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2. Raccoons - Feeding Wild Raccoons Feeding wild raccoons in your backyard can be a highly rewarding experience indeed. You can watch raccoons for hours on end and never tire of their antics. might be interested in attracting and http://www.loomcom.com/raccoons/info/feeding.html

F eeding wild raccoons in your backyard can be a highly rewarding experience indeed. You can watch raccoons for hours on end and never tire of their antics. But feeding wild animals is something you should take care to do properly, to avoid nasty situations later on. Here are some helpful tips to get you started in the wonderful world of backyard wildlife appreciation. Remember, these are only guidlines a lot of people don't follow them, and a lot of people have different techniques. I present these only as a "getting-started" guide for people who might be interested in attracting and feeding wild raccoons. Raccoons will eat just about anything. Although this statement is generally true, raccoons do have definite preferences. Generally speaking, they like peanuts, sweets, fruits, bread, peanut butter, and especially cat and dog food. Like feeding humans, though, don't overload them with treats make those for special occasions, and leave the healthier stuff for most of the time. Don't feed raccoons by hand! They sure are cute, there's not a hardened soul anywhere in the world who could deny that. And not only are they cute, they're genuinely wonderful animals. But I discourage you from feeding wild raccoons by hand. A raccoon may bite you quite accidentally, mistaking a finger for food; or, he may bite you on purpose if he thinks you're taking his food away from him. No matter what the reason is, once it's happened you're both in trouble, because you'll have to be tested for rabies, and the local health authorities will want to capture the raccoon who bit you and cut off his head to test

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Insights into Raccoons and Raccoon Family The common name "raccoon" comes from the Indian word "arakum" or "aracoun," meaning "he scratches with his hands." Adult raccoons may be up to 3 feet long and weigh up to 30 pounds. They have a black face mask and ringed tail. Their fur is long and dense, a grizzled brown and black color that has often been described as "salt and pepper." Although raccoons are flesh-eaters and have long canine teeth, their molar teeth are adapted for a varied diet which includes more than just meat. The raccoon's closest relatives are ringtails and coatis from the Southwest. Habitat Tracks Rescue Food ... Life Cycle Raccoons are among the most intelligent of wild animals. They are most active at night and their nightly travels depend upon where food is available and the weather conditions. The home range of an adult male is

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Cooners BikerFox Entertainment 8988 L. South Sheridan Suite 150 Tulsa OK 74133 E-Mail Wild Raccoons These are the wild dogs that live in the wildlife preserve behind my house. Raccoons are some of the most beautiful and versatile animals in wildlife. To communicate and actually talk to the raccoons while being approximately 4 to 5 feet away is such a enjoyable thing to do. If you decide to start feeding raccoons on your back porch, make sure that you intend on doing this for many many decades to come. Never feed wild animals unless you plan to do it for many generations to come because they will be dependant on you. Do not feed raccoons or opossums unless you do it for the rest of your life. Coon Facts Raccoons will eat just about anything. Although this statement is generally true, raccoons do have definite preferences. Generally speaking, they like peanuts, sweets, fruits, bread, peanut butter, and especially cat and dog food. Like feeding humans, though, don't overload them with treats make those for special occasions, and leave the healthier stuff for most of the time. Don't feed raccoons by hand!

5. Raccoons - Pictures, Breeders, Raccoon Babies Resource of breeders, rescues, and associations, including a selection of Raccoon pictures and informational links. University of Michigan. raccoons have always attracted attention of humans. This wild animal is probably best known for 35 years in the wild. However, raccoons have been known to http://www.raccoons-raccoons.com/

Raccoons Source: Museum of Zoology. University of Michigan Raccoons have always attracted attention of humans. This wild animal is probably best known for its mask on the face and specific tracks. This creature is also intelligent and very curious. The species name originated from an Algonquian word "arakun" that translated as "he scratches with his hands." The Sioux Indians also had a name for this animal. They called it "wica," which means "little man." Later, the first part of the word was dropped and the name "raccoon" appeared. Raccoons - Description Raccoons are best known for their black mask on the face. It stretches across the eyes of the animal through the tail. The Raccoon has slender human-like hands that provide for a great agility and adroitness. Raccoons have a variety of coat colors, depending on the habitat. Overall, the species is gray to reddish and buff. Albino Raccoons also occur. The species molts regularly. Usually, shedding occurs during the spring months. The Raccoon is a medium-sized animal. It has a stocky body with a broad head and a bushy tail. The ears are short and rounded. The eyes are usually black in color. Male Raccoons are usually larger than females. The weight of an individual depends on the season and availability of food. In fall, Raccoons are known to weigh more. Some species have been reported to weigh about 28 kg. Raccoons - Quick Facts Source: Northwest Outdoor Photography Scientific Name: Procyon lotor Weight: males - 6-8 kg; females - 4 kg.

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7. Wild Facts Sample - Raccoon Although some raccoons have lived up to 16 years in the wild, research indicates that the principal causes of mortality in raccoons are man, predators, malnutrition and subsequently http://www.und.nodak.edu/org/ndwild/raccoon.html

Raccoon (Procyon lotor) By Terry A. Messmer, Robert W. Seabloom, Richard D. Crawford, Karen L. Kriel and Ron A. Stromstad. Photos by Ed Bry. Description The raccoon is a stocky medium sized mammal with a broad head, pointed snout and bushy tail. A raccoon is easily recognized by its black mask on a whitish face and the four to seven dark rings on its tail. Its gray to black pelage (fur) consists of long, moderately coarse, white and black banded guard hairs and short, fine, gray or brownish underfur. The belly is lighter colored. Their finger-like toes are long, thin and flexible giving the raccoon amazing dexterity. Adult raccoons weigh from 10 to 30 pounds. Total body length, including the tail, of an adult raccoon measures from 26 to 40 inches. Adult females are usually smaller than adult males. Young raccoons less than four months old can be aged by measuring the length of the ear and a hindfoot. Adult raccoons can be aged using dental characteristics to include counting annual growth rings in the roots of canine teeth and distinguishing the degree of tooth wear. Total body weight is a convenient indicator of age but is less reliable. Life History Most raccoons in North Dakota mate in early February and March. About 60 percent of the female raccoons breed and produce litters when they are one year old while males typically do not breed until their second year.

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The Raccoon Bibliography : Check out the Raccoon Bibliography, your one stop shopping list for raccoon books. The Raccoon Saga: The ongoing story of a pair of domestic procyonids. Raccoon Namesakes: A collection of raccoon names and namesakes from the people who have known the raccoon longest; Native Americans Tips on feeding wild raccoons . If you're interested in feeding wild raccoons, or getting wild raccoons to visit you, take a look at these helpful tips. Home Info News Links ... Cafe

9. The Sunnyside Of Spencer Butte: Raccoons And A Poem included an understanding that several of the small wild predators were adversaries to the farming process. Why would anyone feed raccoonswild animals? Does this give them the http://www.westbynorthwest.org/artman/publish/printer_228.shtml

From West by Northwest.org Voices of Spencer Creek The Sunnyside of Spencer Butte: Raccoons and a Poem By Lois Barton Jan 27, 2003 Drawing of a Raccoon, courtesy of the University of Washington News As a child I lived on a small family farm in Ohio. The cultural norm then, about 80 years ago, included an understanding that several of the small wild predators were adversaries to the farming process. Squirrels and rats could lay waste to stored grains, and must be kept out. Groundhogs could seriously decimate the family food supply growing in a summer garden. The poultry flock must be protected from ferrets, raccoons and foxes. Other specifics depended on individual circumstances. Occasionally a farm boy would make a pet of a "coon", that charming masked critter with the attractive banded tail. Such a pet was always caged or chained to a post that limited its movements safely. Several decades later in my home in rural Oregon among suburban farmers and gardeners I found a similar attitude. Raccoons in particular were considered a serious nuisance. Coons dig around the garden irrespective of what they dig up or cover. They invade chicken houses, eating feed and killing chickens that are not shut away from them, especially at night. Our daughter lost her small 4H flock of laying hens to raccoons while we were away on vacation. One fall our last picking of sweet corn was stripped from its stalks the night before we had it scheduled for our table, now that it was finally ripe enough to eat.

10. Wild Facts Sample - Raccoon Although some raccoons have lived up to 16 years in the wild, researchindicates that the average life span is about three to four years. http://www.und.edu/org/ndwild/raccoon.html

Raccoon (Procyon lotor) By Terry A. Messmer, Robert W. Seabloom, Richard D. Crawford, Karen L. Kriel and Ron A. Stromstad. Photos by Ed Bry. Description The raccoon is a stocky medium sized mammal with a broad head, pointed snout and bushy tail. A raccoon is easily recognized by its black mask on a whitish face and the four to seven dark rings on its tail. Its gray to black pelage (fur) consists of long, moderately coarse, white and black banded guard hairs and short, fine, gray or brownish underfur. The belly is lighter colored. Their finger-like toes are long, thin and flexible giving the raccoon amazing dexterity. Adult raccoons weigh from 10 to 30 pounds. Total body length, including the tail, of an adult raccoon measures from 26 to 40 inches. Adult females are usually smaller than adult males. Young raccoons less than four months old can be aged by measuring the length of the ear and a hindfoot. Adult raccoons can be aged using dental characteristics to include counting annual growth rings in the roots of canine teeth and distinguishing the degree of tooth wear. Total body weight is a convenient indicator of age but is less reliable. Life History Most raccoons in North Dakota mate in early February and March. About 60 percent of the female raccoons breed and produce litters when they are one year old while males typically do not breed until their second year.

11. West By Northwest.org: The Sunnyside Of Spencer Butte: Raccoons And A Poem included an understanding that several of the small wild predators were adversaries to the farming process. Why would anyone feed raccoonswild animals? Does this give them the http://www.westbynorthwest.org/artman/publish/article_228.shtml

Online Magazine About Us Archives Feedback Subscribe ... eBooks Search Entire Site Voices of Peace Voices for the World Voices of the Nation Voices of the Northwest Voices of Spencer Creek Environment in the News Best of the Web Letters to the Editor eBooks Advanced Search About Us Archives Feedback ... Search Last Updated: Jan 23rd, 2004 - 13:45:42 Affiliates Powells.com Favorite Links American Friends Service Committee Friends Committee on National Legislation National Catholic Reporter British Broadcasting Company ... Bitter Lemons.org Download West By Northwest.org's fundraising e-Book, "Breaking Free: A Novel of the Sixties" by prize-winning author Sylvia Hart Wright. Voices of Spencer Creek The Sunnyside of Spencer Butte: Raccoons and a Poem For two years the coons picked all the Brooks prunes off my young fruit tree before they were ripe enough to be edible. By Lois Barton Posted on Jan 27, 2003 Email this article Printer friendly page Drawing of a Raccoon, courtesy of the University of Washington News As a child I lived on a small family farm in Ohio. The cultural norm then, about 80 years ago, included an understanding that several of the small wild predators were adversaries to the farming process. Squirrels and rats could lay waste to stored grains, and must be kept out. Groundhogs could seriously decimate the family food supply growing in a summer garden. The poultry flock must be protected from ferrets, raccoons and foxes. Other specifics depended on individual circumstances.

12. Wild Texas: Raccoon (Procyon Lotor) due to overpopulation of the species and/or fears of potential rabiesoutbreaks. raccoons may live up to ten years in the wild. http://www.wildtexas.com/wildguides/raccoon.php

Featured Items The Kissing Hand Audrey Penn The Book on Raccoon Circles Jim, Dr Cain A Team of One Ila Wallen Rascal Sterling North Wait Till the Moon Is Full Margaret Wise Brown Search Now: Raccoon Procyon lotor Justin Moore Raccoons are widespread throughout southern Canada to Central America. Their preferred habitat consists of brushy or wooded areas near streams, lakes, or swamps. A distinct black mask, outlined in white, extends across the raccoon's eyes, cheeks, and snout, while the rest of its rounded body is covered in dense, gray or brown fur. Their long, bushy tail is ringed with four or more black stripes. Adults measure twenty to thirty inches in length, and can weigh up to thirty-five pounds. Raccoons are omnivores, meaning they consume a variety of foods. Their diet is made up of aquatic life, such as crayfish, crabs, and oysters, as well as mammals, reptiles, birds, insects, nuts, and fruit. When human fare is available, raccoons will not hesitate to sample it as well. Using their highly developed senses of hearing, sight, and touch, raccoons can locate food quite readily. A camper's closed ice chest, tent, and trash bags serve as no challenge to the curious raccoon. Talented climbers and swimmers, adult raccoons have few natural enemies. Juveniles are preyed upon by owl, wolf

13. Project Wildlife: Living With Racoons This behavior in captivity is thought to mimic behavior in the wild, where raccoonshunt in or near water and hold their catch submerged before eating it. http://www.projectwildlife.org/living-raccoons.htm

Living With Racoons Racoons RACCOON FACTS Raccoons (Procyon lotor) belong to the Procyonidae (those who came before dogs family. This highly intelligent mammal has a rounded head with short nose, small ears, and a sturdy body with minimum-length, thick, grayish brown fur. Raccoons are easily identified by (1) a distinctive pattern of alternating black and yellowish white rings around a large, bushy tail and (2) a unique narrow black face mask with two white patches above the eyes. They average 2 to 3 feet long (including the tail) and 12 inches high, weigh 8 to 22 pounds (heaviest in autumn), and live for 10 to 13 years. Females produce one litter a year, numbering from one to six kits and averaging four or five. Over most of the U.S. and southern Canada, except in the western mountain ranges, raccoons are found in many different habitats, especially near streams, ponds, and marshes in mature wooded areas. Their range is expanding further north into Canada, because of habitat lost to agriculture and the apparent warming of northern weather. As humans have moved into raccoon habitat, this mammal has proven more adaptable than most. For nesting sites it prefers warm, dry, dark, easily protected areas. In the wild, it dens in tree hollows, hollow logs, or sometimes rocky caverns. In urban areas, raccoons may nest in drainpipes, basements, crawl spaces and house attics. Raccoon populations now are actually densest in suburban and urban areas.

14. Three Raccoons Go Wild In Town By Randall L. Eaton, Ph.D. Three raccoons Go wild In TownBy Randall L. Eaton, Ph.D.When I was ten the Bellrose family acquired a baby raccoon. Ricky accompanied the. Bellroses and Eatons on their weekend outings to the wildlife research station on Quiver schedule to that of wild raccoonsactive by night, sleeping by day http://www.eoni.com/~reaton/articles/ThreeRaccoons.pdf

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16. Raccoons As one of North America s most charismatic and recognizable animals, raccoons areone of the few wild species that appears to have actually benefited from http://www.hsus.org/ace/14411

About Us Field Projects How You Can Help Publications ... Raccoons Raccoons With their bandit's mask and ringed tail, raccoons ( Procyon lotor At least as intelligent as cats or dogs, raccoons possess far greater manual dexterity as well as a highly developed sense of touch. In fact, the word "raccoon" is derived from arakun, an Algonquin word meaning "he scratches with his hands." It was once thought that raccoons' familiar "washing" of foods demonstrated hygienic instincts. But in truth, raccoons don't wash everything they eat. They manipulate food, dunking and soaking it when water is available, and so appear to be washing it. However, when water is not convenient, they use many of the same motions in handling food. The behavior probably more accurately reflects a need to tactually experience things than it does to clean them. The raccoon's diet is highly varied. Mainstays include fruits, vegetables, and acorns; earthworms, fish, and other aquatic animals (such as crayfish) are eaten when available. Raccoons aren't particularly effective hunters, but they'll eat small animals like birds, amphibians, and mice when the opportunity arises. Their appetite for foods such as grapes and sweet corn often lead to conflicts with home gardeners. Raccoons are usually active at night, and by day, they retire to denning or resting sites. Dens are made above ground in tree cavities, chimneys and attics, as well as underground in old woodchuck burrows, storm sewers, or crawl spaces under buildings. When they feel secure enough, raccoons may simply lie in thickets or swamps on open ground.

17. Raccoon Roundworm (Baylisascaris Procyonis) Contact with wild raccoons or exposure to their feces should be avoided. Hunters, trappers, and wash their hands after handling raccoons. wild raccoons should be discouraged from http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/4892/raccoonroundworm.html

18. Spring Brings Baby Raccoons: Check Chimneys Now To Avoid Conflicts The wild Neighbors program of The Humane Society of the United States offers informationon humanely living with wild animals, including raccoons around homes. http://www.hsus.org/ace/20680

About Us Field Projects How You Can Help Publications ... Spring Brings Baby Raccoons: Check Chimneys Now to Avoid Conflicts Spring Brings Baby Raccoons: Check Chimneys Now to Avoid Conflicts March 10, 2004 To a raccoon, a chimney without a secure cap is a perfect nursery to raise the young born this time of year. Raccoons look for tall structures they can enter from the top with protected interiors where mother and young will be safe from predators. Raccoons learned to look for these features in hollow trees long before people built chimneys. An abundance of chimneys and corresponding short supply of hollow trees in cities and suburbs is a recipe for conflict with these wild neighbors, according to the wildlife experts at The HSUS. Homeowners should cap chimneys now, before raccoon birthing season. The HSUS offers these tips for capping a chimney: * If you find evidence of a raccoon in residence, wait until the family has moved out before capping the chimney. Waiting a couple of months gives the babies a chance to mature so they can survive on their own. * Home and hardware stores sell caps that homeowners can install themselves. Chimney sweeps and similar services can also install them.

19. Wild Text Among the most familiar of the wild animals in the Three Forks Harbor area are the raccoons in the wild is much less. Many wild raccoons do not survive beyond http://www.threeforksharbor.org/wildtext/page2.html

20. Raising Orphan Raccoons Poking through the scat (fecal pellets) of wild raccoons in your area willgive you an idea of what they are consuming – do it wearing gloves. http://www.2ndchance.info/raisingraccoons.htm

An archive of questions submitted by exotic pet owners and articles written in response by Dr. Hines CARING FOR ORPHANED AND INJURED RACCOONS RAISING BABY BANDITS (Feeding orphan baby raccoons from infancy to adulthood) and caring for injured adults (5/21/04 R.S. Hines DVM PhD) Well, how old is this baby raccoon anyway? Ages in order: 4 weeks, 5weeks, 6 weeks, 7 weeks, 8weeks, 28wks... (Eyes closed, ears unopened)(Crawls spraddle-legged) (begin to walk) A 1500- 2000 gram baby ( time to have started giving it the skills it will need for release*) *(Because I deal with urban raccoons, I might consider giving them Emrab-3 killed rabies vaccine and a ferret distemper vaccine both by Merial and a killed cat Parvovirus (cat distemper) product. This is highly frowned upon by all Government officials for various plausible reasons and may be illegal in various localities). The Baylisascaris Question First, If you wish to be scared out of your wits, read CDC (U.S. Center For Disease Control) Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) April 2002 issue, Vol.8, No.4. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/index.htm

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