Raccoon's

[jonnydotcom]

OK I've just been watchin a program on sky about a company in USA that recover and rescue raccoons,

i remember a while back seeing somewhere someone was sellin 1,
but i wanted to know are they on the DWA list or can anyone keep them.

and before the usual lot get on there high horses an start the slaggin match,

NO i don't want 1 and never will.

i have a very large German Shepard that hates everything apart from immediate family an close friends oh yeah an food

[HABU]

man, lots of people have them here.... i see them all the time... i'm in raccoon central! great pets BTW if you are dedicated... they were even my camping buddies....very cool.

[Esarosa]

I believe racoons were taking off the DWA in November of last year?

There was quite a stir at the time because of the considerable damage they can inflict on their keepers..and the dwa is supposed to be there to protect keepers apparantly.

[HABU]

you have to raise 'em right.

[Moshpitviper]

I know someone who almost lost his nose to a raccoon..... beware.

[Art_Gecko101]

i've read theyre VISCIOUS!!! and unpredictable so i doubt they;d make good pet tbh

[jonnydotcom]

like i said its not that i want 1
i was just wonderin if any1 in the UK had 1. all the video's i have seen of them they tend to be pretty nasty but sayin that most of the time they are just about to be put in a travel cage by some rescue person.

[HABU]

Originally Posted by Art_Gecko101

i've read theyre VISCIOUS!!! and unpredictable so i doubt they;d make good pet tbh

so are people..... they make good pets so long as you always keep in mind that they are wild animals...not inbred domestics.... they are not a cat or dog or bunny rabbit... these are wild things and you have to know how to appreiciate them... if anyone wants a goof-proof mammal go and buy a guinea pig. what raccoons are is what is endearing about them...i'd hate to see a retarded, domestic raccoon myself.

[Nerys]

yes people do keep them, there is also a wild population of racoons in the uk, dating from the time they were first put on the dwa..

they were indeed lifted last year from the dwa, much to the consternation of many who have worked with them, or know people who have worked with them in the past

they can, i am told, be very unpredictable and sometimes inflict bad wounds on their keepers..

sure rory will say more

N

[TSKA Rory Matier]

Hi J.com,

Racoons are a nice exotic to keep.

Prices can vary pending seller and time they are available and also whether they are to be hand reared and bottle fed to 'older ones'.

Bottle feeding Racoons l am told is a very heavy handed task, much more so in comparison to bottle feeding Coatimundis.

But you can secure them from as little as £75 each to as much as £450 each.

As Nerys says they did come off the DWAL October 1st 2007. To me this was a bad move, but only because of the injuries l received from my mauling.

I have kept Racoons and they are as said a nice species, until the day, that a keeper makes one little mistake which at the same time corresponds with the female being in season.

This is not an occurance with all keepers, sadly just me.

I made the mistake of snatching back a ten pound note from my male Batfink, at the same time as handling the female...leading to a major ouch!!

23 or so bites within a two minute attack, rendering tendons in both arms still healing from nearly three years ago.

Not as nasty a bite as some primates, nor cat species, but still an inflictive bite/s all the same.

They are an easy species to maintain in so far as some of the exotics, but l would say to all thinking of a Racoon, think, research, think, definately research.

R