Has anyone ever adopted a raccoon?

PJFAN_seattle
PJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
edited May 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
There is this really young raccoon that comes to our deck sometimes, we're thinking of adopting him? He's very chilled out and has never been violent, he seems to be starving to death.
Thoughts/comments?
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  • PJPixie
    PJPixie Posts: 3,026
    I think you need to talk to CORY.
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  • pickupyourwill
    pickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    edited November 2009
    I think you should name him Rocky Racoon and then sing this song to him...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgLBf0eTIe8

    or this one...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_WjvzDT4A4
    lol!--"smeaking of gin"--listen for the gunshot too :D

    or this one...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTf0eq3frks

    there are so may animated ones! lol! check em' out. too cute.
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  • ZiggyStar
    ZiggyStar Posts: 14,328
    PJPixie wrote:
    I think you need to talk to CORY.

    hahaha I was just about to write that!! :lol:
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  • TravisTheSky
    TravisTheSky Posts: 615
    Don't risk it. Raccoons are illegal pets in most states. If the authorities found out you were keeping him, they would probably seize him. A domestic raccoon would have no interest living in the wild again, so he would be euthanised.

    When I was a child, my neighbours kept a young raccoon. I don't know what happened to it when it grew up. Some years later, a family had their beloved pet raccoon seized and killed by Animal Control because they automatically presumed that all raccoons had rabies. (This one did not.) The family was tormented by the act, and heartbroken afterward.
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  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Maybe you could just leave cat food out for him without 'taming' him. We put food out for a couple feral cats, and we do see a raccoon eating occasionally. At least then you'll know you're helping him survive without putting him at risk.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    yeah, this sounds like a great idea. i don't foresee any problems with adopting a raccoon. none.

    good luck with everything.
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  • supersonicyears
    supersonicyears Posts: 2,619
    JaneNY wrote:
    Maybe you could just leave cat food out for him without 'taming' him. We put food out for a couple feral cats, and we do see a raccoon eating occasionally. At least then you'll know you're helping him survive without putting him at risk.
    what JaneNY wrote is your best bet. I know someone that found and raised a baby racoon. He had it a while but one day out of no where the racoon attacked. It bit his hand up. They had to get rid of it. No matter how cute they are, they are still wild animals and it's probably best to leave them to roam free.
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  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    Get rid of that thing. Wild animals have no business being pets.
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  • Hammerdonkey
    Hammerdonkey Posts: 550
    Raccoons can't be domesticated. Get that shit out of your head. Look, it's a wild animal. Don't worry about the food situation. It'll find some. It's what they do. I think you're failing to see the overall picture. Raccoons can cause some real problems to your home if they infest it. They also have a temper similar to a wife that just discovered her husband was cheating on her with a girl who was half her age.

    That's all I'll say on this. You're an adult and you're gonna do what you think is right. You've been warned.

    And let's just say I've had an experience or 2 with raccoons myself. Put all food away and don't leave your garbage out until pick up days and the raccoon will move on.
  • PJPixie
    PJPixie Posts: 3,026
    ZiggyStar wrote:
    PJPixie wrote:
    I think you need to talk to CORY.

    hahaha I was just about to write that!! :lol:


    ahhh............nobody gets it Ziggystar...........or, never saw that thread........THE BEST THREAD EVER!
    Did it get moved to this new board?
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  • sourdough09
    sourdough09 Posts: 37
    Raccoons (though cute) are high risk of rabies and other not so fun germs/parasites/diseases. Not a good idea.
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    My parents have a raccoon that tries to get inside every night. He's chased my mom and sister a few times. My dad walked outside to see what the commotion was about and the thing ran up to him and then just gently put its paw on my dads shoe. It's not scared of people and just wants to play. It's really odd. It's pretty young. We think someone in the neighborhood has been hand feeding it.

    Every night it tries to open the door handle with its paws.

    Kind of sad though. It may be too friendly to survive in the wild.
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Hammerdonkey wrote:
    Raccoons can't be domesticated. Get that shit out of your head. Look, it's a wild animal. Don't worry about the food situation. It'll find some. It's what they do. I think you're failing to see the overall picture. Raccoons can cause some real problems to your home if they infest it. They also have a temper similar to a wife that just discovered her husband was cheating on her with a girl who was half her age.

    That's all I'll say on this. You're an adult and you're gonna do what you think is right. You've been warned.

    And let's just say I've had an experience or 2 with raccoons myself. Put all food away and don't leave your garbage out until pick up days and the raccoon will move on.


    I'm not saying one should try to domesticate one, but you do realize pet dogs, domesticated over hundreds of years, were once wolves, right?
  • PJFAN_seattle
    PJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
    thanks for the replies everyone. Im not sure what the law is in washington state in regards to taking care of exotic pets.
    My friend just told me about them adopting a raccoon that they trained to act like a cat. seems like it could work.
    However, i get what some of you are saying. Maybe we will just give him food so hes not starving anymore as JaneNY suggested. He was back here this morning just sitting on our hottub cover looking through the window but we didn't feed him yet.
    Thanks again guys :D
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    how old is this raccoon? I know people who have taken in squirrels that were babies- even a skunk
    I think age might reflect how much luck you would have
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,627
    give it a shot. if it doesn't work out...

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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    imalive wrote:
    give it a shot. if it doesn't work out...

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    had to make the family noise to that

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  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    PJPixie wrote:
    ZiggyStar wrote:
    PJPixie wrote:
    I think you need to talk to CORY.

    hahaha I was just about to write that!! :lol:


    ahhh............nobody gets it Ziggystar...........or, never saw that thread........THE BEST THREAD EVER!
    Did it get moved to this new board?


    I get it, I was going to find the thread and post the link. :lol: that was the best thread ever @!!!
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  • theoceansmademe
    theoceansmademe Posts: 1,132
    My elementary school adopted 3 of them for the school mascot.

    I can still remember seeing the in the courtyard as we walked through the hall.

    But that was 1970's, I don't think the school would try that today.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,627
    the wolf wrote:
    I was going to find the thread and post the link. :lol:

    you've got your work cut out for you!

    I don't remember the thread but most anything with Cory involved was....er....interesting. :shock:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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