r/MadeMeSmile • u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 • May 20 '26

ANIMALS Forever grateful

By @abbyandersonmusic

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u/Trips-Over-Tail May 20 '26

This is how domestication starts.

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u/Your_Cat_In_Disguise May 20 '26 edited May 21 '26

I read an article about how raccoons are the housecats of the future on account of them domesticating themselves.

Edit: thanks for the award! I love how many people are coming out of the woodwork to talk about their self-domesticated raccoon friends lmao

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u/purdueAces May 20 '26

My cousin had a family of trash pandas in his garage rafters. Unfortunately mama got hit by a car. All the babies went their own way, except the runt, who didn't seem to know what to do, so he took it in. The thing was so freaking fun and playful and cute. ... RIGHT UNTIL HE HIT PUBERTY. Then it turned in to this vicious fucking devil, and he had to be released. Was like a switch flipped in it's mind. They are a long way from domestication.

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u/Mysterious_Status_11 May 20 '26

My daughter and her friend found a kitten and baby raccoon living in a boarded-up Crack house. We took the kitten, the friend kept the baby raccoon. He too was sweet and playful until he wasn't and they had to release him.

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u/Forbden_Gratificatn May 20 '26

Maybe he got into the crack again.