‘Little Rick’ Raccoon Adopted by Caring Human Dad and mom Goes Viral

An older couple in Washington seems to have unofficially taken a hobbled raccoon into their care — which has horrified their daughter … however captured the hearts of hundreds on-line.

Seattle sports activities radio host Stacy Jo Rost has documented this fur ball all weekend, who she calls “Little Rick” … named after her stepdad. She says after having to place their household canine down 2 years in the past, Rick Sr. and her mother have turned to the raccoon as a method to cope.

Principally, her people have resorted to feeding Ricky right here … and the 1-year-old raccoon comes over to their property repeatedly for his meals, that are scheduled and on the dot, it appears.

Stacy posted a ton of movies capturing Little Rick’s consuming habits, together with some hasty makes an attempt at asking for extra morsels … by scratching on the window in what appears to be like like an try to return inside. He even tried biting at Stacy’s finger via the window pane!

Stacy says her dad and mom discovered Rick when he was tiny, they usually seen his again leg was injured. So, it seems like they began to take care of him — from a little bit of a distance, although — and now … LR comes by their place as a spot of consolation and meals, limping at that.

Like we mentioned, you may inform SJR just isn’t an enormous fan of this … mentioning it’s, in truth, a wild animal and never a pet — though her mother and pa appear to be treating it like one.

Humorous sufficient, if you happen to hop into the Little Rick trend on Twitter … you will see a good quantity of individuals really supporting the adoptive human dad and mom, and arguing Stacy’s being harsh.