I have a four year old raccoon that has never been in the wild, is there a shelter that we can donate him to?

Question

Four year pld raccoon, spoiled rotten has own running wheel, sleeps with blanket, loves back rubs, Favorite foods are, extra crispy chicken skins, cinimin roasted almonds, grapes, and peanut butter cookies, Hates fish

Answer 1

Hi, I work in a Shelter...We are suppose to look at ALL racoons as if they have rabies becaus they can harbor them up to a year without showing symptons..A shelter isnt the answer My co-worker raised one that we got in and it bit her son..It was 11 months after she got it..We had to Euthanize it and cut his head off to send in for tests to make sure it was rabies free...Your Racoon cannot go back in the wild he doesnt know how to take care of himself..They have a lady here in SC that does Racoon Rehab..She reteaches them how to hunt and forage for food,,But after four years Its not going to be easy if possible..DONT GIVE HIM TO JUST ANYONE..Coon hunters would love to have him to train their dogs. Call you local Wildlife Depts or zoos The wildlife dept would use him for educational programs to take into schools ect...God Luck

Answer 2

Why are you getting rid of him now? Seems like you did a good job making him into a pet, and now you want to dump him on someone else? Is he starting to act like a raccoon?

Try a wildlife rehab center. Unfortunately, it is too common that people take cute little wild animals into their house, teach them to like people, and then want to turn them loose when they are tired of them. This raccoon will not survive well in the wild because he has been trained to trust people, and would probably seek out areas that people inhabit. That would get him labelled as a nuisance, and probably trapped, euthanized.

Good luck, and I hope for his sake that you find a place to have him taken care of. In the future, please don't abuse a wild animal by trying to make it a pet.

Answer 3

There should be a local park, or science center/museum that would appreciate your fellow---That way children could see him up close and personal and lbe able to learn about these neat creatures.
However why have you had him for 4 yrs and now decide that you do not want him--please do not put him back into the wild after living this type of life--he would not survive well.

Answer 4

how in the world did u get a raccoon, well, animal shelters would take him in and find him a good home at a zoo, especially since he's healthy

Answer 5

Holy water quite some Holy water. No truly Its plenty extra proper then my son who thinks he's a catepiller and on monday eats apples, and tuesday needs blueberrys etc till sunday when I surely might want to take a leaf faraway from him . Now about the St Marks position changed into on the history (or perhaps it changed into vh11) channel the different day a history of rock or some thing only stuck it out of th area of my ear as i changed into operating. As for the treatment time and transformers !!! also seem to be certain what television is being watch at his college or day care. a lot and that i recommend a tremendous kind of my childs complications originated at daycare so I replaced daycares

Answer 6

Well, be very careful because I believe it's illegal to have him as a domestic pet. But it is best to get him into a sanctuary or zoo of some sort.

Answer 7

Get in touch with dogdoc2 he is looking for a pet coon...I found his question on the page before your question

Answer 8

u should never have a raccoon!You should take to the humane association so they can place it in a PROPER home.

Answer 9

call parks and look for petting zoo's in your area my home town has a park where they have a petting zoo its three rivers Michigan

Answer 10

Try the town zoo.