 5Cats
Male, 40-49, Canada
 16885 Posts
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Sunday, July 08, 2012 1:37:19 AM
vv @Gerry1: You're a lucky guy to have had such a cool, exotic pet! They are adorable... until they rip your attic apart... (wild ones I mean). |
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 TheJ3553
Male, 18-29, Canada
145 Posts
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Saturday, July 07, 2012 6:49:09 PM
That was just awesome. |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25554 Posts
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Saturday, July 07, 2012 10:57:50 AM
5Cats - correct. You cannot tame a wild one, but if you raise them, male and female are great. The males will go independant. If you try to keep them when they're ready to leave they'll get agressive so it's best to just let them go when they're ready. The females a good life-long pets. And they're clean. Little shedding. Automatically litterbox trained but without the bad cat odor. cheep to feed - whatever you're having.
But you have to child-proof your house. Their little hands can and will get into EVERYTHING. And they can climb to any cupboard height and some have learned to work combo locks. Very clever. |
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5Cats
Male, 40-49, Canada
16885 Posts
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Saturday, July 07, 2012 10:07:33 AM
I've read that you can keep female coons, but the males are untameable after they mature...
Kinda like humans! (Of any colour)
On the other hand, skunks make good housepets! Again, so I've read...
Hummm, I'll just stick with kittehs, thanks. |
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Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25554 Posts
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Saturday, July 07, 2012 9:05:01 AM
@ sutra - according to Wikipedia "roughly 97% of human rabies cases result from dog bites". Admittedly that's in the 3rd world not here. But any wild animal can carry disease. A tame racoon is a safe, wonderful, {high maintenance} pet.
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 sutra46
Female, 40-49, Asia
1997 Posts
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Saturday, July 07, 2012 8:35:46 AM
@turd
Yep. I typed it pretty much as my brain went back N forth 
@gerry
Rabbies in pet population of dog s is eradicated, when was the last time you heard of a rabid pet dog? Or humans catching an exotic disease from their dog. It don't happen.
Coon (meaniing established in context of this post) are famous for biting people and dining at the finest dumps in the neighborhood and the rushing back home to bite people. And they always have some suspect bumps and boils and don't manicure their filthy paws .
They are cute though especially when they are stealing.
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Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25554 Posts
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Saturday, July 07, 2012 8:13:40 AM
sutra46, "Coon is a derogatory term for people of colour.
That was adorable in the most hicky way.
Those animals carry rabies among other horrible diseases. "
So do dogs, what's your point.
Coons are great pets! {I mean the animal, not coloreds} I raised some growing up with the other 'Hicks'. {again I mean I raised coons, not negros} They're like a cross between a cat and a monkey...racoons are I mean.
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5Cats
Male, 40-49, Canada
16885 Posts
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Saturday, July 07, 2012 7:15:30 AM
vv @MacGuffin I :heart: your new avatar!
I knew it was "racoon" because I saw it in the live submissions, and because I try to think people wouldn't be so stupid as to use a racist term in the title (unless is was to be funny! Kinda like this is). |
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 Evil_Eye
Male, 18-29, Europe
1275 Posts
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Saturday, July 07, 2012 6:35:04 AM
I bet everyone who clicked on this was expecting something racist... I am happy to be mistaken! |
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 Sectsktn
Female, 30-39, Western US
174 Posts
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Saturday, July 07, 2012 1:09:28 AM
I was quite relieved to see an actual raccoon in this... |
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 MacGuffin
Female, 30-39, Europe
2597 Posts
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Saturday, July 07, 2012 12:07:18 AM
@Sutra - The way you wrote that comment...It seems like the left and right side of your brain take turns, every other sentence.
LOL!
I think the racoon just seemed happy to have got the chair. It was a right wee cutie. Amazing what animals can get away with by being cute.
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 OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8710 Posts
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Friday, July 06, 2012 9:48:32 PM
I believe most coons are repelled by Hannah Montana. |
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 PinkHomicide
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
330 Posts
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Friday, July 06, 2012 9:47:20 PM
I'm not sure who is more adorable the old man or the raccoon. |
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 lawndartsftw
Male, 40-49, Canada
1815 Posts
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Friday, July 06, 2012 9:41:25 PM
In the part of Canada where I live, coon is short for racoon, a destructive pest in both rural and urban areas. This was a cool feature, but the sight of that racoon did trigger the impulse to reach for my 12-gauge...... |
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 Selous
Male, 30-39, Australia
1205 Posts
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Friday, July 06, 2012 8:17:36 PM
coon is a word for the black fellows down under |
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 turdburglar
Male, 30-39, Western US
1775 Posts
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Friday, July 06, 2012 7:39:58 PM
@Sutra - The way you wrote that comment...It seems like the left and right side of your brain take turns, every other sentence. |
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 robosnitz
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
2752 Posts
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Friday, July 06, 2012 7:24:22 PM
I know some coons that have rabies.They live here in the projects. |
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sutra46
Female, 40-49, Asia
1997 Posts
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Friday, July 06, 2012 5:00:16 PM
Coon is a derogatory term for people of olour.
That was adorable in the most hicky way.
Those animals carry rabies among other horrible diseases.
Still cute. |
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 fancylad
Male, 30-39, Western US
2512 Posts
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Friday, July 06, 2012 4:32:47 PM
Link: Hannah Montana Coon Repellent [Rate Link] - How to keep from being Coon food. |
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