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Was checking for parcel this morning , opened the door, looked at the usual corner where mail person
usually leaves parcel too large to fit through slot.

Then i saw a huge gray blur..... and then i was like o_< ? ...........

then it was like o_o??

then i was like @_@!!!!???????????????????? *&SF)GSG)S*#^$(&$@

Much as I enjoy reading your post... WTF!!!! This (and many others) could use some clarifying. What showed up?

That totally brightened my day.

Well it ran when my cousin ( never seen a raccoon ) freaked out and started yelling WTF IS THAT THING?

the little tree stomp at the left is where mailmen leave my parcels if it doesnt fit the mail slot.

The raccoon decideds to walk out the passage way into the road ( it doesnt even bother hiding :< )

Im going to start leaving food / water there hopefully it'll come back. ( but my mom said she think it actually
already live on our roof )

Looks like your new boots arrived.

That's not a good idea. Raccoons don't make good pets, they get irrational and violent when they get old. That's what they mean by the phrase "Pet '[see forum posting rules] goofy". However, they are quite delicious as long as you don't cook them too long, they dry out easy. Perhaps you could just fatten it up and make it lower its defenses.

EDIT: I think your filters need some fine tuning, for context.

I think raccoons are awfully smart.

When i opened the door, it actually stood there.
When i see it head towards the stairs, i did a chu chu sound.
It then walked back and stood there while i went to get nuts + camera + call wake people up to see the raccoon ( was around 6 am )

You could even make a hat out of it.

you could train it, as part of your plan to be an international jewel thief.

noone uses anti-racoon technology when protecting valuables

From now on, I will.

This surely beats endless field mice brought in by Cats.

sA

We have foxes in our back garden.

LunaHound wrote:

That totally brightened my day.

Well it ran when my cousin ( never seen a raccoon ) freaked out and started yelling WTF IS THAT THING?

the little tree stomp at the left is where mailmen leave my parcels if it doesnt fit the mail slot.

The raccoon decideds to walk out the passage way into the road ( it doesnt even bother hiding :< )

Im going to start leaving food / water there hopefully it'll come back. ( but my mom said she think it actually
already live on our roof )

My dad had a raccon as a pet when he was little. He would turn the hose to a trickle, and give the racoon a sugar cube. (you can see where this is going.)
If you don't know, racoons wash their food, and sugar dissolves. Sadly the only racoons at my house for some reason enjoy launching themselves into the back glass door. They can't figure out how they can't get in.

My house once had a family of raccoons in one of its chimney's. guess how we got them out.

Out here in Wisconsin, I've had raccoons in my backyard my whole life. They are pretty funny to watch. As a kid I used to pretend they were at war with the squirrels. As far as pets, I don't know about that.

Heh. We have a mountain lion that's been showing up every so often.

Nothing says "awesome" like waking up to find dead deer slaughtered in your backyard.

@luciusar: real raccoons looks way cuter than any anime /cartoon ones -_-

@kanluwen: who or what cleans the mess in those situations?

@ rest of you: Why do i get a feeling americans dont like raccoons? they are like untrained dog / cat imo ....

sure they have rabies, but so would your pets if they dont have their shots. raccoons are great pets ( youtube owners says atleast )

My parent's cat went missing a week ago. My money is on the local coyotes. Oh well, cat was a jerk anyway.

Raccoons are awesome. I had a teacher in high school who worked at an animal shelter who always had baby animals she was taking care of. Baby raccoons are unbelievably adorable.

Who is the c00n?

edited because of some weird swearing word I've never heard of.

Raccons are OK, but we have good-sized Chow, so no raccoon will visit our house...


OTOH, Rats are bad. I just found that a rat got into some stuff in garage, and not happy. If I catch it alive, I will take extreme vengeance!

LunaHound wrote:@luciusar: real raccoons looks way cuter than any anime /cartoon ones -_-

@kanluwen: who or what cleans the mess in those situations?

@ rest of you: Why do i get a feeling americans dont like raccoons? they are like untrained dog / cat imo ....

sure they have rabies, but so would your pets if they dont have their shots. raccoons are great pets ( youtube owners says atleast )

I think the big reason alot of Americans don't like raccoons is the ones we have down here in NC?
Nasty little buggers who tend to get into the garbage or the house and refuse to leave. And trying to get them out peacefully usually ends up with several bitemarks

And the mess?
Well, I usually just put on a mask and some heavy duty gloves and toss the carcass further back in the woods. The mountain lion'll come back for it, or the raccoons and vultures take care of it.

Just to echo what some other folks have said here:

1) Raccoons are cute and friendly when they're young, then get mean as they get older.

2) Raccoons are a wild animal and need to be respected as such. They *aren't* domesticated animals like dogs and cats, and it's important you understand there's a difference.

3) Raccoons are a big rabies risk *because* they don't get shots and because you don't know where they've been.

So if you like having mean, wild and possibly rabid animals hanging out around where you live, by all means keep feeding them. The reason many Americans don't trust them as pets and don't want them around their homes is because they've lived in the country and know what's up with re: to raccoons and other wild animals.

For whatever reason, people think that because they're a nice person and *love* animals, that wild animals won't bite them in their faces. And they're very wrong. It does make for some funny home videos, however.

Gorgon is right, but he missed out on an additional point of interest, Raccoons are quite tasty.

its odd, i can't recall actually seeing a racoon in the area i live in, despite the fact i have relatives that once hunted them.
eh, maybe all the bears chased them off.

JohnHwangDD wrote:Raccons are OK, but we have good-sized Chow, so no raccoon will visit our house...


OTOH, Rats are bad. I just found that a rat got into some stuff in garage, and not happy. If I catch it alive, I will take extreme vengeance!

Dude!
The rat's just doing what rats do.
I understand if you think it's best to kill it, rather than capture it. I'm worried, though, about what you might mean by "vengance."

Eric

I haven't caught one alive yet - I use snap traps, so usually, they're dead.

But if I do, I'll probably just get out my trusty shovel and have at it...

Raccoons are cool, and pretty nice to find on your doorstep..... apparently they get violent in their old age.... but that's what happened to my grandad and we still feed him

Heh. The raccoons in my neighborhood are all the size of bear cubs, so there's really no love there.

But that guy's actually somewhat cute.

Racoons are cool.

I have mice in my garage - usually i like mice, but not these ones, little buggers.

MagickalMemories wrote:

JohnHwangDD wrote:Raccons are OK, but we have good-sized Chow, so no raccoon will visit our house...


OTOH, Rats are bad. I just found that a rat got into some stuff in garage, and not happy. If I catch it alive, I will take extreme vengeance!

Dude!
The rat's just doing what rats do.
I understand if you think it's best to kill it, rather than capture it. I'm worried, though, about what you might mean by "vengance."

Eric

I got bit by a squirrel in sixth grade.

I've made it my personal crusade to make every squirrel in my neighborhood wish its kin never declared war on me!

Raccoons are vicious, wasteful animals. When we had chickens we trapped and shot as many as we could. All it takes is one of those damn things to get into the chicken house, and it's over.

They kill everything. They don't just take what they need to eat. They kill every bird in the chicken house before they leave. And when I say kill, I mean literally decapitate and disembowel. They gut the birds. We lost all our chickens in one night to some raccoons. We didn't make that mistake again.

Feeding these things off of your back porch probably isn't the best idea.