Are Raccoons Dangerous? – 3 Tips To Deal With Raccoons

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[DallasBiff]

Raccoons are commonly viewed as adorable and affectionate beings, however, they are ultimately wild creatures. They have the potential to be hazardous and may carry sicknesses that can pose a threat to humans. In this blog post, I will discuss essential information you should consider about raccoons before determining whether they are suitable for coexisting on your premises or not.

[laplata]

Racoons have drowned coon dogs.

[T.B. Yoits]

[linMcHlp]

Racoons most often win the battles against rats.

[SaveFerris]

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Never seen a raccoon 🦝🦝🦝 be a problem except at an ATM 🏧 about 16 years ago

He was eating a sandwich 🥪 and did NOT want to be bothered

He gave me “the look” LOL 🤣🤣🤣😆

There have been up to 5 on the back deck before

[maddog55]

A 50lb raccoon...right.

35 is considered massive unless it’s a pet then they get fat.

If they’re out in the daytime that’s unusual, if they show no fear that’s a sign they’re not good so shoot em, if they attack then game on.

[RoosterRedux]

They might kill chickens but I have never had them mess with a cat. Even the foxes won’t mess with my cats.

[RoosterRedux]

You can’t blame an animal for trying to defend itself.

[blackdog]

Neighbor had raccoons tearing into his silo bags. He went outside and found 50 or so, tearing open his corn silage bags. He fired a shot and they scattered up a very old 75' Basswood tree, where he began shooting them out of said tree. He kept shooting until his vest pockets were empty of shells for his shotgun. He then realized about 30 wounded raccoons were closing in on his position. They were very angry. He lost one ear, got part of his scalp ripped off, and hundreds of bites around his neck and his groin.

Mean beasts. Not just cute trash pandas.

[SaveFerris]

(Another one stayed with it for days until the dead one was taken away by the city)

😞🥺🙁

[RoosterRedux]

Heheh. I love the little guys but they can become a problem if you give them an inch.

[RckyRaCoCo]

Not as good as ‘possum innards...they’s just as good the second day.

[SaveFerris]

I just leave them food

Never a problem for years but one day it was 2v2

I yelled at the hissing ones and told them to share lol 😂

Only about one raccoon 🦝 left sadly

I’m on my 4th possum it appears

The third one took Ritz crackers as gently as a puppy - he’s been missing for 2 years so gone apparently 🥺😞🙁

[Vaduz]

Spot on LOL

[RoosterRedux]

I have a possum or 2. My property backs up to a wetland area and I need possums to kill the rattlesnakes and copperheads. The cats help too. They don't kill them, but they play with them until they're worn out (and leave).

After a storm a few years ago, one of my cats found a small rattler in my house (in the laundry room) and alerted me.

[laplata]

I always rooted for the coons when I was a kid.

[gundog]

I saw a giant one in south Florida. We were in a VW beetle...like “Damn...don’t hit that thing!”

[SaxxonWoods]

They can drown dogs.

[RoosterRedux]

Me too. Still do.;-)

If humans were as clever as raccoons, there would be no unemployment.

Raccoons hustle.

If you could teach them to work in factories or offices, human's would be quickly replaced.

[gundog]

Kitty probably brought it into the house....

[newfreep]