Well they’re not domesticated, so regardless of how you raised them, they’ll always be pretty wild.
They don’t have thumbs, but they can do a hell of a lot with their little grabby hands. Have you seen those old school closing mechanisms for ice chests? They had a flap with a hole in it that folded down over a pin with a hole in it, and a little rotating pin that went through the hole. Hopefully you know what I’m talking about, but if not, just try to picture it. Anyways, on a camping trip one time we had an ice chest like that. Inside the ice chest was a carton of eggs. We knew there were raccoons in the area, so we pushed the ice chest under the truck on the off chance that they could figure out how to open that complicated mechanism. Welp, they somehow pulled the ice chest out from under the truck, opened the ice chest, neatly opened the carton of eggs, and ate every single one of them. I already knew they were smart, but after that I was amazed. I wouldn’t have believed it if I wasn’t there when it happened.
Edit: I found a picture of the type of class closure I’m talking about. It was like this except it was plastic.
I’ve heard about this dexterity, but i remember looking it up and finding out that they don’t have thumbs. So maybe not homosapien level there.
But I never looked up videos of raccoon dexterity. I bet there’s interesting puzzle solving stuff on YouTube.
Maybe it’s their intelligence that makes them appear so dexterous.
I’m okay with a smart pet.
Well they’re not domesticated, so regardless of how you raised them, they’ll always be pretty wild.
They don’t have thumbs, but they can do a hell of a lot with their little grabby hands. Have you seen those old school closing mechanisms for ice chests? They had a flap with a hole in it that folded down over a pin with a hole in it, and a little rotating pin that went through the hole. Hopefully you know what I’m talking about, but if not, just try to picture it. Anyways, on a camping trip one time we had an ice chest like that. Inside the ice chest was a carton of eggs. We knew there were raccoons in the area, so we pushed the ice chest under the truck on the off chance that they could figure out how to open that complicated mechanism. Welp, they somehow pulled the ice chest out from under the truck, opened the ice chest, neatly opened the carton of eggs, and ate every single one of them. I already knew they were smart, but after that I was amazed. I wouldn’t have believed it if I wasn’t there when it happened.
Edit: I found a picture of the type of class closure I’m talking about. It was like this except it was plastic.
I know mechanism you’re talking about.
But see they’re after confectionary ingredients again, I’ve already solved the riddle.
That is a very cool story, thanks.
I’m okay with an undomesticated pet as long as it’s okay with it, and these raccoons seem pretty comfortable inside a house.
But this raccoon trainer says you have to rub its belly so it can crap sometimes. I’d rather make cupcakes than raccoon cakes.