Several years ago i raised an orphan raccoon, Pippin slept with me, often with his neck across my neck,,he also would sit with me and share a bowl of popcorn like a perfect gentleman,he had free reign through the house ,used a cat litter box, ate dog and catfood,,wrestled and played with me like any puppy,,these areextremely clever creatures,he was free to come and go, eventually he joined his kind and his visits became less frequent and eventually i saw him no more. This was a wonderful experience. Last night I found three obvious littermates,i guess around 5 weeks old,,i'm delighted,,it is a shame however that i have to be a criminal to do this,,but i will happily take the risk,,
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You're lucky that Pippin left home before the day came he, out of the blue, decided to bite the hell out of you. Racoons make very poor pets and I would never encourage anyone to try to "tame" one. When they near adulthood, or shortly thereafter, they WILL turn on you. One day they're licking ice cream off your nose and the next they're tearing you a new a$$h@le. Have you ever heard of the racoon roundworm? If you have kids around it's very dangerous to keep these things. Dispatch all three of them and get a dog.
When I was younger, I also raised pet raccoons, never had a BAD one, best pets I have ever had. Rasco would sit on my shoulders play with my ears, he was a real entertainer, would make me laugh for hours. I would rather have a raccoon than a cat or dog. I have been looking to acquire a baby, but was told they are illegal to raise in Nevada, a real bummer. I know raccoons get a bum rap, by raiding chicken houses and such, as My Grandfather would rather shoot them dead, if he ever catches them in his barn. If they are taken from the parent when they are young and are bottle fed, they will grow up to make great pets, just my opinon from past experiences, many will disagree with me.
Raccoons can never be "tamed" completely. And they vector diseases other than rabies that can be just as deadly. Dumb move.
i have raised coons for years and really love them very much. I raised one that was 35lbs when i turn her lose. Last year she had 2 babys. She still come to the house to eat cat food off the porch at night. I would raise coon more then i would a dog.
Not so much as till you got to that last little idiotic phrase in your posting about "more than I would a dog". People with attitudes like yours end up on the bunny hugger scale of thought processes. You "turned lose" a 35 pound coon who has no fear of humans and who's almost twice the size of native coons. What happens when she contracts rabies from one of her fellow wild coons and visits it on your home and your cats? Coons can't be vaccinated and you've obviously loosed your pet cats out into the world where they can destroy wildlife wantonly. You are a dangerous person and you don't even know it yet. I hope you never have to learn that the bliss of ignorance can be painful.