@papa-pepper, love the raccoon bit. I have one (not in captivity) living here on my property who is tame with me, though not with anyone else. She is my writing buddy--comes inside most nights and sits with me while I work. She's 22 pounds, and yes, I did have her vaccinated for rabies, as well as the dogs diseases like parvo and distemper, and cat diseases like panleukopenia. Coons can get all of those. She is also regulary dewormed. I can handle her fine, but heaven help anyone else who might try. LOL She plays with certain dogs here in the rescue and knows the ones who are safe. I love her dearly. She's almost two years old now, and I suspect she'll probably live a long time, because she's pretty safe in the trees just outside my window, where she spends most of her time. And I make sure she's fed well. However, I can't imagine anyone who'd want to make an actual pet out of a raccoon. I will only let her into the room where she climbs through the window, and she has destroyed the drywall in places, several computer keyboards, and chewed through more cords than I can count. Like the tasmanian devil on crack. But I just can't tell her no when she comes begging. LOL Photo of her sitting with me at this link: http://imgur.com/a/hQ838