This little guy has been coming around with his mom and siblings for about 6 months and he is starting to look beat up. He just came today at noon which is a first. I'm worried he's sick. Does anyone have advice/suggestions?

My indoor/outdoor cat and the raccoon that has been coming to share food with him recently both watching a tom cat come up the sidewalk

The Quad Squad that visits my front porch every night.

It seems a huge percentage of the pictures posted on this sub are of raccoons being fed by humans. I totally get the desire to do that. Hell, I’ve done it in years past! I am posting to make the humble request people stop doing this, as it can put raccoons in danger.

When wildlife comes to see humans as snack machines, they become acclimated to people and are much more likely to approach the wrong person. Or maybe you move and the next person to move in sees the raccoons as a menace.

We all know where this leads.

Please think twice. A raccoons life could hang in the balance. There is also a question of the nutritional content of what people feed them, though with raccoons I worry about that less since they raid trash cans and get the same type of food anyway.

I am fully aware this post will not be appreciated by a lot of you. Still, please think about it.

His name is gremlin. He's a dick to everyone else and he's still just a baby! He bullies bears twice his size and they comply! Likes to slap me on the foot and run away, and as you see, when I come out with a marshmallow he stands up in front of me like he wants me to pick him up.

Raccoon Thanksgiving Feast

Tons of fruit! They're loving the apple slices and red grapes.
I'm hoping a Hank appears soon. (Hank = possum lol)
https://www.twitch.tv/wildlifecam

Edit: not grapes tonight but cranberries…I think.

Little bears dropped by for an early TG breakfast.

Little down on myself right now so sharing a smile. One of my photos. Raccoons are sweet and silly.