Pumpkin the Raccoon

I have raised a few raccoons over the years. Usually found near their mothers who were killed on the road. First thing to know is that they will get into and destroy just about everything you touch. They are looking to you to learn things, so when they see you use a phone, controller, keyboard/mouse, then they will want to try it as well. Them trying it will usually mean throwing it on the ground and trying to break it open because there must be food inside of it.

As for food, everything aside from cans or locked boxes are up for grabs. It would be normal to come home to find a bag of bread torn open and scattered around the house.

When they are small they do like to nip and chew a lot while playing. So your hands and arms are going to look like you were punching a thorn bush.

Older raccoons don't like to be held or touched often. At about 3 years old they will gain an independent streak. In the wild raccoons are mostly solitary animals.

If a female raccoon becomes pregnant and has a litter then it will be like looking after a devil. Raccoon mothers will not tolerate anything near their babies. An animal that you were playing with a month earlier may now his and growl any time you enter the same room with her kits.

Raccoon's wean their young by bullying them into leaving. So don't expect to have a full family of racoons forever. If anything keeping more than one raccoon at a time will cause a lot of stress for the animals.

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