"Bandit"- My Raccoon

[Pepper]

Hi, my name is Pepper. A big hello to everyone out there. I am the proud owner of "Bandit"- the Guinness book record holder. I have him since he was 4 weeks old. He will soon be 7 years old. He is never in a cage, I don't believe in keeping animals in a cage ( only small rodents like mice or rats). If ya want to chat with me, feel free to e-mail me.

[Brown]

Hello Pepper,

You have a raccoon? I think he must be really cute! Do you have a picture of him? Since he is never in a cage, how and where do you keep him?

Love to hear from you soon.

[Pluto]

Hi Pepper!

Bandit is a Guinness book record holder? Wow.
Can you please tell us more?

[Pepper]

To Brown and Pluto
I would be glad to send you a picture of Bandit and tell you more about him, but I need your e-mail to do that. I don't know how to do that from this site. I'm new to this. You can visit my web sites. I am not nearly done with them yet but you can see what I have so far. www.bandit544.homestead.com (http://www.bandit544.homestead.com) or www.geocities.com/peppersbigbandit/bandit_the_raccoon.htm (http://www.geocities.com/peppersbigbandit/bandit_the_raccoon.htm)

[Brown]

Hello Pepper!

I am impressed with your raccoon. He is really big in size and seems really nice to carry and hug. http://petshub.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Pepper]

Bandit is very cute and huggable. This past Saturday, Bandit broke the worlds record with Guinness book for the third time.

[waxmuseum]

we have way bigger racoons in canada is that the record for a domestic racoon?
I used to have 3 of them but they left home when they recovered and where rehabed

[Pepper]

waxmuseum:
I really would like to see a coon bigger than mine. Bandit broke his own record for being the largest of any raccoons in the world. He now weights 64.9 pounds. E-mail me a picture of one bigger than Bandit o.k.

[Remy]

He's a pretty darn cute 'coon! I am curious about how you keep him too without a cage. When we had a raccoon, she was into everything, and not housetrained, which was a REAL problem. She'd try and scale your leg to get at what you were eating, and unfortunately, my brother roughed her up and made her somewhat aggressive (I still have scars on the back of my head), but I didn't fault her for it (I DID bite her back tho, and after that we got along better again).

Do you get him immunized? Is he neutered? How did you handle housetraining, and if he isn't neutered, does he get aggressive in the spring?

My raccoon (she became mine after my brother lost interest in cleaning up feces and paying for her food) had a cage to keep her safe from cars and dogs, but eventually she got out while I was gone (my brother, again...) and disappeared. I hoped that she was okay, I'd taken her fishing and foraging all summer hoping she'd learn neccessary skills.

I don't know if she ever did, but two years later a female racoon showed up at the back door in broad daylight with her three babies in tow, looking expectant. I told her "Wait here!" and ran into the house and threw everything I could find in the refrigerator into a dish, and took it out. Quite unconcerned about my presence, she and her little ones chowed down and had a good feed, before trundling back into the woods.

Was it Charlie come back to show me her family? I can't be sure, but I'd like to think so.

[Nightmare]

He is soooooo Cute,

I really envy you for having something so wild and natural. The closest I get is having them in my yard, well until the dog ran them off.

Hope to see pics on here of him real soon.

Nightmare

http://carsue.homestead.com/files/cat.jpg

[Pepper]

Dear Nightmare;
Thank you for your reply. Bandit is real sweet. You can see a lot of pictures of him. I started my own club in yahoo called Wonderful world of raccoons. Please join my club. There is a place in the club called photos. Go there and you'll find a bunch of photos of Bandit. I have some of my new baby raccoons as well. You can e-mail me to if you want. My e-mail address is... Bandit544@yahoo.com. PEPPER

[Nightmare]

I've been to your site. Too a couple of pictures with bandit and the cashews. Wanted to see if I could do an animation for you, but it didn't work. Did take the background out of two though, if you'd like I can e-mail them to you.

I promise they won't go anywhere else. I just like having fun with pictures. He is so adorable even really close up.

Thanks
Nightmare

PS Been looking for some "coon" graphics, but can't find any. Am trying one of my own, but that is going to take alot of time. Using Bandit as a model.

[Pepper]

Dear Nightmare;
I would love to see what you have. I'm honored that you want to use Bandit as a model. You can sent or reach me at my e-mail address. Here it is. Bandit544@yahoo.com
PEPPER

[Pepper]

Dear Remy;
Thank you for your reply. I want to respond to all your questions you might have about how I keep Bandit in the house without a cage. Why don't you e-mail me so we can talk one on one. My e-mail address is Bandit544@yahoo.com. I also started my own club in yahoo for people who love raccoons. It's called Wonderful world of raccoons. Please be my guest and join my club. I really would love to have you as a member, so PLEASE join. E-mail me.
PEPPER

[Nightmare]

Dear Pepper;

I am so glad you don't mind my using Bandit as a model. Remember I am new at this art thing and the is a .gif image so it distorted some when I saved it. I will get it cleaned up.

This is a work in progress, and you comments and critisism are welcome.

http://carsue.homestead.com/files/Sues_Bandit.gif

Nightmare



[This message has been edited by Nightmare (edited 06-01-2001).]

[Nightmare]

Almost have it complete. You can see it better and in .jpg on my site.

http://carsue.homestead.com/SignaturePhotos.html

Thanks again.

Nightmare

[Brown]

http://carsue.homestead.com/files/Sues_Bandit2.jpg

Nitemare, It is fabulous! Really very nice.
I am really impressed with your graphics!

[Garfield]

Beautifully done, Nitemare. http://petshub.com/ubb/wink.gif

[Nightmare]

I think it is finished. Here it is. Comments for improvements are welcom.

http://carsue.homestead.com/files/sues_bandit.jpg


http://carsue.homestead.com/files/fruit.gif

Have a great day

Nightmare

[Brown]

Great piece of work, Nitemare!
This smaller looks much better, and loads much faster. It looks real too. You are very good at it. http://petshub.com/ubb/smile.gif

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[Amsterdamn]

WOW that is so cool! Whis i could have one!!! http://petshub.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif

[gypsywoman]

Hi Pepper, I'm new to this site and am very interested in raccoons. I love them and am facinated with them. I tried to email you at your yahoo addy, but it failed. I would like to talk with you about raccoons as pets, could you email me please? gypsywoman67@hotmail.com thanks :)

[shessomarulover]

idea1: :meditate: :vampire: :argue: :redhot: :jump3: hi im shessomarulover i like monkeys im new to this site

[smena]

Hi Pepper, I'm new to this site and am very interested in raccoons. I love them and am facinated with them. I tried to email you at your yahoo addy, but it failed. I would like to talk with you about raccoons as pets, could you email me please? gypsywoman67@hotmail.com thanks :)
I have one i have had about 5 months,got him when his eyes were closed,so all he knows is humans,i would like to learn some stuff about them...smena_emcyrp@yahoo.com

[Lezlie]

Hi Pepper,
I've just adopted a 7-10 week old raccoon. I am concerned about fleas. The web site that gave the most information said not to use flea "dots" or sprays. She runs through the backyard with me, but I bring her indoors while I'm at work during the day. Any suggestions on flea control?

[DragonSpirit]

Umm, no offense but bringing up old forums is sorta stupid.. Half of the people then barely ever stayed on Petshub.