Raccoon cubs for sale

Raccoon cubs for sale. The Raccoons are not pets in the way that cats and dogs are, no matter how many generations have been bred in captivity. At best, they can be considered a companion friend. Raccoons as pets require a deep understanding of what you are getting into in terms of both personal sacrifice and financial costs. It is a commitment that could last 16 years or more. People who think they can just dump a pet raccoon back into the wild when it gets too wild (surprise!) to handle, are just sentencing it to a slow and cruel death.

Caring for Raccoon cubs

Raccoons are wonderful, intelligent, and adaptable animals. Here,  we have adopted them as our animal mascot, because we believe that they symbolize many of the characteristics we strive to embody. They are curious, hands-on animals that are constantly exploring their environment to learn more about it. More so, They are creative and adaptable, able to eat pretty much anything they find in order to survive, as well as being able to live in almost every type of habitat imaginable. Also, They exist in swamps, cities, forests, marshes, and many other ecosystems in between. We treat quite a lot of raccoons every year, and the majority of them come to us as small babies.

Steps to consider when caring for a raccoon cub;

When treating a baby raccoon, there are four very important things to keep in mind. The first is the frequency that they need to be fed. We start by feeding babies as much as 8 times a day if they are very young. Also feeding at regular intervals is very important for their digestion.

The second is hydration levels. Baby animals need to be kept around a certain level of hydration, which is usually taken care of due to the fact that the formula we feed them contains a large percentage of water. What is often a problem is too much hydration. Babies can get diarrhea easily, and feeding too often with too much water is one of the easiest ways to give them loose stool. A balance needs to be struck between over and under hydration.

The third thing to keep in mind is the need for genital stimulation when their eyes are closed. In the wild, their mothers lick their genital area in order to stimulate the babies to urinate and defecate. We need to wipe the area with a warm wet cloth after every feeding. Or their waste builds up in their intestines and can lead to some nasty problems.

And Very important…

Finally, it is very important to keep the babies warm. Young animals have very little tolerance for the cold, and succumb to hypothermia much more easily than adults. The cold can also hurt the function of their immune and digestive systems. We keep heating pads under our baby raccoon cages at all times until they reach a more adolescent stage. Like hydration however, it is important to remember balance. The heating pad is always set on low and we keep an area of the cage off the pad. So that the babies can self-regulate their temperature by moving to that area if they get too hot for some reason.