My cat has started to play with the raccoon. My person tried petting and got bit. Is there a way to get the raccoon as a pet?

My dad owned a raccoon as a kid, it fell down his neighbor's chimney as an infant, and they bottle fed it & kept it until it ran away for good, but even as an adult, they left it in an enclosure outside to let it out during "mating season" but he would always come back, and run along the headrests of my dad's pickup truck when he drove down the road. Ever since he told me that, and showed me pictures, I've always wanted a pet raccoon, or squirrel (my aunt raised an abandoned litter of them when I was little). At least I can get the squirrel in the game, but I would love to have a raccoon be my pet in the game.People have all kinds of wild pets, my friend's fiance wants a skunk (he won't ever get one because my friend would freak out, but still, that's his dream in life). I think I'm going to download the cat from the exchange that looks like a raccoon.& Not ALL raccoons have rabies, so that's kind-of a dumb comment to make. All animals are prone to rabies/other diseases, that doesn't mean they're all infected with it, or that they ever will be. I absolutely agree with liltab1121, that it's a matter of opinion, it's kind of like being a cat person vs a dog person. Some people like exotic animals, I don't consider raccoons to be exotic and I'm pretty sure there aren't laws against owning them since they're considered pests though there might be.- Jess

That was ridiculous :roll: its the sims... a gameI would love a pet raccoon in the game! Or something along the lines of a ferret

We kept a fox as a pet when I was growing up. I would have loved a raccoon.These are pixels, people! It's a game. I love how people are lecturing the OP that raccoons are wild animals not fit to be pets, in a game that allows people to have a unicorn as a pet. If unicorns can be pets, then morally or ethically or whatever your hangup is about, it should be okay to have a raccoon as a pet.

I can't believe people flipped a lid over a simple question of asking if you can own a pixelated racoon in a computer game.I don't think you can sadly. As others have said, you can save the skin and then in CAP you can "make" one, however it'll meow as it's a cat. Just like in Sims 2.

For the 2 that just went off on LadyElfie for wanting a raccoon in her game, you need to calm yourself. Shes entitled to her own opinion and so are you, but you shouldnt jump on her for wanting one. Do we marry ghosts or reproduce with grim reapers? No. But thats the point of sims. To let you do what you couldnt normally do. Its all in good FUN, so stop being so hateful towards her for wanting things that the sims allows you to do(except for adopt a dang raccon :/ )

Can you have a raccoon for a pet?

47 Replies

catiieex
14 years ago
I'm pretty sure you can't have a raccoon as a pet.
redirishrose
14 years ago
I did manage to save the skin (really weird looking) in the bins lot using my testingcheatsenabled cheat, but it has no options for traits and wont let you save it. I wonder if someone will work a way around this to get raccoons and perhaps even deer in the game if it works the same way.
SimChick1016
14 years ago
And just why in the world would you WANT a raccoon? You wouldn't keep one as a pet in real life, so why on the sims? Can you say RABIES?
TABilliot
14 years ago
Raccoon is a wild animal, something that really isn't meant to have as a household pet. It's kind of like trying to have a tiger or something as a pet, you just don't do it.
SimChick1016
14 years ago
Liltab1121 wrote:
Raccoon is a wild animal, something that really isn't meant to have as a household pet. It's kind of like trying to have a tiger or something as a pet, you just don't do it.
Right. And by the way, along with this point, I absolutely LOATHE people that think it's cool to own a wild animal. It's cruelty people, grow up and smell the coffee, WILD ANIMALS ARE NOT DOMESTICATED PETS!!! :shock:
SimChick1016
14 years ago
LadyElfie wrote:
SimChick1016 wrote:
And just why in the world would you WANT a raccoon? You wouldn't keep one as a pet in real life, so why on the sims? Can you say RABIES?

There ARE people that keep raccoons as pets in real life. Second of all, it's SIMS! Why NOT have a raccoon as a pet? I most certainly wouldn't ever walk my dog on a flexi leash irl, but my simself does. Lol! And a lot of my sims are super big players, and I most certainly would NEVER woohoo with everybody in the neighborhood in real life cuz, can we say std's? So why not have simraccoon as a pet?

Its just not right. There are strays all over the town that need homes and YOU want a filthy RACCOON? :roll:
TABilliot
14 years ago
LadyElfie wrote:
SimChick1016 wrote:
And just why in the world would you WANT a raccoon? You wouldn't keep one as a pet in real life, so why on the sims? Can you say RABIES?

There ARE people that keep raccoons as pets in real life. Second of all, it's SIMS! Why NOT have a raccoon as a pet? I most certainly wouldn't ever walk my dog on a flexi leash irl, but my simself does. Lol! And a lot of my sims are super big players, and I most certainly would NEVER woohoo with everybody in the neighborhood in real life cuz, can we say std's? So why not have simraccoon as a pet?

It's not right to have a wildlife creature in a home, it just isn't. I want you to go adopt something along the lines of a lion, tiger, or maybe a wildcat. Tell me how long you live with all limbs. :lol:

Their are laws against capturing and keep wildlife in some states, if not all of them. I'm sure EA doesn't want to have PETA knocking at their office either.
SimChick1016
14 years ago
Liltab1121 wrote:
LadyElfie wrote:
SimChick1016 wrote:
And just why in the world would you WANT a raccoon? You wouldn't keep one as a pet in real life, so why on the sims? Can you say RABIES?

There ARE people that keep raccoons as pets in real life. Second of all, it's SIMS! Why NOT have a raccoon as a pet? I most certainly wouldn't ever walk my dog on a flexi leash irl, but my simself does. Lol! And a lot of my sims are super big players, and I most certainly would NEVER woohoo with everybody in the neighborhood in real life cuz, can we say std's? So why not have simraccoon as a pet?

It's not right to have a wildlife creature in a home, it just isn't. I want you to go adopt something along the lines of a lion, tiger, or maybe a wildcat. Tell me how long you live with all limbs. :lol:

Their are laws against capturing and keep wildlife in some states, if not all of them. I'm sure EA doesn't want to have PETA knocking at their office either.

Quoted for truth. ;)
LateNightSimmer
14 years ago
no
SimChick1016
14 years ago
LadyElfie wrote:
SimChick1016 wrote:
Liltab1121 wrote:
LadyElfie wrote:
SimChick1016 wrote:
And just why in the world would you WANT a raccoon? You wouldn't keep one as a pet in real life, so why on the sims? Can you say RABIES?

There ARE people that keep raccoons as pets in real life. Second of all, it's SIMS! Why NOT have a raccoon as a pet? I most certainly wouldn't ever walk my dog on a flexi leash irl, but my simself does. Lol! And a lot of my sims are super big players, and I most certainly would NEVER woohoo with everybody in the neighborhood in real life cuz, can we say std's? So why not have simraccoon as a pet?

It's not right to have a wildlife creature in a home, it just isn't. I want you to go adopt something along the lines of a lion, tiger, or maybe a wildcat. Tell me how long you live with all limbs. :lol:

Their are laws against capturing and keep wildlife in some states, if not all of them. I'm sure EA doesn't want to have PETA knocking at their office either.

Quoted for truth. ;)

I wouldn't tell anybody to adopt any of those as pets irl. I happen to work in a petshop. In fact I ENCOURAGE ADOPTION, and most of my pets in real life ARE rescues. It's just, this is a game. I will never have a raccoon or a unicorn, or a tiger as a pet in real life, but what's so wrong about having that desire fulfilled in a game? I play the game to live the fantasy, not to be confined by the rules and restrictions of real life.

So in your wildest fantasy you own a raccoon? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: