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Raccoon question
asop
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The "runt" of the family (last winters hatch) has been showing up a few hours before sunset! Rather basin but not acting "different". We fed the birds and squirrels and he has been taking advantage of the feed on the ground I noticed. Was sitting out the other night and I had a slice of bread in my hand and he acturally came up to me and "pawed" it out of my hand! Should I be concerned about a rabid * here?
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I'm not sure I would hand feed him.
You would have to catch him and have him tested for rabies if he bites you.
The * and skunks and I have an agreement.
They leave me alone and I leave them alone.
They are welcome to the extra cat food.
If they cause a problem then they are terminated.
Time for you to act do not shot in head if you need to have him tested!
If he comes and looks for your handout he is in a good state of health if he comes as an aggressor
Time for you to act do not shoot in head if you need to have him tested!
If he comes and looks for your handout he is in a good state of health if he comes as an aggressor
Time for you to act do not shot in head if you need to have him tested!
This is seriously in need of punctuation. So he's in good health if he comes raising hell?
The raccoon is fine. He's braver than most or else he feels comfortable around you. Set limits and keep a four foot 1x1 handy to enforce them.
Don't let him get too friendly or he'll be wanting to come in the house.
They are intelligent, like little evil geniuses and they remember. I would not let a wild one get close enough to paw me.
Well, you're creating a problem for sure. If you get bit,plan on getting the rabies inoculation(s. Don't feed the *, possums, squirrels, or whatever and double darned sure not from your bare hand.
May as well kill that * and all the others that have become habituated to finding food at your house.
But that's me.
quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
At about twilight a couple of the little rascals would come up onto the porch while we were eating supper.
The little guys would walk right up to me, and stand up and put one paw on my knee until I put some food into his other paw.
Nothing wrong with these * they were just bold and looking for a hand out.
Nothing wrong with these * they were just bold and looking for a hand out.
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Poison them? That is a horrible way to die.
I would get a live trap and relocate it to a kindred (democrats) property. Be sure to leave a food trail to the democrats trashcans
Why do y'all want to kill this raccoon? They are just aggressive little beggars. Why would you want to kill them?
Poison them? That is a horrible way to die.
Clearly you have not had to pick up the trash they strew all over the yard on a weekly basis or had a family of them break into your attic and nest to the tune of almost $10,000 in damage. Or deal with your girlfriends roommates bassett baying at the damn things all night from inside the condo.
If they behave and stay away from my stuff we are cool. I see them on my game cameras all the time. I have trapped them and relocated them (and marked them with paint). Aggressive ones that damage property and return after being relocated are dispatched.
One night apparently they cornered the cat on top of wife's very new car. The * destroyed the paint in every panel they could reach all the way around the car trying to get at that cat. Wife was not happy.
They are not as cute and harmless as they look. Best not to invite them home.
A neighbor thought it was fun to feed raccoons extra cat food in his garage every night. Wife suggested might be a bad idea.
One night apparently they cornered the cat on top of wife's very new car. The * destroyed the paint in every panel they could reach all the way around the car trying to get at that cat. Wife was not happy.
They are not as cute and harmless as they look. Best not to invite them home.
One of our neighbors thought it was awesome that he got our local herd of Bambi welfare customers to eat out of his hand. That is until he came down with a REALLY bad case of Lyme disease.
Now he wants to kill them all....
wife started leaving food out for them one female took up with her would sit on the back steps with my wife and eat marshmallows.
if the wife was late we would get a visit to the back door looking for evening snacks . they never messed with anything else including the trash . that went on for several years when we moved told the new people what to expect about dark .
I have read here in Ohio no human has ever been reported getting rabies from a raccoon .
but if they look sick or confused I would not want to be the first [:D]
If he's not hurting anybody why kill him. some people have to kill every thing that moves. I guess they need to do it to fell like a man."
No sir. But I had a couple of pet raccoons when I was a kid and found out early on that when they don't get what they're expecting, they're likely to just grab onto whatever is within reach. If it's YOUR hand, and they bite you before running away, guess what? You can either wait to see if you will die or get the rabies shots. Raccoons are smart and can be aggressive and really not something to be messed with.
I'm a trapper and as such, I kill hundreds of raccoons every winter (if I'm lucky). There's always plenty more the next year. Disposing of a few * that are coming too close to homes is solid logic. What if this habituated * approaches a child who thinks it's a pet and that child gets bitten. Now, you just caused the kid to be exposed to a possible deadly disease. How does that feel?????????
When I first moved in, I trapped over 30 * the first winter. 20 feet from my house.
Over the last 20 years, I usually get 12-15 a winter. We are thick with the destructive little bastages.
Then a feral cat moved in underneath my storage shed and had a litter of kittens. She was a nice cat and never bothered anything and I appreciated having some additional rodent control. Plus, the kittens were fun to watch as they bounced around playing with each other.
Then the raccoons came in and killed every last one of them including the mother cat when she tried to defend her brood. It was sad.
So, I pulled a Charles Bronson and shot every one of the damned *.
Nowadays I treat raccoons the same as I treat skunks, coyotes and rattlesnakes on my property.
If he's not hurting anybody why kill him. some people have to kill every thing that moves. I guess they need to do it to fell like a man.
You hit the nail on the head.
I hate CDC info "but" this link shows some good info.
https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/exposure/animals/other.html