The first spring in Ohio I had a raccon in my kitchen...It broke the screen on the back door and walked in. I heard a crash and saw a tail go through the opening. We had a tiger cat at the time and the tail looked the same. I jumped off the chair and went to grab the tail, I thought it was the cat and she was NOT an outside cat. It is a good thing I wasn't fast enough to catch it. I had a basket with apples on the kitchen fllor the were missing. the next moring the bag was on the deck. It freaked me out that night the germy thing was in my kitchen. I bleached everything and threw the basket the appples were in away. You can kill raccoons any time where I live they are considered pests since there is an infestation of them. I couldn't go on my deck without several coming up. They are mean and nasty. If I grilled out they would all be over the grill as soon as it cooled. I no longer have a grill it attracts them. I hate them they look cute but they are the biggest carrier of rabies and fleas. Everyone was killing them in the sub division. Or trapped them to relocate them. I trapped an albino it was so cute I called several zoo's to see if anyone wanted an albino racoon as each one told me the same thing. As rare as an albino raccoon is they didn't want it too many diseases and rabies.
BE CAREFUL CARRIE DON"T GET TO CLOSE!!!!!!!