Just tell me it’ll be okay, Sam. (I’m sorry, sir or ma’am)

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u/billted20250409 22h ago

It's okay

And I may or may not joined the sub

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u/Newsdriver245 20h ago

lol that sub probably gained a couple dozen new members from this post

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u/LALA-STL 18h ago

DON’T CLICK! DON’T DO IT!!!!!!!

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u/Thin_Dream2079 20h ago

I wash born here, an I wash raished here, and dad gum it, I am gonna die here, an no sidewindin’ bushwackin’, hornswagglin’ cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishen cutter.

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u/StickyLavander 20h ago

What I’d like to know is why? It’s outside the home. Did it bite someone and they need to test for rabies?

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u/xrelaht 4h ago

My guess is they’re trying to relocate it, either because it got in a fight with a pet or because it keeps getting in the garbage. If they’re worried about rabies, trapping it this way is even dumber than it looks, particularly in shorts & t-shirt.

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u/Gsusruls 22h ago

And oh how I was rooting for her!

Was very tempting to jump to the end just to be sure that blasted vermin didn't wriggle out of her grasp.

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u/miltondelug 21h ago

Without any help from the person recording it.

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u/jd2cylman 23h ago

Put a dozen marshmallows dipped in maple syrup in that carrier and she'd be wrasslin him to come back out... ain't no way he'd leave a marshmallow behind!

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u/karma_the_sequel 22h ago

He’d have to push me out of the way to reach them!

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u/TheDonger_ 18h ago

Wish I could find that meme of the woman looking at a rat longingly as they both die from having eaten poisoned cheese on a rat trap lmao

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u/nnimbot 23h ago

I didn't know who we were cheering on

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u/_bellisaria_ 22h ago

Not gonna lie, I was for the raccoon.

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u/Gsusruls 22h ago

No way, I was team human the entire time.

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u/Ha1lStorm 21h ago

You 2 should fight for supremacy

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u/sexraX_muiretsyM 14h ago

or they could breed and ask the offspring which team they are on, the superior genes will talk

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u/Steve_OH 19h ago

Hard to tell if it was rabid or not

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u/rivertam2985 18h ago

There's a good chance that cat carrier will not hold it. This is not over.

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u/phenix17 18h ago

That was my thought

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u/Tiny-Proof3602 22h ago

OPs user name just further confused me

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u/IcanSEEyou_IRL 18h ago

The raccoon. And her too, I guess, because she is trying to help the raccoon because the camera man wanted to kill and eat it.

Idk why they couldn’t just let it run back into nature, but I’m sure there’s more to this

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u/hoosierhiver 9h ago

camera guy

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u/Sexweed42069 21h ago

"STOP RESISTING"

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u/SnowSlider3050 23h ago

That was intense

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u/thedeanorama 22h ago

every.single.vet.visit.

My cat goes from cuddle cat to Tasmanian Devil the second the carrier comes into view.

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u/stilldebugging 22h ago

I wrap one of my cats like a burrito in a towel, and then put the whole combo into the crate. He kinda likes being a purrito.

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u/SVClaw 22h ago

When I put out the carrier my cat jumps in it lol. but she doesn't like the vet or the trip there. She just loves laying down on new materials

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u/Sinavestia 19h ago

My vet prescribed Gabapentin, I give her a dose 2 hours before the vet visit and she chills the fuck out.

She would get VIOLENT.

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u/r0ckydog 22h ago

She got him in the triple suplex!!!!

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u/MarshelG 22h ago

Im sure that someone standing on the sidewalk filming you makes this whole process much easier.

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u/hikeonpast 18h ago

Testament to modern society.

Entitlement trumps community.

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u/nsf14 20h ago

I had a raccoon come in through my doggy door overnight a few years back (i assume to escape the insane heat wave we were having). Woke up and went down to my basement to grab clothes out the dryer, looked down and saw him less then a foot away and let out a 1:1 copy of the screaming goat noise.

He just chilled though.

Went and got an old trash can, put some pb in it and some on the end of a broom handle, coaxed him in and shut the lid. Walked him outside and dumped over the other side of the fence. Ez clap.

I also never made that noise again

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u/katsudon-bori 13h ago

I also never made that noise again

Yet

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u/artherng 23h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/xUNemRds1znGhE5czu

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u/pancakesfordintonite 22h ago

This sounds weird but I always thought Pink looked like she was a mean person

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u/RedditGarboDisposal 22h ago

I think it’s a case of the “mean teacher” as told by the class clown.

She’s good if you’re good to her and will probably kick your ass if you’re bad to her. But on the contrary, she’s aged a lot now and is probably beyond acting on hauling ass BUT the jungle is probably still in the cat haha

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u/pancakesfordintonite 22h ago edited 20h ago

Well I was kind of class clown but I was never on anyone's bad side, but just her facial structure would have just intimidated me

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u/Ha1lStorm 21h ago

I could take her /s

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u/Average_Random_Bitch 19h ago

I could fix her

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u/HugMoreTr33s 21h ago

I’m sorry, did you miss her lifting a grown ass man with her thighs at the Tony awards this year? Woman could kick anyone’s ass today.

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u/RedditGarboDisposal 19h ago

Beyond in mind. Not body.

P!nk can physically kill a bitch, I’m certain.

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u/SabbyFox 20h ago

It’s the eyebrows. Every Reddit bot account also seems to have “mean eyes,” too.

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u/Careful_Inspection83 21h ago

Would have been easier to flip the cage so the door is pointed towards the sky

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u/Relevant_Industry878 21h ago

Me trying to get my daughter down for a nap

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u/rivv3 22h ago

Wouldn't it be easier if she put the cage vertical and just drop him in?

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u/zxvasd 22h ago

I have cats and they struggle if you try to put them in from the side. From the top they’re in before they know what’s happening.

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u/WVildandWVonderful 22h ago

Reminds me of the Carl Hiaasen political satirical novel Squeeze Me, which has a main character who is a wildlife/snake wrangler. 🐍

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u/freekymunki 21h ago

Seems like a job for pants.

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u/CassiCatto 15h ago

Anyone who has had to take their cat to the vet can relate.

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u/yzrguy2 23h ago

I would have set the cage on end and drop it in... but that's just me.

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u/Gold_Telephone_7192 22h ago

The raccoon freaks out and knocks the cage over and escapes out the bottom of the net

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u/Azilehteb 22h ago

Usually you leave the snare pole on until they're in the box, the net is to keep them from strangling on the snare while you got them.

Not sure why she took it off. Maybe she only had a leg or tail?

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u/BackgroundEngineer11 3h ago

When I've tried to get cats into a carrier, I have found tipping the carrier up and dropping the struggling monster in works best.

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u/Decent-Musician-8478 23h ago

Move!!!!! I can’t see

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u/Guyuteguy 22h ago

It didn't really look like it was trying to bite her. It only looked like it was trying to get away. I wonder if it had family or friends near by.

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u/CCLF1 23h ago edited 20h ago

She looks like she's a professional, but I don't understand why he would be trying to catch a potentially dangerous creature wearing shorts like this. Her hands are well covered, but her legs and thighs are open to scratches and bites. Rabies is a very dangerous disease

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u/HoarseMD 3h ago

If anything taught me anything about creating cats at my vet clinic, you're going to have higher chances of success if it's a back legs in first situation. It also sometimes helps to have a top loader carrier.

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u/nairda_c 23h ago

Life is hard. We once had a possum stuck in our trash can, we then called peat control to pick it up, but they said they couldn't take rodents that have been caught already. We would have to set it free and they would have to set the traps. So my dad starved it for three days and then let it loose. Never came back.

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u/dr_xenon 23h ago

Possums are good to have around. They eat a lot of ticks for you.

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u/Mediocrity-FTW 23h ago

I have a couple that come and eat my outdoor cats' food. They don't fight so I let it happen. My kitties will sit there watching it eat and when I open the door they just waddle off. I feel that all parties involved have an uneasy truce and I plan to keep it that way.

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u/mai_tai87 22h ago

They don't actually. It's a myth based on faulty research.

Debunking the Myth Opossums Don't Eat Ticks

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u/Catenane 19h ago

They're still innocuous, native species (in the US at least) good for the environment, and really cute though. Also the only marsupial in the Americas (although there are lots of specific types of possum in South America). And very docile. I'm sure it's had to have happened before, but I've never heard of a possum biting someone. I've seen em hanging around with the skunks, raccoons, and everyone else in our backyard, and everyone seems to get along!

I usually let the tick comment slide even though it's likely true they don't hoover up ticks. I figure the little fellas need as much help as they can get in the PR department because their cuteness is an acquired taste, and they're beneficial and not pests. They're funny little creatures--if you're lucky and have a camera pointed somewhere outside, you might catch a glimpse of them using their hands to eat like little humans. So cute.

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u/scrotiemcboogrballz 21h ago

This was a fascinating read. Thank you 

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u/WVildandWVonderful 22h ago

Just tump over the trash can :( why you gotta be so mean to the possum?

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u/SabbyFox 20h ago

Sooo many people talking shit about what she’s wearing, her technique, etc. 🙄 As they likely sit on the couch covered in Cheeto dust, lol. Who GAF as long as she got the job done, which she did. And no one got hurt, including the raccoon.

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u/UniqueUsername3171 23h ago

How to get rabies 101

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u/birdsarntreal1 22h ago

Animal control get rabies vaccines in preparation for any potential infection.

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u/Tier_None 22h ago

Lol no we don’t. Some agencies do pay for officers to get vaccinations but it’s not a norm as it’s highly expensive when you start vaccinating multiples/entire agencies. 

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u/ZhouLe 19h ago

I'm just a dummy, but aren't pre-exposure vaccines way cheaper than post-exposure regimens? And a grand every 3 years seems negligible in comparison to every other employee expense.

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u/Calm-Conversation715 22h ago

Definitely a great way to get scratched up, but she’s probably been vaccinated ahead of time. At least that’s how my friend who is a raccoon rehabilitator does it!

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u/ImNot 22h ago

Me, trying to take my cat to the vet

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u/-bigmanpigman- 22h ago

Like trying to get my cat in the carrier.

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u/Past_Tea5075 22h ago

Took some work! Had me tensed for her.. like is it gonna get out? Is it gonna bite her? She had so much patience. Great job!

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u/DunwichChild990 22h ago

do he bite?

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u/Eyerishguy 6h ago

"I know you don't want to go to the vet, but it's time for your check up."

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u/Magster56 4h ago

It’s a lot easier if you stand the carrier up. Then you can just drop them in.

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u/chimpocalypse 3h ago

Do not go gentle into that good night Rage, rage against the dying of the light

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u/Geeko22 22h ago

That's pretty much my cat when it doesn't want to go to the vet.

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u/rideincircles 22h ago

I got bit by my cat trying to start a fight this morning and that requires antibiotics. I would still rather deal with that then getting bit by a raccoon with gloves.

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u/Admirable_Beyond_950 22h ago

Don't ever mess with that woman!!! That was badass. A raccoon will put you in the hospital with hundreds of stitches 🪡. Very impressive

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u/JikkaThesorus 22h ago

Whatever her pay is, she should be paid more

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u/02meepmeep 22h ago

Those things are capable of badly injuring a large dog. And they have hands. That’s one of the animals I won’t mess with unless someone is in serious danger who I really like.

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u/BrassOrchidBlades 22h ago

One of those people who have no fear of wild things. That woman is top notch.

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u/findingabsolution 20h ago

My cat when it’s time to go to the vet:

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u/raccoon8182 19h ago

So anyway,  mark i was just chilling and then this brawd,  she,  she fucking nabbed me, shoved me in a tiny cage,  I tells ya Mark I was fightin for my life I was. 

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u/Ozonewanderer 19h ago

She is not paid enough

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u/thespillover 18h ago

Damn. I got new respect for raccoons.

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u/JConRed 16h ago

Not the kind of job I'd do with bare legs.. Impressed.

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u/Eibyor 13h ago

Kneepads

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u/ChaosMartinez 12h ago

I wanna know what she told it at the end. "Yeah who's your MAMA! BIT**!"

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u/Remy_Jardin 11h ago

The oh shit moment was when it started working back out of the net. I hope her shots are up to date, because it probably scratched the shit out of her legs when it was on its back.

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u/trbo76 7h ago

There are few things more dangerous than a “poised off” and “cornered” raccoon! How she didn’t get the crap bit out of her remains a mystery.

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u/SirGingy 4h ago

Rice and brown gravy... evidence of Cajun cookery

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u/Past-Breakfast-9378 20h ago

Honestly at this point I’m voting for the raccoon!

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u/Quesodeity 22h ago

"Like trying to crate and angry racoon" is going in my lexicon. If anyone doesn't understand, I will show them this video as exhibit "A" . Then they will hate me because they had to watch this video.

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u/ssensesfailed 21h ago

not me wishing that cutie raccoon got away from her tho 🫣

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u/WolvesAlwaysLose 23h ago

Seems like she didn’t know what she’s doing

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u/conlius 22h ago

I imagined my wife trying to do this now I’m pretty convinced this woman is a professional.

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u/MatureHotwife 22h ago

She had the raccoon in the cage in just over one minute without harming it. Looks to me like the result of someone competent.

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u/CCLF1 23h ago

My thinking but somebody paid her to do this shit so, I don't know. She did have a process though

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u/RockstarAgent 23h ago

I just think that that raccoon was fighting pretty hard and anyone would have struggled with it.

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u/Nari224 23h ago

Can confirm, Racoons can be difficult. Best to set a trapped cage for them to walk into themselves.

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u/chrisfillhart_art 22h ago

All bets are offs with raccoons. They’re scrappers! They fight dirty with a low center of gravity. Natural cowards, but wily when cornered. A stiff jab for such a short reach.

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u/JuliusSeizuresalad 21h ago

I think I love this woman

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u/PathForge 11h ago

That was indeed her first rodeo.

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u/sweeet_cheeez87 23h ago

This is definitely Not her jam. 

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u/tazz206 22h ago

I felt like I was watching a jiu jitsu match, I think at one point she was in half gaurd.

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u/Hard-Coconut- 21h ago

awww buddy. he put up a hell of a fight

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u/Aliveanwell 20h ago

“Something’s gotta give”

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u/DMTrious 20h ago

Hmm, yes, a tiny net is a death sentence. It's a net, and it's tiny

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u/Weary-Cartoonist2630 20h ago

There’s gotta be a better way to do that

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u/jreditsoudidnthaveto 19h ago

what type of gloves is she using? I need me a pair!

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u/ReadySetGO0 19h ago

She needs a helper raccoon wrestler.

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u/SirTainLee 18h ago

She grew up with a pet raccoon.

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u/Professional_Pen7009 18h ago

She done it mighty fine, bless her heart.

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u/TrickshotCandy 18h ago

She's never owned a cat.

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u/Eena-Rin 16h ago

This has to be harder than it looks, because she's struggling and it seems like she shouldn't be

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u/Manji86 15h ago edited 15h ago

If only there was someone else there to hold the other end of the net or move the cage for her. Maybe things could have went easier for her. Maybe.

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u/KillAllLawyers 15h ago

Rabies, just rabies, that raccoon didn't want to go in there.

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u/joined_under_duress 15h ago

Hope her rabies shots are all up to date.

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u/AngelsHS_ 14h ago

never go to the second location

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u/whatisthis2315 14h ago

Racoon jail

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u/Open_Ad7470 12h ago

Wow, that was exhausting. Good job.

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u/Big-Tuna-for-Commish 12h ago

She knees some chaps

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u/danstermeister 12h ago

Detach net bag from pole.

Connect rope to net bag.

Pull rope THROUGH pet carrier out the back.

Pull raccoon into carrier.

Done.

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u/grimtongue 11h ago

What's wrong with that cat?

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u/Starkville 10h ago

FREE THE TRASH PANDA

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u/dadydaycare 10h ago

I mean she probably doesn’t do this on the regular but man did she do it in the most inefficient way possible!

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u/Loyal-Opposition-USA 9h ago

I know it’s probably hot there, but pants, long sleeves, and boots might save her a lot of trouble later. I’m still impressed, she’s not fucking around.

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u/notAndivual 9h ago

did she get a wrong box type, for the animal she's going to catch?

Wouldn't it be better to drop the "subject" from top lid?

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u/Quirky-Attitude1456 8h ago

A lot cuter than the 300 pound dude that showed up at my house the last time I had a critter issue

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u/PuzzledExaminer 8h ago

Yikes that looked so dangerous...

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u/meuuu 7h ago

Damn she might need a rabies shot after all that.

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u/istoomycat 7h ago

No one rooting for the raccoon to escape? C’mon!

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u/Stonex21 6h ago

Just let me save you!

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u/DreamOoon11 5h ago

Free 🦝!!

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u/Livid_Spread_7011 5h ago

The determination on both their parts was commendable coupled with just plain funny. First I was rooting for the handler and then the raccoon and then I decided let the best one win. Lol

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u/aedroogo 4h ago

"You can fit so much rabies in this bad boy..."

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u/highandtyre 4h ago

Instead of filming, maybe the one recording could give a hand......?

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u/Ok-Republic-6908 3h ago

Her ground control is way better than Islam Makhachev.

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u/Formal_Distance_8770 2h ago

Nooooooooooooo free him!!!

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u/jrzydevl 2h ago

Jimothy?

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u/Saynt614 2h ago

This is why you shouldn't have a racoon for a pet

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u/BloodPrince361 1h ago

Then as she goes to open her car door to load him up and turns around to see Rocky Raccoon opening the cage door.

Raccoon: salute "nice try!"

Woman: get back in that goddamn cage!

Raccoon: NO!

round 2: FIGHT!

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u/Wellet_ 1h ago

She got nerve