‘Little Rick’ Raccoon Adopted by Caring Human Parents 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 1000’s 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 technique to cope.

Basically, her people have resorted to feeding Ricky right here … and the 1-year-old raccoon comes over to their property often 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 seems to be like an try to come back inside. He even tried biting at Stacy’s finger by the window pane!

Stacy says her mother and father discovered Rick when he was tiny, and so they observed his again leg was injured. So, it feels 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 … declaring it’s, in reality, a wild animal and never a pet — though her mother and pop appear to be treating it like one.

Funny sufficient, in case you hop into the Little Rick trend on Twitter … you will see a good quantity of individuals truly supporting the adoptive human mother and father, and arguing Stacy’s being harsh.