After all, city-living can be tough, regardless of your species. Surviving in the urban jungle requires using every resource at your disposal. And raccoons, like their human counterparts, are extremely capable of doing just that.
In addition to being able to climb, dig, and swim, raccoons have thumb-like digits on their front paws that allow them to grab, twist, pull, and tear. Dogs can also get sick from the virus, but are usually protected by routine vaccinations. Check with your veterinarian to see if your dog is protected. Raccoons that have the distemper virus may look like they have rabies. They may also have a runny nose and runny eyes. If you are bitten by a raccoon or if saliva from a raccoon enters an open cut or mucous membrane eyes, nose or mouth :.
If your dog or cat is bitten or gets in a fight with a raccoon, contact your veterinarian and check whether its rabies vaccinations are up to date. If they are not, your pet may need to be isolated in a veterinary hospital. Raccoons typically look for safe, quiet areas to set up their dens. They will live almost anywhere, including sheds, rock piles, fireplace chimneys, hollow walls, attics or sewers.
If raccoons are in your home or yard, create an uncomfortable environment to encourage them to leave. Turn on bright or flashing lights and play loud music where the raccoons are living. If these methods do not work, you may need to find and hire a professionally licensed Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator. Once the raccoons have left, make sure they cannot return through the same way. With their adept fingers, they can easily catch prey and pick up food items. Raccoon Tracks Shape As stated earlier, raccoon prints are similar to handprints.
Therefore, the most obvious sign to look for is five fingers imprinted in the mud. These fingers are slightly symmetrically meaning they are almost parallel , and this feature helps tell them apart from opossums and muskrats. Opossums have wide-splayed toes. While muskrats have five toes also, the fifth toe is rarely imprinted in the soil. Dimensions There are some differences in size between the front and hind paw tracks of a raccoon.
Let's briefly take a look at them: Front Track A raccoon's front track is typically 1. It has small sharp claws appended to the tip of the toes. The palm pad is C-shaped and is slightly wider on the outside. The front track also contains a small mound in the middle of the track - thanks to the negative space at the end of the palm pad. The front track is smaller than the hind track. Hind Track A raccoon's hind track is typically 1. Toe 1, which is the inside toe, registers slightly lower than the rest.
When compared to the front track, the toes of the hind track points more forward. The palm pad is large and curved. It also gets larger towards the outside. It also has much less negative space at the posterior end, when compared to the front track. A raccoon's hind track is larger than the front track. Walking Pattern Another thing to look out for is the walking pattern of raccoons.
What this means is that their tracks are usually paired with the left hind foot placed next to the raccoon's right forefoot as the animal walks along. This unique pattern makes their track easy to identify.
Other Tracking Features When tracking is mentioned, identifying prints is invariably what comes to the mind of most people. However, there are other features you should be on the lookout for when tracking a raccoon. Scat Feces Raccoons are omnivores, and they eat a wide range of food.
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