It would not be so bad if he took the trash out

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Spanky100

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A raccoon has been visiting our trash cans and feasting 3 or 4 times a week. Plastic lid seems to come off real easy for him. Interesting in that most time he eats inside the can so little mess to pick up. Got a quick look him one night when I turned on the back light. Looks like the best fed raccoon I have ever seen. His cholesterol must be high. He must have a monopoly on the local trash cans. Any thoughts from our group on the next step for Ricky the Raccoon. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Are coon skin hats fashionable today? Or should we keep him as our guest?

Thanks for the options.

Wayne
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Any thoughts from our group on the next step for Ricky the Raccoon? )</font>

Stew.

SnowRidge
 
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Hi Wayne,

I used to have a racoon as a pet many years ago. He used to take off for a few days at a time. We knew when he came home because everybody could hear the trash can lids falling to the ground /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif!

Racoons can be fun as guests, but I do not recommend promoting their diet. I would get better trash cans with not so easy to remove lids. Your guest will eventually tell all of his friends, and you will have a real hand full. You must remove the food source, or your problem will not go away.

I have so many stories to tell of my racoon. Someday I may spill my guts.

Good Luck

Yooper Dave
 
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Here is a related discussion about coons that was posted recently. You'll likely get as many opinions as posts about this topic. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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One thing about coons, they can get into your trashcans faster than you can. Especially those with the fancy locks.
 
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I think coons could get into child-proof caps quicker than humans, too! /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
 
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Re: It would not be so bad if he took the trash ou

I also had racoons as pets when I was a kid. I just wanted to remind you that a significient number of racoons now have rabies and that rabies is still 100% fatal if untreated. My pet golder retreiver brought home a dead racoon that was determined to be rabid. 6 in my family had to have the 6 or 7 shot (I forget the exact number) rabies series which I would not describe as pleasant. The center for disease control determined that the dog could have licked us and we could have gotten rabies through any mucous membrane such as our mouths or eyes if we just rubbed them. I guess the minor amount of good news is that if we come across another rabid animal we only need to get 1 booster shot.

Andy
 
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At the local scout camps they have a wooden box that holds 3-4 metal trash cans. They run heavy bungees through the hande of the lid and into screw eyes that are set a little lower than the lids on each side of the wooden box. This seems to do the trick. They also put lathe on the sides of the wooden box. It makes it look a little nicer.

Also, we have now one of those large purple plastic trash cans on wheels from waste management and the racoons cannot climb up it. There is nothing around for them to jump on to get on it or knock it over. Have had no problems with this model.

While I would not kill it, I would discourage it from hanging around becasue of the problems that they can cause and the diseases as mentioned by others.

When I was a kid we befriended a young male raccoon. It would come around every night and play with us and the dogs. Then it started getting a little aggressive in its search for food. Then it got very aggressive and less playfull. It would slit the screens in the windows and come inside. It would grab your clothes and start climbing up you. It would growl if you grabbed it and threw it out of the house, turn around and come right back in. It finally climbed on the roof and started clawing holes in the roof(tar and gravel roof). It did big $$$ damage. My father got a permit and live trapped it and the Conservation Officer took it and released it at a state park. Nowadays, I think they destroy nuisance pests. The problem was, we created the nuisance pest by befriending it and my dad realized it. He said most folks just would have shot it, but it was our fault and he was right so the raccoon lived.

Take away its food source and it will still come around and look, but move on, kind of like making the rounds in your neighborhood. Eventually it will find easier food somewhere else.
 
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Yep, I caught one in a live trap. Took him about ten miles away and have never seen him since.
 

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