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Saw a racoon on a lead today
I thought I was mistaken at first but there was a girl in Manchester city centre (Market Street) with this huge crowd round her. So we went over to see what was attracting the attention.
I wouldn't have thought this was an animal you could have as a pet. Was pretty large too. She then picked it up (all the tourists were taking photos) and walked off with it. Just really surprised me. |
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How bizarre.
Unless it was just a rather large racoon looking ferret lol
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I know someone with a racoon as a pet..they cannot be completely tamed and do bite and nibble on you..not the best pets
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Nope, they are quite unpredictable at times
sounds like this girl has hers well handled you can keep them with a DWA licence, the amount of money you need to spend on enclosures for most exotics like 'coons is immense though |
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Coatis are way cooler than raccoons.
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What that woman was doing sounds quite cruel to me, taking a wild animal out on a leash in public
![]() Even though it sounds like the raccoon was tame, surely all those people surrounding the poor thing would have been quite overwhelming for it. |
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Saw a wild one in Canada once, it was a beautiful creature. The locals didn't agree though.
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What that woman was doing sounds quite cruel to me, taking a wild animal out on a leash in public
![]() Even though it sounds like the raccoon was tame, surely all those people surrounding the poor thing would have been quite overwhelming for it. Perhaps its always out on a lead but it was walking so low to the ground and it was so crowded it wouldn't be my ideal place for walking a normal sized dog let alone anything smaller. |
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They stink to high heaven.
I'd never have a wild animal like that as a pet in my house. |
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three of my friends have pet raccoons and none of the posts i have read sounds anything like them
http://www.oreoandfriends.co.uk/ |
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I thought I was mistaken at first but there was a girl in Manchester city centre (Market Street) with this huge crowd round her. So we went over to see what was attracting the attention.
I wouldn't have thought this was an animal you could have as a pet. Was pretty large too. She then picked it up (all the tourists were taking photos) and walked off with it. Just really surprised me. |
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[quote=Butcher Bill;56196521]They stink to high heaven.
I'd never have a wild animal like that as a pet in my house. Im a friend of sallygill1961 - Who ever told you Raccoons smell???? They smell no worse than any animal if kept correctly, my animals are clean and live in a clean enclosure and are looked after. I think you need to watch some Sky Animal Planet and see what state humans leave there so called domesticated (originally wild) animals in. |
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What that woman was doing sounds quite cruel to me, taking a wild animal out on a leash in public
![]() Even though it sounds like the raccoon was tame, surely all those people surrounding the poor thing would have been quite overwhelming for it. Friend of sallygill1961 and owner of 2 raccoons - they have not been ripped from the wild and sold to the pet trade they are UK bred raccoons that probably originate from the Fur Trade.... I suppose you would buy one as a coat now I think that is cruel. |
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as you can see my friend is very passionate about her animals i only have 2 cats and 5 guinea pigs so quite ordinary in comparison but looking forward to meeting oreo one day for one of his famous belly rubs
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[quote=sallygill1961;56206112] Quote:
They stink to high heaven.
I'd never have a wild animal like that as a pet in my house. Im a friend of sallygill1961 - Who ever told you Raccoons smell???? They smell no worse than any animal if kept correctly, my animals are clean and live in a clean enclosure and are looked after. I think you need to watch some Sky Animal Planet and see what state humans leave there so called domesticated (originally wild) animals in. |
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the one they had at college's outside enclosure stank, but that was probably because it (or maybe just the water trough) never got cleaned...
the inside enclosure never really did though meerkats are said to smell, but i can't say they're especially ripe if you keep on top of hygiene routines, most things are next to odourless anyway |
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[quote=TennisFreak08;56208319] Quote:
I too thought they stank. Is this a myth? |
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Well anything will stink if hygiene isn't up to scratch but I would think that's more the owner's fault than the animal's.
Nice to see something out of the ordinary, friend of Sally Gill 1961!
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Awww, beautiful Bobo. Is s/he friendly?
yes very they all are |
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