So I caught a raccoon tonight

[SacRunner]

For the last year or so we've had a problem with raccoons eating our roof and living in our attic. Tonight when I got home I heard that my dad bought a raccoon trap, put some chicken in it and put the whole damn thing on the roof. About an hour ago I heard my dad yell "I think I got it...."

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The "rescue:"
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The attempted entry:
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Awaiting the trip to the animal control in the morning:
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[Tofer]

keep it as a pet!!

[Elton]

make it into a hat

[ChickenLover]

Dip it into a vat of acid.

[CJM]

You must have something inside the roof/attic they want, I have never seen a coon do that before..

[SacRunner]

I think my dad already took it to animal control, but despite having a gigantic heritage oak next to our house, they've decided they would rather live in our attic than out in the open

[04 Rocko Taco]

Hehm, I think it would be hard to make into a pet at that age. Although racoons do make cool pets, they'r eintelligent enough to be a lot of fun!! Ferrets too, but I bet you dont find many of those in your attic. :)

[waskillywabbit]

Skin it and eat...they taste like chicken. :flipoff:

:guitar:

[04 Rocko Taco]

...The same could be said for wabbits...

[localmotion]

what are those white things in the picture 4th up from the bottom?

[tacoclimber]

Coon's can get REALLY nasty. The college I went to had one that lived in a particular tree near one of the walkways. If he was in a bad mood, that sucker would come out of that tree and chase you down the walk! :yikes:

[marko3xl3]

Coon's can get REALLY nasty. The college I went to had one that lived in a particular tree near one of the walkways. If he was in a bad mood, that sucker would come out of that tree and chase you down the walk! :yikes:


Kind of like a bad neighbor, except getting your a$$ chased by a racoon sounds more fun :)

And while racoons might make nice pets, where would you find a young one that hasn't been exposed to all kinds of diseases already?

[Bob98SR5]

good thinking re turning it in to animal control instead of dispatching it :)

[Texas Jim]

Got you a chicken killer! Indeed he was a husky boy protecting the neighbor hood of wild run a muck foul!!! TJ Next you will have a gang of chickens hanging around, smoking' drinking and doing foul things to your cars.....TJ

[Euphorickaty80]

Im having Deja Vu.... :headscratch:

[SacRunner]

what are those white things in the picture 4th up from the bottom?


its insulation he pulled out of the attic.

we don't have any chickens in our neighborhood...yet, but we had a peacock that lived in a neighbor's tree about 2 years ago.

and there's no way in hell i'd want to keep one of those things as a pet, a squirrel maybe, but not a raccoon

[tacoclimber]

what are those white things in the picture 4th up from the bottom?


its insulation he pulled out of the attic.

we don't have any chickens in our neighborhood...yet, but we had a peacock that lived in a neighbor's tree about 2 years ago.

and there's no way in hell i'd want to keep one of those things as a pet, a squirrel maybe, but not a raccoon


Yeah, coming out of the wild, they'd be way too unpredictable. If you could raise one from a pup (?), it might be a different story. I knew a guy who had a skunk he raised from birth (had it de-stinkified), and that thing was cool. Totally tame. Raccoons are a little more sneaky, I think, though. You'd probably be missing your keys all the time with one as a pet... :laugh: