Wait there’s some down there oh don’t judge me I’ve seen you with your coffee in the morning
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The Raccoon Manual: Raising, Training, and Living with a Pet Raccoon (eBook)
Hi,
Over the past 13 months, I’ve been writing Raccoon Manual: Raising, Training, and Living with a Pet Raccoon—a detailed, pet-forward care guide designed to reshape how people think about raccoons. It covers everything from training, diet, vet care, enrichment, and communication to formula guides, emergencies, and legal ownership. There’s truly nothing else like it made specifically for pet raccoons.
This was inspired by our leucistic blonde raccoon, Leon Kennedy, and by my ongoing mission to update rabies quarantine species laws across the U.S.—so raccoons can finally be recognized alongside dogs, cats, and ferrets. If you've been following our journey online, thank you so much!
But before that happens, I want to normalize responsible, legal raccoon ownership and push back against all the misinformation out there—bad feeding advice, unlicensed sellers, and recycled internet myths. It’s my first book, written from real experience with a background in science, technology, and business. Available only as an eBook (because we’re not cutting down raccoon habitat just to print a manual).
150+ pages with training, feeding, communication, vet visits, and detailed Q&A—written from the voice of someone living daily life with a pet raccoon as family. Not a come-and-go wild animal, but a full-time pet, medical care, licensing, and a forever home.
# Raccoon Manual: Raising, Training, and Living with a Pet Raccoon Kindle Edition by Richard Ward
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Hi,
Over the past 13 months, I’ve been writing Raccoon Manual: Raising, Training, and Living with a Pet Raccoon—a detailed, pet-forward care guide designed to reshape how people think about raccoons. It covers everything from training, diet, vet care, enrichment, and communication to formula guides, emergencies, and legal ownership. There’s truly nothing else like it made specifically for pet raccoons.
This was inspired by our leucistic blonde raccoon, Leon Kennedy, and by my ongoing mission to update rabies quarantine species laws across the U.S.—so raccoons can finally be recognized alongside dogs, cats, and ferrets. If you've been following our journey online, thank you so much!
But before that happens, I want to normalize responsible, legal raccoon ownership and push back against all the misinformation out there—bad feeding advice, unlicensed sellers, and recycled internet myths. It’s my first book, written from real experience with a background in science, technology, and business. Available only as an eBook (because we’re not cutting down raccoon habitat just to print a manual).
150+ pages with training, feeding, communication, vet visits, and detailed Q&A—written from the voice of someone living daily life with a pet raccoon as family. Not a come-and-go wild animal, but a full-time pet, medical care, licensing, and a forever home.
# Raccoon Manual: Raising, Training, and Living with a Pet Raccoon Kindle Edition by Richard Ward
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Your a really strange looking raccoon what’s wrong with your tail there’s no fur on it how many times do i have to tell you I’m not a raccoon I’m an opossum oh are you sure
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Can we talk about feeding raccoons?
It seems like almost every day there is a post of someone feeding their local raccoon or asking what to use for food. There is quite a bit of misinformation out there and it's clear that many people do not understand the potential harm they could be causing. I understand that desire to get close to raccoons and feel like your helping them survive. I get it! I have that urge too. However, the harm of feeding raccoons often outweighs the personal benefit.
There is a common phrase "a fed bear is a dead bear", and this applies to raccoons too, especially in urban areas. I am speaking from experience as someone who has handled thousands of live raccoons and who previously worked in rabies control, vaccination, and laboratory testing.
Why shouldn't you feed raccoons? Here are a few reasons:
1. Fed raccoons begin to associate humans with food. This means they won't just approach you, but your neighbors and strangers, who will only see a raccoon acting bold, approaching them at strange hours, or even acting aggressive and nipping. What does this sound like?? Rabies! There is no way to physically tell that a raccoon has rabies by looking at it. The only way to tell is to euthanize that animal and test the brainstem. (It sucks, I know). Animal control officers get calls every day about a friendly or bold-acting raccoon and will put it down. I can tell you that 99% of raccoons that were euthanized for strange behavior test negative for rabies. It could have had distemper, or that animal could have just been fed.
2. Raccoons are pretty good at finding food in their own, especially urban raccoons. They are built for packing on the fat.
3. Feeding can disrupt natural behaviors, like winter torpor, and may not provide a well rounded diet.
4. Increased risk of disease. When animals eat out of the same food bowl or crowd and fight for the same food source, it's a perfect situation for spreading diseases like canine distemper. Distemper is a BRUTAL death.
5. Feeding increases the risk of spreading raccoon-borne diseases to people or pets, like leprospirosis or Baylisascaris procyonis, "raccoon roundworm".
I don't mean to shame anyone here who has fed or is feeding raccoons. I just want people to understand that our interactions with wildlife can be neutral, positive or negative. We can make the best choice for the animal and still enjoy watching them live their natural life.
Edit: This can be a challenging topic, so here are some statements from various wildlife-centered organizations:
Toronto Wildlife Centre https://www.torontowildlifecentre.com/wildlife-emergency-rescue-hotline/answers-to-your-wildlife-questions/should-you-feed-wildlife/
For Fox Sake Wildlife rehab https://forfoxsakewildlife.com/2018/12/18/is-it-bad-to-feed-raccoons/
BC SPCA https://spca.bc.ca/news/dont-feed-wildlife/
USDA Animal and Health Inspection https://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife-services/dont-feed-wildlife
LSR Conservation Authority https://lsrca.on.ca/index.php/2021/05/20/3-reasons-you-shouldnt-feed-wildlife/
National Parks Service https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/idkt\_feedingwildlife.htm
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It seems like almost every day there is a post of someone feeding their local raccoon or asking what to use for food. There is quite a bit of misinformation out there and it's clear that many people do not understand the potential harm they could be causing. I understand that desire to get close to raccoons and feel like your helping them survive. I get it! I have that urge too. However, the harm of feeding raccoons often outweighs the personal benefit.
There is a common phrase "a fed bear is a dead bear", and this applies to raccoons too, especially in urban areas. I am speaking from experience as someone who has handled thousands of live raccoons and who previously worked in rabies control, vaccination, and laboratory testing.
Why shouldn't you feed raccoons? Here are a few reasons:
1. Fed raccoons begin to associate humans with food. This means they won't just approach you, but your neighbors and strangers, who will only see a raccoon acting bold, approaching them at strange hours, or even acting aggressive and nipping. What does this sound like?? Rabies! There is no way to physically tell that a raccoon has rabies by looking at it. The only way to tell is to euthanize that animal and test the brainstem. (It sucks, I know). Animal control officers get calls every day about a friendly or bold-acting raccoon and will put it down. I can tell you that 99% of raccoons that were euthanized for strange behavior test negative for rabies. It could have had distemper, or that animal could have just been fed.
2. Raccoons are pretty good at finding food in their own, especially urban raccoons. They are built for packing on the fat.
3. Feeding can disrupt natural behaviors, like winter torpor, and may not provide a well rounded diet.
4. Increased risk of disease. When animals eat out of the same food bowl or crowd and fight for the same food source, it's a perfect situation for spreading diseases like canine distemper. Distemper is a BRUTAL death.
5. Feeding increases the risk of spreading raccoon-borne diseases to people or pets, like leprospirosis or Baylisascaris procyonis, "raccoon roundworm".
I don't mean to shame anyone here who has fed or is feeding raccoons. I just want people to understand that our interactions with wildlife can be neutral, positive or negative. We can make the best choice for the animal and still enjoy watching them live their natural life.
Edit: This can be a challenging topic, so here are some statements from various wildlife-centered organizations:
Toronto Wildlife Centre https://www.torontowildlifecentre.com/wildlife-emergency-rescue-hotline/answers-to-your-wildlife-questions/should-you-feed-wildlife/
For Fox Sake Wildlife rehab https://forfoxsakewildlife.com/2018/12/18/is-it-bad-to-feed-raccoons/
BC SPCA https://spca.bc.ca/news/dont-feed-wildlife/
USDA Animal and Health Inspection https://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife-services/dont-feed-wildlife
LSR Conservation Authority https://lsrca.on.ca/index.php/2021/05/20/3-reasons-you-shouldnt-feed-wildlife/
National Parks Service https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/idkt\_feedingwildlife.htm
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Oh this is nice i could stay here ooh what are you looking at NO PICTURES
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Media is too big
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Rocky's Been Coming Back More Since It's Turned Colder Out... He's Enjoying An Apple Pie Along With His Normal Food. ❤️🦝
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