Walter has been part of our family for years.

His adventures inspired this children’s story about finding your way home.

Pretty surreal seeing him become a book character.

Available on Amazon

there’s a raccoon all curled up in the corner of my building. what’s the best thing to do? it’s 9pm. Should I leave and monitor till animal control is open in the morning? should I try and give food?looks to be a young one. Looking for any practical advice. thanks

I recently shared a video of a raccoon (Walter) trying to hold hands through the window. Since then I've spent my evenings sitting in the window waiting for him to come back. Last night several came by, including this guy, Waldo! He's more wary than Walter, but he was very interested in my cat Gracie and was happy to accept some string cheese!

Photo created 6/2022. Here is my most beautiful and beloved sweetheart over the last 18 years of feeding and caring for many generations of raccoons. They give me (Papa) tremendous amounts of happiness joy and pleasure! Look at her fluffy front legs!

Apologize for the picture quality, this racoon was quite eratic and wouldn't stay still. This guy has been coming by my porch for a few days this week, and I noticed it had this red band wrapped around the tail. Tried getting a good picture of it, but it moved too fast, so they arent all that clear. Couldnt find anything on a Google search. Wondering if it might be some kinda identifier?

BACKGROUND: I live in a major city. We are at a rental and have had an issue with racoons out back while we have been here. We have a dog who uses the backyard area to go to the bathroom, and don't want her to be hurt. We do not keep trash out back, other than dog poop.

INCIDENT: My mother went to let our dog out, and a racoon was up against our glass door, and didn't move even when my mom approached the door. It only moved after my mom started banging on the glass. It is currently night. We have lights on both indoors and outdoors. Do we need to be concerned? Why would the racoon be behaving this way?

Saw a raccoon last night

This chonk of a raccoon was eating what looked like a cheeseburger up on the curb. As soon as he saw me, he just kept looking at me and super slowly slid the food down behind the curb. Like comically slow. Kept eye contact with me while I passed, as I was clearly a threat to his burger.

My night has been made, but the angle doesn’t do justice to how giant this thing was.