What does it mean when a racoon....?

[batmanmc]

it was rabid. i would have ran away. i see a few racoons where i live . havents een one during the day. and t-1 proves why we need him once again with useless racoon trivia

[EmergencyIan]

WOW! Thanks for the advice. That's pretty frightening guys!!! I did half expect it to lunge at me or chase me just because it was so freakin' wierd to see it behaving that way.

In the NY area where I live even a hint of a racoon at night is a very rare thing.

Go figure, that I (a farm boy from Indiana) would see them here in the Bronx on an almost nightly basis. I live on the "1st" floor and at the back of my apartment is the garage roof for the building. Anyhow, cats, raccoons and even possums come up here (and look in our living room window). The possums freak my wife out...lol We only feed the stray cats.

- Ian

[saildog]

That's when I did what a hillbilly would do ....
I just opened up the window and shot him from inside the house

I think we may be related.

[theantiquetiger]

I think we may be related.

A true hillbilly would have sent out his thirty something hound dogs to tree the poor thing or tear it to shreds, and then the hillbilly would have made a hat out of the remains.

Us coonass's here in Louisiana would have just made a sauce-pecan out of him and served him with opossum on the half-shell (armadilla).

[Hulk]

Since you live in NYC, I am guessing it was really just a really big rat, dressed up as a racoon, acting crazy and rabid just so you wouldn't mess with it.

[johnmiic]

In Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan I think racoons are a rare thing. As you get closer to Long Island and upstate they are very common.

[kresge1]

Freakiest thing this morning. I saw a raccoon in the back streets of this residential area where I parked my car before catching the train for work. It was in the middle of the street. It wasn’t crossing the road; it just kept walking around in circles. I once heard the real life tazmanian devil does that when it’s hunting. What the hell was the racoon doing?

stay away John.Call animal control,like everyone else said

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Tazzie Devils do run in circles...I thought it was just because they were bored in captivity when I saw them doing that...kinda sad.

[EmergencyIan]

In Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan I think racoons are a rare thing. As you get closer to Long Island and upstate they are very common.

Yeah, I'm in the Northern most tip of the West side of the Bronx, just below Westchester county. So, I'm sure we see a lot more here than you would in most of Queens, Brooklyn and in Manhattan, for sure. Staten Island probably still has it's fair share of critters, though.

By the way, there has been a BIG problem with rabid raccoons in this area and on Long Island. They also tend to get pretty damn large around here and agressive in general. I would never, intentionally, get anywhere near them.


- Ian

[BlackKnight]

I feed Bob "the Racoon" I named up here... cheeze nips & some water.. likes to dip the crackers in the water,.. also took them from my hand a few times... Last Time I saw him/her it had about 4 babies with it.... that was about 5to7 months ago,... I dunno,.. perhaps it got it by a car,.. I have not scene him since. However I realize this might not be the smartest thing to do, but I think this particular Racoon was used to being hand fed,... he was different than most I ran across. Perhaps it was just looking to be fed ?.

[thunderbolt]

^^^ Feeding wildlife isn't a good idea, feeding alligators here is illegal.

[Goblin19]

We used to have a raccoon that would get into our garbage at work. One night, it actually popped out of a can about 1 foot from me as I was exiting. It never caused any problems, but then it started showing up in our parking lot and surrounding area during the day and wasn't hiding from the people. It was also very strange looking. A cop came out and shot it, but made my assistant bag it up and throw it out. It was definitely rabid.

[RG]

I feed Bob "the Racoon" I named up here... cheeze nips & some water.. likes to dip the crackers in the water,.. also took them from my hand a few times... Last Time I saw him/her it had about 4 babies with it.... that was about 5to7 months ago,... I dunno,.. perhaps it got it by a car,.. I have not scene him since. However I realize this might not be the smartest thing to do, but I think this particular Racoon was used to being hand fed,... he was different than most I ran across. Perhaps it was just looking to be fed ?.

One time I looked out my front window (about 10 pm-ish) and there were at least 12 raccoons running around and playing, fun to watch and I knew they were not rabid, but I still didn't go near them You and I are in the North West and our raccoons don't have the rabies issues the ones back east have, still you might not want to get to close.