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On 1/26/2021 at 10:30 AM, Swampfox762 said:

Does anyone actually have/had a Pet Raccoon?  I'd like to hear what it's like to have one as a pet. 

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A neighbor had one they found in the yard. They think it had been injured by a dog or maybe a car. Nursed it back to health and kept it but it never walked right and I think it had lost part or all vision in one eye.

 

They built a nice enclosure on top of their flat roofed carport. It was about 8 feet high and about 20 feet by 25 feet across. You accessed it by a trap door. It was fine for a couple years but one day it went nuts. As he went it through the door to feed it it dropped down on his back and attacked his back. Tons of staples to fix his back and rabies shots. 
 

I suspect it got at a bat in its enclosure and had rabies. It was a sudden change from being playful but it was never really tame. Just a playful wild animal. I don’t think they ever found it after it escaped. 

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1 minute ago, Batesmotel said:

A neighbor had one they found in the yard. They think it had been injured by a dog or maybe a car. Nursed it back to health and kept it but it never walked right and I think it had lost part or all vision in one eye.

 

They built a nice enclosure on top of their flat roofed carport. It was about 8 feet high and about 20 feet by 25 feet across. You accessed it by a trap door. It was fine for a couple years but one day it went nuts. As he went it through the door to feed it it dropped down on his back and attacked his back. Tons of staples to fix his back and rabies shots. 
 

I suspect it got at a bat in its enclosure and had rabies. It was a sudden change from being playful but it was never really tame. Just a playful wild animal. I don’t think they ever found it after it escaped. 

That's always what I assumed.  Just don't think you can ever "tame" an animal like that.  Like people who have ferrets.  Cute, till they damn near chew off a finger and scratch the hell our of your arm like a buddy I knew that had one years ago.

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