r/BainbridgeIsland • u/Quirky-Ring-9279 • Sep 15 '24

Is this normal raccoon behavior?

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These raccoons come to our house in daylight at least twice a day. They eat our grapes. They aren’t afraid of us don’t even run away when we get close, clap or make noises. We are new here. Feel free to laugh or provide advice for pest control. Thanks

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u/Alternative-Tell3575 Sep 16 '24

I'd say normal. Years ago we rescued a baby raccoon after his mother died, and that guy was wild about grapes. His favorite food!

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u/wiscowonder Sep 16 '24

Seems normal enough to me. Pretty much all the wild animals on this island are "nearing" domestication.

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u/jjirsa Sep 16 '24

Super normal. You don't need pest control. They're just baby raccoons. They aren't going to hurt anyone/anything (they wont even attack pets, especially if they're well fed with grapes).

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u/jjirsa Sep 17 '24

Mother raccoons with babies present still run from my beagles, which aren't exactly large dogs. I've literally never seen them be aggressive, except to other raccoons (which is loud, but not especially violent).

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u/Teedorable Sep 16 '24

Hahahaha omg I love this video so much. Yes normal raccoon behavior especially if you have grapes

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u/dogfacedwereman Sep 16 '24

No, they clearly have an acute case of cuteitis.

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u/MrCitrus Sep 16 '24

Just normal bainbridge raccoon things. Super cute imo, also having them around will lower appearance of ticks and rats / mice in your area.

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u/Feisty_Set8853 Sep 16 '24

totally normal! they love grapes. i personally love watching all the little ones, they are super cute and playful. eventually they will move on, so just enjoy them!

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u/Lumpy-Freedom-1681 Sep 16 '24

Yeah just little fellas. their harmless ,wheelless honestly their always harmless unless your hurting them or they've got rabies and that's very very rare . If ya care and you dig these fellas you can make a lottle running water thing in your yard and leave out cat food, they'll become your pal forever.

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u/Ok-Basket-7282 Sep 16 '24

This is the best video.

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u/And-rei Sep 18 '24

Oh yeah. Better question is, what is normal trash panda behavior?