Raccoon females do not abandon their children but when their children get old enough to put on their own they will leave the mother. It is much more common for a raccoon mother to be killed by another animal or hit by a car or any of the other ways raccoons tend to die and …
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Raccoons are far from athletic. They tend to be large and lumbering but in their youth, they are more energized. The raccoon is a much better climber than a jumper. The squirrel and vole and other native rodents are much more capable of jumping. The native vole can jump up to twenty times in body …
Keeping raccoons out of your yard is a very difficult thing to do. There are some basic practices you can follow to make it less common. Raccoons are mammals that are carnivorous in the summer, fall and spring but omnivorous in the winter. They can eat essentially any biomatter from long-dead animals to root vegetables. …
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Raccoons are adorable mascots of urban living, but they are problematic all the same. They break into attics, where they leave piles of feces and break electric cables. The damages they cause to the roof expose the attic to the elements, which gets the insulation wet and causes mold. A single raccoon invasion can leave …
Raccoon roundworm, or Baylisascaris procyonis, is an intestinal parasite whose primary hosts are raccoons. While it does not kill raccoons, it is fatal to other species, like squirrels. Roundworm eggs are spread in an infected animal’s feces, which become airborne or picked up off the ground. Once ingested, the eggs move into their host’s intestinal …
Raccoons are a destructive and dangerous species of mammals that can kill you without even being present on your property. They are the vector species for rabies which means they are the cause of 90 percent of human or animal inspections of the virus. They possess a dangerous parasite in their bowels called raccoon roundworm …
Raccoons are a dangerous and divisive species they are aggressive both to humans and other animals but are also aggressive towards each other. The common raccoon can live for up to seven years but they often die by three as the world is a dangerous place for them. In captivity, raccoons have been known to …
Raccoons are strange animals. They are not like animal groups that we are used to, like dogs and cats and other familial animals. Raccoons are not familiar at all. Like black and brown squirrels they tend to kill each other. They are hyper-aggressive and have a very strange mating ritual. Raccoons are not friendly animals, …
Raccoons do not usually hunt during the day under normal circumstances, but it is not unheard of when they do prow and scavenge for food. Raccoons are actually nocturnal animals and this had many people believe that seeing raccoons during daytime meant that they were rabid. There is a bit of truth to this. Most …
Raccoons are very common in Canadian cities and suburbs. They do very well near humans, feeding on our garbage and denning in our yards. These are smart, adaptable creatures that often go undetected. Because they are nocturnal, they usually only come out at night. So, while you might not see them very often, raccoons are …
