Danger! Raccoons on the prowl in Seal Beach

Seal Beach prides itself as a safe haven from most of the criminal ills of large cities.

[Anonymous too]

So, the plaza section of Long Beach has them to. I saw two of them, approximately, 3 months ago.....I thought they were so cute and they are HUGE! We ought to enjoy the animals that roam our neighborhoods, while we still have them.....

[Danny Wilcox]

Anonymous too wrote:

So, the plaza section of Long Beach has them to. I saw two of them, approximately, 3 months ago.....I thought they were so cute and they are HUGE! We ought to enjoy the animals that roam our neighborhoods, while we still have them.....

I so agree. Live in Belmont Heights and have a whole family living under the jacuzzi. They are big and beautiful. Love to watch them play from upstair window. Our dog and cat are in the house at night and that's when they come out. Makes me feel like I'm in the woods instead of a few blocks from Redondo Ave.

[victor]

Warning to anyone! its not the raccoons that are a danger, if you are foolish enough to call Long Beach animal control the policy is to kill them instead of releasing them back into the wild. Go and google this fact if you do not believe it,

[Hondo Lane]

Ive seen LB Animal control in action. Not the most compassionate crew I have ever seen thats for sure.

[lookout]

Danny Wilcox wrote:

<quoted text> I so agree. Live in Belmont Heights and have a whole family living under the jacuzzi. They are big and beautiful. Love to watch them play from upstair window. Our dog and cat are in the house at night and that's when they come out. Makes me feel like I'm in the woods instead of a few blocks from Redondo Ave.

Keep your dogs and cats far away from raccoons. They will rip on them hard, if confronted. Raccoons fight like maniacs.
Think "tasmanian devil."

[Reson]

Anonymous too wrote:

So, the plaza section of Long Beach has them to. I saw two of them, approximately, 3 months ago.....I thought they were so cute and they are HUGE! We ought to enjoy the animals that roam our neighborhoods, while we still have them.....

I'm in Bixby Knolls and we have a nice variety of nightlife here including rats, possums and coons. The coons are big, fat and healthy and appear to be very friendly however I don't trust 'em enough to let them get near me or mine.

[Uncle Jed]

mighty good eatin'!

[Anonymous too]

Reson, To tell you the truth , neither do I. I live directly across the street from El Dorado Park and we have all of those to, plus skunks, squirrels, ducks, foxes and all kinds of other wildlife, that only seems to come out at night.....as a, thankfully recently former, third shifter, I've seen all kinds of animals that I have no name for or even knew could be found around here.....I have a huge window that I get to look out and enjoy the scenery and no outside animals to worry over.....

[Anonymous too]

excuse me, last line should have read, "outside pets to worry over"....

[Reson]

Anonymous too wrote:

Reson, To tell you the truth , neither do I. I live directly across the street from El Dorado Park and we have all of those to, plus skunks, squirrels, ducks, foxes and all kinds of other wildlife, that only seems to come out at night.....as a, thankfully recently former, third shifter, I've seen all kinds of animals that I have no name for or even knew could be found around here.....I have a huge window that I get to look out and enjoy the scenery and no outside animals to worry over.....

Wow you never have to go to the zoo, looks like the zoo has come to you eh?

[Shore girl]

I watched a mama and 3 babies night before last frolicking and playing in the backyard of a house across the street in Belmont Shore and it was the cutest thing I've ever seen. Even took pictures and every time the camera would click they would stop and look and continue playing. So adorable to watch nature in action.

[Reson]

Shore girl wrote:

I watched a mama and 3 babies night before last frolicking and playing in the backyard of a house across the street in Belmont Shore and it was the cutest thing I've ever seen. Even took pictures and every time the camera would click they would stop and look and continue playing. So adorable to watch nature in action.

Yes but remember, never touch a wild animal no matter how cute and friendly they look. You don't know what kind of diseases they could carry and if one bites you, you could be in big trouble. I have a litter of opposum about the size of rats that wander around in my yard at night, they go after the cat food that I leave as a snack for Booger bear during the night. Though opposum too are the cutest things to look at when they are really small, even Booger bear knows to keep his distance from them.

[michelle]

seal beach is going to have more trouble than racoons

[geez]

Reson wrote:

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I'm in Bixby Knolls and we have a nice variety of nightlife here including rats, possums and coons. The coons are big, fat and healthy and appear to be very friendly however I don't trust 'em enough to let them get near me or mine.

Especially after what they did to those girls in Bixby Knolls a few halloween's back.

[Reson]

geez wrote:

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Especially after what they did to those girls in Bixby Knolls a few halloween's back.

well geez wat happend?

[April]

lookout wrote:

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Keep your dogs and cats far away from raccoons. They will rip on them hard, if confronted. Raccoons fight like maniacs.
Think "tasmanian devil."

Raccoons will not bother your dog or cat unless bothered first. We have raccoons in Glendale, and they co-exist peacefully with the feral cats. No problem. I have heard that if they are starving they will eat newborn kittens. But not your average dog or cat.

[Reson]

April wrote:

<quoted text>Raccoons will not bother your dog or cat unless bothered first. We have raccoons in Glendale, and they co-exist peacefully with the feral cats. No problem. I have heard that if they are starving they will eat newborn kittens. But not your average dog or cat.

You are Correct, they do co-exist with cats. But any starving animal will take advantage of kittens.

[The Old Guy from LBC]

I've got one who comes into the back yard each night, soon after it gets dark, and he chows down on the dry cat food I leave out for assorted visitors. Yep, they're huge, alright. But why does he have to wear that black mask? Maybe he watched some Lone Ranger reruns and got the idea from that.

[Reson]

The Old Guy from LBC wrote:

I've got one who comes into the back yard each night, soon after it gets dark, and he chows down on the dry cat food I leave out for assorted visitors. Yep, they're huge, alright. But why does he have to wear that black mask? Maybe he watched some Lone Ranger reruns and got the idea from that.

Maybe he is the Lone Ranger. Stranger things have happened :>)

[Daniel in Hobbs]

kill them..eat them in a soup..very tasty..