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I also have a gang of raccoons that visit my back porch every night. The only thing I have been able to do with them is to sit quietly with some raw peanuts and have them reach up with their hands and take the peanut. That is my only 'trick'. It would be impossible to 'train' a wild raccoon to do much more.
I would also keep your dog and cat away when the raccoon comes. The dog will bark and most likely scare the raccoon and the cat will want to stir something up. I personally don't think raccoons seek out to bother dogs or cats. It's usually the other way around.
After looking at many 'Raccoons as Pets' pages out there... I found that if you're trying to train a raccoon, you can't hit it. If you do, he will perceive this as an attack and will bite back. They also get angry or irritable and throw 'fits'. And of course the only training they mention on these pages are for the litter box.
I like raccoons just the way they are. Curious, wild and inquisitive. If you want to have contact with them, pick up some raw peanuts and have some patience. My backdoor is glass, and the other night while they were visiting and eating (I leave out a big bowl of water and some fruit and nuts) I played with them through the door with my cat laser toy. It was fun.
Just remember to keep the other animals away if you want your raccoon to come visiting.
http://remocoon.mnsi.net/index2.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM36nUluizM
I would also keep your dog and cat away when the raccoon comes. The dog will bark and most likely scare the raccoon and the cat will want to stir something up. I personally don't think raccoons seek out to bother dogs or cats. It's usually the other way around.
After looking at many 'Raccoons as Pets' pages out there... I found that if you're trying to train a raccoon, you can't hit it. If you do, he will perceive this as an attack and will bite back. They also get angry or irritable and throw 'fits'. And of course the only training they mention on these pages are for the litter box.
I like raccoons just the way they are. Curious, wild and inquisitive. If you want to have contact with them, pick up some raw peanuts and have some patience. My backdoor is glass, and the other night while they were visiting and eating (I leave out a big bowl of water and some fruit and nuts) I played with them through the door with my cat laser toy. It was fun.
Just remember to keep the other animals away if you want your raccoon to come visiting.
http://remocoon.mnsi.net/index2.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM36nUluizM
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