[Dr. Sivana]

Have you ever seen videos of racoons as pets? They are obese and lethargic.

So are my cats when they get older, but they seem to like it that way.

Yay for cats and dogs. They have the spectrum covered. I like watching racoons, but I think they are more wild than the article likes to admit.

[Dr. Sivana]

For a year I lived in Edgerton Wisconsin, the real life town where the raccoon "Rascal" lived. (It was a popular children's book later made into a Disney movie). It was interesting to note the still existing landmarks. But it still did not make me want to get a pet raccoon.

Edgerton is a great small town, might still be affordable, close to I-90, still has wild tobacco growing from the wrapper factory days, and has the world's largest Culver's. Recommended if you have to be in Wisconsin.

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And raccoons aren’t necessarily smart. Last fall one of our cats snuck out the door when I was getting the mail. For a number of nights afterwards, I put out a cat carrier with food inside to try and get him back. All we attracted were raccoons. I had left the carrier gate open to access the food, and one raccoon couldn’t figure out to go to the other end to get at the food. He kept trying to get in the wrong end. Finally he gave up in frustration and left.

Sadly, our cat never came back.