Raccoon
Drunk As A Skunk?
Nope That is a Raccoon!!! 🦝
Revealed
A child raccoon obtained one other likelihood at life after a trash dive went sideways … and all of the credit score goes to 1 animal-loving nurse, who used her expertise to avoid wasting the equipment.
Misty Combs, a nurse from Kentucky, tells TMZ … she was going about her day when she and her coworkers noticed a raccoon in disaster within the car parking zone of the Letcher County Well being Division — the place she works as an RN.
Watch this Kentucky nurse rescue a raccoon suspected of being drunk on peach moonshine. pic.twitter.com/7YcFwNK4bF
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The well being division is notably positioned subsequent to a moonshine distillery, the place the infant raccoon and one other baby obtained into the dumpster … as you’ll be able to see in pics supplied by Combs.
She says she seen a mama raccoon making an attempt to get her infants out of the trash, to no avail … which is why she went dumpster diving after the infant trash panda within the first place.
Whereas one child raccoon was okay, Combs says she found the opposite was struggling after being face down in moonshine-soaked peaches and water. She says the baby even smelled like booze!!!
She believes the infant raccoon was consuming the alcohol-soaked peaches all night time, inflicting him to get drunk, fall into the water and drown.
Watch the video, with out hesitation, Combs scooped up the near-death raccoon out of the dumpster and started performing CPR.
Whereas Combs’ coworkers have been sure the raccoon was a goner, the nurse was decided to revive the infant … and she or he did simply that!!!
Combs says she is aware of raccoons can carry rabies, however made positive to not get scratched or bitten whereas giving the infant animal compressions.
Animal Management responded to the scene, and a vet later confirmed that the raccoon had ingested the moonshine peaches. After receiving fluids and a few heat blankets, Combs launched the raccoon — named Otis Campbell — again into the wild.
A cheerful ending to what may’ve been a tragic tail (get it?!?).
