Do Racoons make good pets??
 No, I don't want one to add to my existing zoo....LOL, but along with every other animal you can imagine for sell in our newspaper, baby raccons are among them. And if the Racoons didn't throw me off a little, the 7 purebred Wild boar pigs sure did.  If anyone can tell me what a buffcoatimundi is, they are only $450 in our newspaper...LOL
Only in Oklahoma. 
Stormi and co. |
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| Drop the term buff and you can find them on the internet. Coatamundi reminds me of a racoon, longer tail. Found in tropical areas but is "common" in souther Arizona where I encountered them. They eat small protein: grubs, baby birds, whatever they can catch. They really would not like Ohio cold, so it's a house pet and frankly I don't know about musk problems. Aggression? It's a wild animal so even when "domesticated" it is still wild.
Yes, people have raccoons as pets, but since they are so handy with those paws, they are hard to confine and destroy at will. You really didn't need those holes in the walls did you? No, I don't think wild boars would be a good pet. |
| What! no Jackalopes??
verve |
| hmmm.... $450 for an animal that is going to destroy a house...
No I wouldn't want one. I already have three dogs and two kids to do that....lol |
| Years ago a friend of mine bought a deodorized skunk from one of these people that sell wild animals. Long story short, the skunk died after about 2 weeks and I went with him to return it. It was one of the saddest sights I'd ever seen. All these animals that belong in the wild in tiny cages-- everything from raccoons to bear cubs. How could anyone even consider selling or, for that matter, buying a bear cub? It was terrible. |
| With so many "domesticated" animals needing homes I gues I don't understand why anyone would take an animal that is supposed to live in the wild and force it to live in the house. I'll stick with my puppers thank you. I never did quite understand why people keep exotic animals as pets but then I never saw the attraction to rats,mice or ferrets (sorry all you ferret lovers out there). So I guess it's different strokes for different folks. |
Good grief! It just amazes me that there is a market for such animals and it's really sad! I'm with you Tasker's mom! There are so many dogs and cats out there looking for homes! And I'm sure the raccoons and wild boars just want to be where they are supposed to, out in the forest! 
I cannot believe that these animals are even allowed to be bred and sold, it doesn't seem right, does it? Colleen and Gucci George=>We have raccoons in our forest! They climb the tree and steal the suet out of the bird feeders and have a picnic under the big elm tree! It makes mommy nuts! Only seeds for the birds now! hehe!  |
| My Grandpa used to have skunks when i was very little. He had lots of land out in the country. If he found orphaned babies without the momma, he would take them home debag them, and they were like the family cats lol
But to actually breed and sell them as pets, is ridiculous. |
| It really is ridiculous to find out what people will keep as pets. Perhaps these people have some kind of zany idea that they can domesticate these animals as wolves were domesticated into dogs, but that only took how long?
I saw a tv show once (probably on Animal Planet) about people who keep wild animals as pets and they talked about the Coatamundi and talked with a woman who had one as a pet. It looked so out of place as a pet and didn't really have any sense of behavior. There are also people who get lion and tiger cubs to keep as pets. Sure they're cute and cuddly when they're babies, but given a few months and they get BIG. Then they're stuck with an adult lion or tiger and no room to keep them and not enough money to feed them. There is one woman who lives in the southwest I think, who takes in orphaned wild animals that had been bought as "pets" at a young age and are no longer wanted. She had a HUGE sanctuary where she could keep them all, with plenty of room for each animal species, and proper care.  It's good to know that there are people out there who are willing to clean up other people's messes.
Blessings, Jess and Zippy |
Good heavens! Wild boars for sale?! As in wild boar- midevil-go-hunting- get-tusked-through-an-organ-and-die wild boar?! What are people thinking?! Wild animals are NOT pets!!!!! Period. 
Karen |
| A racoon may come handy when washing fruit and dishes after dinner.... |
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| great answer Saul! |
| Rabies!!! racoons carry rabies big time. Thay are very cute though and so funny. But for a pet i would keep my oes. my hermit crabs arn't too bad either. |
Quote: In most years since 1980, more than 90 percentof reported rabies cases have involved wild animals. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/fshe ... rabies.pdf. Let's break this down. To me logic states that the only way you'd be 'more likely' to get rabies from a dog THAN a racoon would be because we are told to AVOID racoons and other wild animals. This was also from what I read after doing a few google searches. If we had 100 dogs from a shelter and 100 racoons captured... I would bet that if you gathered 100 people... 100 of them would say they would rather sleep and cuddle with the dog over the racoon due to what they may catch. Quote: Raccoons have recently been identified as the country’s major wildlife rabies host.
http://www.unitedwildlife.com/AnimalsRa ... l#diseases Either way, they DO NOT make good pets. |
| Say racoons have rabies is the same as saying dogs have rabies. It is a disease that they catch, they don't carry it. Get them their shots and they'll be just as protected. They are extreemly curious though and excelnt escape artists and if they wat to get into something , they will. So if you don't cage them when you're not around they cold tear up the whole house. As for wild boar, they are nothing but hairy pigs and are as intelegent and they tamer counterparts. I know someone in Germany who has had one as a house pet for years. It has the run of the home and gets taken for a walk on a leash Joahaeyo wrote: Quote: In most years since 1980, more than 90 percentof reported rabies cases have involved wild animals. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/fshe ... rabies.pdf. Let's break this down. To me logic states that the only way you'd be 'more likely' to get rabies from a dog THAN a racoon would be because we are told to AVOID racoons and other wild animals. This was also from what I read after doing a few google searches. If we had 100 dogs from a shelter and 100 racoons captured... I would bet that if you gathered 100 people... 100 of them would say they would rather sleep and cuddle with the dog over the racoon due to what they may catch. Quote: Raccoons have recently been identified as the country’s major wildlife rabies host. http://www.unitedwildlife.com/AnimalsRa ... l#diseases Either way, they DO NOT make good pets. |
| We had a pet racoon when I was growing up. A guy who worked with my father found a mother racoon dead on the road but her young were still alive huddled around her body. They must have been weaned because Kenny survived to adulthood.
Racoons can be sooo much fun. We have all kinds of stories about Kenny and his antics. But, once he reached maturity, he only liked my brother who has a way with animals. We knew he could hunt (that's another set of stories) so some one from a local wildlife group came and got him so he could be released into the wild. By the way, he had rabies shots and wore a little harness with his rabies tags on it. The only way you knew he was around was by the jingling of his tags. Racoon paws are soft like velvet; racoons make a chirrping sound when they are happy. |
| I think short of rescuing, like in doggygirl's case, we should otherwise leave the raccoons in the woods where they belong. |
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