Rena - 2008-07-06 I live in Tampa Florida and just got my permit for a pet raccoon. Now I am looking for a rehab in my area that I can volunteer at. I want to volunteer to find out what it takes to care for a forever pet raccoon. I have read and did lots of research, however reading isn't all I need... I need hands on. I feel I have what it takes to bring a baby raccoon in as a new family member, but think I can and really doing it are 2 seperate things. So if you know of anyone that rehabs raccoons or are a rehabber, please contact me @ andrena3@aol.com subject it "Raccoon Rehab" please. Thanks Rena
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ALINA - 2012-05-18 I AQUIRED 3 PET RACCOONS AGES AT 1 WEEK OLD EACH. IT IS A LITTER. I AM TRYING TO GET THE CLASS 3 LICENSE TO KEEP THEM AS I HAVE RAISED THEM PLEASE HELP ME
krisy - 2012-01-01 we have a male raccoon for a year now, we purchased him from a breeder and had him neutered and his have him up to date on all shots. he lives in our house with us, sleeps with us, goes to work in an office with me, and gets along with our shelties great! he is affectionate and loving, but does have his bad moments. he gets into things but mostly is nosey. i have known many people who have had raccoons for several years. this little guy is so fun and sweet. they require a lot of attention, but so rewarding..love him to peices
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Mary L. Damm - 2012-03-27 I have a female raccoon which we have raised from an infant and she is now 2 years old. Where can I get her fixed? I am currently having a problem with her my 12 year old male pomeranian that weighs 17 lbs was like a surrogate parent to her. She currently is double my dogs size and she is now starting to attack him and I am quite concerned. Have you had any issues?
Charlie Roche - 2012-03-27 I would be concerned about the racoon going after your pup. I would at a minimum separate them - completely. I don't know if neutering is the answer - possibly but not sure. I would speak to a rehabilitator.
Kendra - 2005-09-11 Love and nurture the baby you have found, and after giving life, give the greatest gift of all - the freedom to enjoy that life. The first time you watch your baby scamper up a tree you will feel the rightness of it, you will see its unbounded joy. You will profit from one additional aspect of freeing your baby and that is a feeling of participation in the natural world by giving back to Mother Earth one of her own. Squirrel Tales.
"You become responsible forever, for what you have tamed"-Antoine de Saint-Exup
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Elliptical machine reviews - 2011-09-20 Much appreciated for the information and share! Nancy
Sarah - 2008-07-31 WANT A RACCOON? I have a raccoon that has been bottle fed and is now around 3-4 mo old. I cannot keep her, if anyone is interested i am in AL. Please email me sarah512@bellsouth.net
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carla - 2012-01-25 i will take your raccoon if you are still needing a home for her please contact me at this address thank you
tom wirt - 2011-11-22 I was 16 back in the late 40's and accompanied my dad and uncle on many coon hunts. One night, several of us and 4 dogs, treed a female in a large hollow oak. She had 2 young ones - about 6 weeks old -and I kept one naming him Clydus. Fed him a Pet Milk mix from a doll bottle and he thrived on it. I built a small wooden frame with chicken wire on the bottom. We would go to our pond nearly every day and catch crawdads which he loved. He grew to about 30 pounds and rode with me in the car, setting on the back of my seat enjoying the scenery. Took him to a field trial one day and was offered $30 for him which I refused (a weeks salary for my dad at the time). When he was about 2 years old he bit a neighbors young son who was teasing him and we had to return him to the woods. Great pet !
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Charlie Roche - 2011-11-22 It was fun when you had him though so you got to enjoy. $30.00 was big money back then - a weeks salary.
nancy - 2011-09-07 Need help finding a place for 5 month old small female coon is there anybody by Flint, Mich that can help?
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Toby Jungle - 2011-09-07 Did you call Fish and Game for any person that is involved in rehabilitation in your area. They usually know and might help.
april - 2011-09-18 I was just wondering if you would know about wild coons I had one come to my motel room door and it about came in but my husband hurried up and shut the door would you know why the coon did that? Thanks, your friend april.
tricia - 2011-07-15 I found a baby raccoon about two months ago. I am guessing it was just started to be weaned when he was found. He made the same sucking noises and making bread like others have said and has bonded with me and my husband and my German Shep Max. He also loves my two teen aged kids. He followed me around for the first 3 weeks and then since has bonded with my dog. German Sheps do have the same kind of mask marking on their faces that raccoons do. Anyway, the raccoon is housebroken he uses his cage, shares the same food bowl as Max which is usually hilarious and now loves to nibble toes and run his little paws in my hair which seems to fascinate him to death. He does not like to cuddle or be petted as much now the older he gets which I have expected. I know he will eventually go and do what coons do, and since he loves to go on walks with the dog and my husband he gets outside all the time in fact when the dog is outside in his outside fenced in area the coon is always right above him hanging in the tree, when Max comes in so does the coon. This experience has been so fun and would do it again in a heartbeat! I know one day when he goes out with Max he won't be back but I knew that from the start. Coons rock!
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Charlie Roche - 2011-07-16 I think sometimes people who do rehabilitation must feel wonderful all the time but I know that it can be heart breaking. I am glad you had such a great experience. It is wonderful for the whole family and so much to enjoy. Yep, probably he is going to go and do what racoons do - especially if a male. My grandma had a pet squirrel - rescue- and the squirrel did eventually what squirrels do but brought the babies back and then grandma had a house full. That was a female.
Helen Chavis - 2010-12-03 I have been raising a female raccoon for about 7 months now. I have had her since she was just a few days old. Keeping a raccoon is a 24/7 thing. I hand feed her but she refuses to eat meat. I've tried everything from bacon, tuna, chicken she won't eat any of it she eats dog food, some fruits, fruit snacks, cereal and french fries. I had a hard time getting info about certain problems I had with her so if you have any questions or comments email me helenchavis@gmail.com.
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Andrea - 2010-12-15 Ive had a male raccoon since he was a day old and he recently started getting out, he would come back in the earlie morning and would get in my attic and sleep. He got out sunday night and never came back. Do raccoons hybernate, or u think he found a female and isnt coming back? Everyone in my neighborhood knows i have him and i dont think they set a trap and the pound come and took him. Being raised in doors and with dogs makes me worried. thanks Andrea
Jeanie - 2011-07-06 Good morning ! Do you still have your raccoon ? I have been taking care of a female approx. 2.5 weeks old that was given to me to try and save. ( last weekend ) She is drinking Similac off my finger and is certainly getting better than that first day !! Any advice ?
Here is a raccoon up past his bedtime! This younster couldn't keep still, climbed all over everybody and was constantly "checking things out"!
I live in Tampa Florida and just got my permit for a pet raccoon. Now I am looking for a rehab in my area that I can volunteer at. I want to volunteer to find out what it takes to care for a forever pet raccoon. I have read and did lots of research, however reading isn't all I need... I need hands on. I feel I have what it takes to bring a baby raccoon in as a new family member, but think I can and really doing it are 2 seperate things. So if you know of anyone that rehabs raccoons or are a rehabber, please contact me @ andrena3@aol.com subject it "Raccoon Rehab" please.
Thanks
Rena
I AQUIRED 3 PET RACCOONS AGES AT 1 WEEK OLD EACH. IT IS A LITTER. I AM TRYING TO GET THE CLASS 3 LICENSE TO KEEP THEM AS I HAVE RAISED THEM PLEASE HELP ME
we have a male raccoon for a year now, we purchased him from a breeder and had him neutered and his have him up to date on all shots. he lives in our house with us, sleeps with us, goes to work in an office with me, and gets along with our shelties great! he is affectionate and loving, but does have his bad moments. he gets into things but mostly is nosey. i have known many people who have had raccoons for several years. this little guy is so fun and sweet. they require a lot of attention, but so rewarding..love him to peices
I have a female raccoon which we have raised from an infant and she is now 2 years old. Where can I get her fixed? I am currently having a problem with her my 12 year old male pomeranian that weighs 17 lbs was like a surrogate parent to her. She currently is double my dogs size and she is now starting to attack him and I am quite concerned. Have you had any issues?
I would be concerned about the racoon going after your pup. I would at a minimum separate them - completely. I don't know if neutering is the answer - possibly but not sure. I would speak to a rehabilitator.
Love and nurture the baby you have found, and after giving life, give the greatest gift of all - the freedom to enjoy that life. The first time you watch your baby scamper up a tree you will feel the rightness of it, you will see its unbounded joy. You will profit from one additional aspect of freeing your baby and that is a feeling of participation in the natural world by giving back to Mother Earth one of her own. Squirrel Tales.
"You become responsible forever, for what you have tamed"-Antoine de Saint-Exup
Much appreciated for the information and share!
Nancy
WANT A RACCOON? I have a raccoon that has been bottle fed and is now around 3-4 mo old. I cannot keep her, if anyone is interested i am in AL. Please email me sarah512@bellsouth.net
i will take your raccoon if you are still needing a home for her please contact me at this address thank you
I was 16 back in the late 40's and accompanied my dad and uncle on many coon hunts. One night, several of us and 4 dogs, treed a female in a large hollow oak. She had 2 young ones - about 6 weeks old -and I kept one naming him Clydus. Fed him a Pet Milk mix from a doll bottle and he thrived on it. I built a small wooden frame with chicken wire on the bottom. We would go to our pond nearly every day and catch crawdads which he loved. He grew to about 30 pounds and rode with me in the car, setting on the back of my seat enjoying the scenery. Took him to a field trial one day and was offered $30 for him which I refused (a weeks salary for my dad at the time). When he was about 2 years old he bit a neighbors young son who was teasing him and we had to return him to the woods. Great pet !
It was fun when you had him though so you got to enjoy. $30.00 was big money back then - a weeks salary.
I never knew you could keep racoons as pets: I thought they were only wild! Shocked...
Yep, racoons ccan make excellent pets - as do squirrels and my cousin even had a pet skunk that was absolutely wonderful.
Need help finding a place for 5 month old small female coon is there anybody by Flint, Mich that can help?
Did you call Fish and Game for any person that is involved in rehabilitation in your area. They usually know and might help.
I was just wondering if you would know about wild coons I had one come to my motel room door and it about came in but my husband hurried up and shut the door would you know why the coon did that? Thanks, your friend april.
I found a baby raccoon about two months ago. I am guessing it was just started to be weaned when he was found. He made the same sucking noises and making bread like others have said and has bonded with me and my husband and my German Shep Max. He also loves my two teen aged kids. He followed me around for the first 3 weeks and then since has bonded with my dog. German Sheps do have the same kind of mask marking on their faces that raccoons do. Anyway, the raccoon is housebroken he uses his cage, shares the same food bowl as Max which is usually hilarious and now loves to nibble toes and run his little paws in my hair which seems to fascinate him to death. He does not like to cuddle or be petted as much now the older he gets which I have expected. I know he will eventually go and do what coons do, and since he loves to go on walks with the dog and my husband he gets outside all the time in fact when the dog is outside in his outside fenced in area the coon is always right above him hanging in the tree, when Max comes in so does the coon. This experience has been so fun and would do it again in a heartbeat! I know one day when he goes out with Max he won't be back but I knew that from the start. Coons rock!
I think sometimes people who do rehabilitation must feel wonderful all the time but I know that it can be heart breaking. I am glad you had such a great experience. It is wonderful for the whole family and so much to enjoy. Yep, probably he is going to go and do what racoons do - especially if a male. My grandma had a pet squirrel - rescue- and the squirrel did eventually what squirrels do but brought the babies back and then grandma had a house full. That was a female.
I have been raising a female raccoon for about 7 months now. I have had her since she was just a few days old. Keeping a raccoon is a 24/7 thing. I hand feed her but she refuses to eat meat. I've tried everything from bacon, tuna, chicken she won't eat any of it she eats dog food, some fruits, fruit snacks, cereal and french fries. I had a hard time getting info about certain problems I had with her so if you have any questions or comments email me helenchavis@gmail.com.
Ive had a male raccoon since he was a day old and he recently started getting out, he would come back in the earlie morning and would get in my attic and sleep. He got out sunday night and never came back. Do raccoons hybernate, or u think he found a female and isnt coming back? Everyone in my neighborhood knows i have him and i dont think they set a trap and the pound come and took him. Being raised in doors and with dogs makes me worried. thanks Andrea
Good morning ! Do you still have your raccoon ?
I have been taking care of a female approx. 2.5 weeks old that was given to me to try and save. ( last weekend )
She is drinking Similac off my finger and is certainly getting better than that first day !!
Any advice ?
Does anyone know of a vet in South Carolina, I need one bad! Thank you for your time.