Why not start a home raccoon

Stunning pet! Better dogs and a cat! Great root, easy to care, safe with children. Want to stand out from the crowd? Take the raccoon! Surprise your friends or get your own blog. And so on.

Such calls — delusion or a deliberate lie. Raccoon threat to your life and property, not to mention the children. And may die — if not to follow.

The raccoon is a carnivorous animal. Cute, charming, but wild. He is independent and unpredictable. May suddenly bite, even if to bring up from childhood. The jaw strength is comparable to a large dog. And to keep the adult male in the veterinary table, need a few people.

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The curious raccoon. And he has extremely nimble fingers. It is easy to open the lock, disassemble the phone, cut it out of the closet. Climb anywhere, even upside down. Are you sure you want to stay with him in a dark apartment? Given that he is a nocturnal animal.

The blanket will help

Therefore, the raccoon needs a private space where you can do everything. And where it is not too bad. Recall raccoons are almost never trained. If unable to make out something, it will disassemble. Any available area becomes a field for experimentation.

A raccoon hairs-vibrissae all over the body and highly developed sense of touch. He needs a varied landscape. Earth, leaves, pebbles, boulders, branches, roots, stumps. Homogeneous laminate flooring and smooth walls plunge raccoon in anguish. What causes acute desire for something to rip, to crack, to scatter.

Raccoons love heights. Dogs running around on the surface. Cats climb in low-rise birdhouses. Raccoons will often sleep in the trees. Denial of access to the top overview — a severe blow to their habitual environment.

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Besides, the raccoons need to go to winter sleep. Otherwise it is possible metabolic disorders. To sleep need a private room where not just cool and frosty.

Cats and dogs can be fed prepared food. It's not the best, but it is a valid option, which is categorically unacceptable for the raccoon.

At the zoo each raccoon gets 7 kinds of fruit, 5 kinds of dried fruits, 4 meats, 3 kinds of nuts, 2 types of fish, 2 types of eggs, 2 types of vegetables, 2 types of berries, cheese, honey, vegetable oil, mice, quail and shrimp. Plus a special vitamin and mineral supplements. All varies on specific days.

Eat, gentlemen

Dose of feed can reach up to 0.1 gram. And it is important to sensitively pick up depending on weight, age, behavior. Go wrong — and homemade raccoon will get fat. Obesity can lead to heart disease, joint problems and even loss of vertebral discs.

Raccoons are not Pets. Their physiology is different from dogs and cats. In a conventional veterinary clinic, you are unlikely to help. Not the fact that even will.

And everything can end very badly

But in order to get to the vet — need to be able to discern the signs of ailments. Daily to consider cal. To monitor changes in behavior. Until it was too late.

To the layman it may seem that the raccoon is in order. He's fat, funny and cheerful. While the beast will suffer.

Before you start raccoon — think about whether you have:

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If at least one answer is no — it is not recommended. Take the best of the Maine Coon is the largest domestic cat. Used to be considered a cross between a cat and a raccoon. Smart, playful, loyal and easily trained. Do not bring into the house a wild predator.