You might wonder what a raccoon eats. After all, we know that raccoons love dumpster diving and eating from our trash. Raccoons have adapted to our cities and our urban environments in such a way that we cannot even imagine what raccoons eat in their natural environments. It might come as a surprise that the raccoon diet is quite balanced and healthy. Compare this to the urban raccoon’s diet which consists of a burger, fries, fried chicken, and other fatty foods that have caused an epidemic among raccoons which has caused spikes of obesity.
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In their natural habitat raccoons are known to consume berries, other fruits, nuts, grains, and vegetables. They also eat insects, eggs, poultry, rats, squirrels, small livestock, birds, fish, snakes, crawfish, worms, frogs, and mollusks. They are excellent fishermen catching fish with their dexterous hands. Raccoons like humans are carnivores, therefore it wouldn’t be considered out of place for raccoons to eat several types of rodents including mice and rats. As mentioned briefly, raccoons prefer fruits such as strawberries, watermelons, apples, cherries, and blackberries.
As far as their urban diet is concerned, they eat about anything readily available including what is present in your garbage bins right now. they are known to be very fond of cat and dog food, as well as other foods given to pets. They are even seen helping themselves to bird feed as their diet in the wild consists of grains and nuts ideally for fattening up in the wintertime.
Raccoon presence essentially equals food and where there is an abundance of food left, the likelihood to spot a raccoon in your kitchen at night trying and prying and even succeeding to open up the Tupperware that is stored in your fridge is not unlikely. It should not come as a surprise that these critters possess the necessary skills and the know-how to open up different types of seals and lids including the much-loved garbage bins.
Raccoons are very intelligent animals, but caution is always advised as they are still very unpredictable. These critters should be observed from a safe distance. It might be very tempting to lure them with food, but it does more harm than good. When raccoons realize that people are feeding them, they will return to the same place and expecting to be fed. Next time, a few friends will tag along turning a simple wholesome moment into a whole frenzy!
Raccoons are very problematic wildlife animals that have incredible skills to survive in urban areas. Raccoons are incredibly destructive and immediate action should be taken by professional wildlife removal technicians from Raccoon Control. We have been in the wildlife removal industry for more than a decade and continue to give people their lives back by what we know best, removing wildlife in an ethical and safe way using government-approved techniques.