‘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 approach to cope.

Mainly, 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 seems to be like an try to return 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, 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’ll be able to inform SJR will not be an enormous fan of this … mentioning it’s, in truth, a wild animal and never a pet — despite the fact that her mother and pa appear to be treating it like one.

Humorous sufficient, for those who hop into the Little Rick trend on Twitter … you may see a good quantity of individuals really supporting the adoptive human mother and father, and arguing Stacy’s being harsh.