Author: Coati Mom

My darling little boy, a true snuggle bug and the most loving and caring of all the Coatikids..Lucky loves his parents and would prefer to spend all his time on CoatimMom’s lap or stealing insoles from CoatiDaddy’s shoes. Don’t let these baby pics fool you, he had his one year check-up and shots at the vets yesterday and he weighed in at almost 23lbs..He is CoatiMom’s hefty Boy now! I guess the poor little fellow has grown too heavy the bounce off the walls and make a flying monkey of himself like the other CoatiKids…..

Sweet little Raven has grown into to such a beautiful girl, she is only 8 months old now…She was such an adorable little baby. I think she learned her sneakiness from our pet rat Snickers. I knew she would be a star for the camera when she made a bed out of my camera bag…Her older brother Lucky quickly taught her how to steal the insoles from CoatiDaddy’s boots. (a favorite CoatiKids pastime in our home)

What a beautiful weather day, sunny and warm. It it a perfect day for all the CoatiKids to play outside. I put Bonnie and Clyde and sweet little Raven in the outdoor pen. Next I opened the door and let big boy Lucky loose in the back yard. He loves to roam for food. Our little foster child Sneakers had a fit! All alone and not having any of that, she dashed out the back door and down the stairs to the coati play pen to join the others. I was surprised at her boldness but she is much too little to be loose and to my surprises too big to fit thru the bars. I scooped her up and put her in the inside playroom until I could fix a nice big brunch for them all. I made them a bucket full of grapes, paypaya,cereal, mixed veggies, carrot sticks, peanuts, 5 scrammbled eggs and assorted dog bones and a scoop of their regular food. A Coati Feast ! My babies have been stuck inside for a bad weather week, so I let them make a mess and enjoy themselves. I got mugged by Lucky on the way to the pen with the food bucket and he quickly jumped inside the pen to get his share. While everyone was busy chowing down, I decided to let little Sneakers into the outside pen. So far so good, everyone is munching and playing and having fun in the sun.

Just like any mom, I want to show off my children’s baby photographs. I know they are just furry kids, but that doesn’t stop me from loving them like real children. Here’s some pics of Bonnie and Clyde’s first week with us. They where 5 weeks old. Hope you enjoy..

Hi and Welcome to our little family blog. We are just having some fun and enjoying our life together. My Coatis bring me so much joy that I wanted to share some of it with the rest of the world. I get asked one question alot, How did I ever get into keeping coatis? The answer is one of those do as I say not as I do answers. I knew what coatis were, our vet breeds them. to make a long story short, I went with Coati Daddy to met one of his associates from work and he was also a coati breeder. He was showing off some babies and the next thing we knew we where leaving with little Bonnie and Clyde. Unprepared (very bad thing to do) we took them straight to our vets. We quickly followed all her instructions and she fixed us up with baby bottles, tail bandages (they had tail injuries reasons unclear) and started the correct shots, neutering and such. Luckily they were so small that they could live in a dog crate until we built and bought better habitats for them. 8 months later along came Clyde (purchased from our vet) then 6 months after that Raven was born(we had been put on a waiting list). After enjoying the company Bonnie and Clyde ( Mountain coatis), we knew we also wanted a pair of Whitenosed Coatis. 2 years later we are all as happy as we can be. From time to time, I get to foster care for our vets babies so I get to continue raise babies which I just love doing. I am not an official coati rescuer but, I will help an abandoned coati in need in addition to volunteer wildlife rescue work. It’s always an interesting day in our house!

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