Rickshaw swami 4,260 Posted August 19, 2023 Report Share Posted August 19, 2023 5 minutes ago, mackem said: No swelling mate just a really mad itchy rash around my ankles,took antihistamine tablets and just got some antiseptic cream,I have touched giant hogweed in the past and had decent blisters,this is some sort of plant,there’s poison ivy and stuff local. Its poison ivy mack. The antihistamine will help. Calamine lotion will help.clorox can dry it up but doesn't feel good. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rickshaw swami 4,260 Posted August 19, 2023 Report Share Posted August 19, 2023 Leaves of three let it be. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 29,098 Posted August 19, 2023 Report Share Posted August 19, 2023 Just now, Rickshaw swami said: Its poison ivy mack. The antihistamine will help. Calamine lotion will help.clorox can dry it up but doesn't feel good. Thank you,there’s poison ivy signs around town,I walked through the undergrowth and my ankles felt a bit tingly,the rash was vivid as soon as I got back on the trail,I am going to the store in a short while,I will grab Calamine. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leegreen 2,223 Posted August 19, 2023 Report Share Posted August 19, 2023 On 04/04/2023 at 13:20, low plains drifter said: Probably just a few harmless bin lickers You could hunt them with a pot licker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 10,978 Posted August 20, 2023 Report Share Posted August 20, 2023 11 hours ago, leegreen said: You could hunt them with a pot licker. They'd likely put a canny shift in with a gut full of spaghetti hoops Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 29,098 Posted August 20, 2023 Report Share Posted August 20, 2023 Different skunk (far less white on the body/tail),same hedge,went down a hole,didn’t get a pic just footage as it was running. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 29,098 Posted August 21, 2023 Report Share Posted August 21, 2023 Just walked down to the river,dozens of raccoon prints everywhere. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EDDIE B 3,168 Posted August 21, 2023 Report Share Posted August 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, mackem said: Just walked down to the river,dozens of raccoon prints everywhere. Excellent! Any trapping conventions/rendezvous going on anywhere around you at the moment? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 29,098 Posted August 21, 2023 Report Share Posted August 21, 2023 19 minutes ago, EDDIE B said: Excellent! Any trapping conventions/rendezvous going on anywhere around you at the moment? There’s a trappers convention about 2000 miles north of me this coming weekend,up in thunder bay,myersberg? From this site went before.I am not heading north for a few weeks though,got a project to finish up. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 29,098 Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 Saw a raccoon about 20 minutes ago,walked around a reed bed and it spotted me and was off. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 29,098 Posted August 30, 2023 Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 Seen a couple of beaver dams yesterday in small streams in the town,urban beaver,looks like they are using the drainage ditches to travel along. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 29,098 Posted December 31, 2023 Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 There's a racoon on the loose in Sunderland at the moment ford-estate/south Hylton area, escaped pet. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 48,748 Posted December 31, 2023 Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 3 hours ago, mackem said: There's a racoon on the loose in Sunderland at the moment ford-estate/south Hylton area, escaped pet. Some f****r will probably marry it ! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 16,635 Posted December 31, 2023 Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 “D’ywr reckon he could be a French spy pet ? “ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EDDIE B 3,168 Posted December 31, 2023 Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 1 hour ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: “D’ywr reckon he could be a French spy pet ? “ Most likely another bloody refugee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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