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GemDigger

(4,305 posts)

1. is it friendly?

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2020, 09:12 PM

May 2020

Enough that you can get close to it? If so, call a vet and find out if the tick stuff for dogs would be ok for a raccoon. The one that you put a few drops on the back of the neck kind.

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Ticks on a wild racoon. [View all] 3Hotdogs May 2020 OP

is it friendly? GemDigger May 2020 #1

Raccoons carry rabies...leave it alone... Sancho May 2020 #2

Never approach a wild racoon. safeinOhio May 2020 #3

Buy a package of Tick Tubes cyclonefence May 2020 #4

Spam deleted by MIR Team konarktriv7 May 2020 #5

I know of several families that have had orphaned raccoons. They were hand raised ... marble falls May 2020 #6

Luckily, she has no intention of trying to domesticate... just wants to get rid of its ticks. 3Hotdogs May 2020 #7

If there's a wildlife service in your area, I'd contact them Rhiannon12866 May 2020 #8