How much can raccoons eat?

[Diggin It]

You think you're gonna keep us out?

Think again!!

 

[Tinhack]

I've got game cam video clips of a skunk charging a raccoon and letting a raccoon have it. The raccoon looked like he was washing his face with dirt then went on eating deer corn I had out like nothing happened. A couple of days later, that raccoon must have been in my barn. I smelled skunk but traces of the raccoon were everywhere. The musk of a raccoon is unique also. I was pretty cautious entering the barn.

 

[MossRoad]

Only 16 states allow pet raccoons.

Indiana is one of them.

Missouri is not.

MoKelly

I would not want one as a pet. They are too smart for their own good. Studies show they are much smarter than cats and dogs, and just barely below monkeys in intelligence.

 

[5030]

...and the make BIG poop piles too.

 

[strantor]

I would not want one as a pet. They are too smart for their own good. Studies show they are much smarter than cats and dogs, and just barely below monkeys in intelligence.

That's what I'm saying. So smart. They really are smarter than dogs and cats, I have no trouble believing they're nearly as smart as monkeys. They're like 5 y/o children but more aggressive, with cat claws and Doberman jaws, and they're way too strong for how small they are. If you wouldn't be comfortable letting a 5 y/o loose in your house with a handful of knives then you probably shouldn't have a pet raccoon.

 

[Jstpssng]

There used to be an old wives tale that raccoons always wash their food.

 

[MossRoad]

 

[strantor]

There used to be an old wives tale that raccoons always wash their food.

The only part of that that's an old wives tale is the "always" part. They absolutely do wash their food, if there's water around to wash it in.

One of the funniest things, giving them cotton candy to wash:

 

[MoKelly]

I would not want one as a pet. They are too smart for their own good. Studies show they are much smarter than cats and dogs, and just barely below monkeys in intelligence.

Coming soon to a theater near you -- planet of the raccoons!

MoKelly

 

[JethroB]

The only part of that that's an old wives tale is the "always" part. They absolutely do wash their food, if there's water around to wash it in.

One of the funniest things, giving them cotton candy to wash:

I like the hind legs trot near the end. “Outta the way honey, I gotta go...now!”