My aunt had a pet raccoon when I was a kid (back in the 80s when people were less concerned about keeping non-releasable animals as pets) and he destroyed everything he could reach in her house and was very bitey and stinky overall. Don't try keeping a raccoon, they're always wild no matter how friendly Ringo looks and all that cute shredding, biting and grabbing he's doing is way less cute when it's stuff you don't want turned into a raccoon toy
I had a friendly relationship with a wild raccoon for a few years. Ringo reminds me of him. He'd come by to visit me when I was on my porch sometimes. We'd just hang out. Sometimes he'd bring me little bits of trash or food scraps. I'd sometimes give him some of whatever I was eating. Definitely not a pet, but I liked him anyway.
@@ursulasmith6402 sort of similar. To my knowledge, none of the animals at animal wonders, her company, are in rehabilitation to be released. That's the usual aim of animal rehabilitation facilities. She takes in animals that, for one reason or another, cannot be released into the wild and trains them to be ambassadors. They do presentations where people learn about the animals and their ecosystems.
He's so, so cute! I'd love to see a video on what it took/takes to Ringo-proof the latch on his enclosure, because I'm certain that with those little hands, it can't be easy!!
Thank you Jessi, needed this. Just put down my baby girl (15yrs) cat. She was/is my familiar. She went everywhere with me, and taught me a lot. Introduced me to animal behaviouralism. She once a street feral cat, and became a loyal companion. Many of my coworkers and Vet did not think possible. How do you get over a close animals death? Maybe a video of that may help others. Idk. Take care.
The senior special needs cat we got from the rescue used to be feral and needed to have a very calm environment because she was scared and didn't like anyone except me. The only person she would curl up next to was me. I'm so sorry though. It really is just a thing that needs time. You will never forget her, but the pain will get better over time.
@@InfectedChris Thank you, very much. Sounds like our story started the same. I was the only one able to get close to her in the kennel, and eventually took her home. Long road, a lot of work, love and pain. I would do all over again in heartbeat. I'm heartbroken, behind words but I dont regret.
@@atonegames 100 percent. It's such a rewarding feeling and something you would never hesitate to do again. Very similar to volunteering or doing good deeds because you're a good person. Not the people who are motivated by getting "likes" and retweets on social media.
If I'm not mistaken, Jessi and Augusto actually live with her parents! They're teaching their kids about some of what they do, but there also are some volunteers and an occasional employee that come to the facility.
Jesse my son Lucas loves everything you do for the animaks. He wants to do the same work you do when he grows up. You are inspirational to him.thank you for what you do.
This gave me a good idea for raccoon toys based on Egyptian tomb technology I was learning about. Keys and locks triggers and levers used to hide valuables. These could be incorporated into a toy that changed consistently in small incremental ways so that the answer was not always the exact same. Start simple and then add difficulty. Start with a wooden key with 5 pins. Once he figures that out. Change the combination so he has to move the pins in the key to the right height to open the lock. Several other simplified puzzle locks that could be used. I've seen the raccoons getting in locked rooms and garbage bins. They are smart when they are motivated.
Oh! Yes! I think puzzles w/ latches, levers, etc. sounds like a great idea! I don't quite understand the design you described where he would be moving pins to "the right height", but the concept is good. A simpler version of this would be to put bits of food under piles of small branches or small smooth stones so he would need to move things. That would make a lot more mess, though, which would need to be cleaned up, but it would be similar to digging and foraging for food in the wild. But making different types of wooden boxes with different mechanisms to get to the food would be stimulating for him and would be a lot easier to clean up!
Our raccoons are such cute and goofy critters. I have Blink cameras in a few places outside, and one of the cameras faces a section where I put a few veggies out for whoever wants them, which is usually deer and opossums, or woodchucks during the day. One night I put out some tomatoes, and since raccoons couldn’t care less about tomatoes they decided to, well, play with them. It was hilarious watching them smell them, roll them around… even with their back feet, trying to stand on them…. on all fours like a cartoon circus elephant on a ball.. seriously the funniest thing ever. And some food they’re very suspicious of… like cubed sweet potatoes or dish of applesauce. They also went poking around in a few empty peanut shells until the little skins were stuck to their noses. They’re nature’s little clowns. Love watching them.
Thanks for the compliment! This is the last video that was edited by Maia, our director/editor from Complexly. Next week is all us, and the video won't be as polished, but it'll still be lots of fun!
@@animalwondersmontana i'd be fine if you just wanted to do a playtime compilation for some of the critters. less editing is fine by me, i just like seeing the animals happy and getting some good info at the same time.
Can you please shout me out. I, I always watch you on epic whenever we're on epic and you're all over epic, and I watch you all the time, and I want to be an exotic animal care just like you. And I think you're awesome for housing all those animals. And you are one of my favorite people besides my family.and I'm only 9 about to turn 10. I tried to tell everybody about you
Animal wonder I love that raccoon I saw a raccoon died and I named it I think I named it will it was nobody's pet but there's a lot of we have a lot of raccoons Ann Arbor neighborhood 2 and and we I watch your videos on Epic and Epic and UA-cam and I love the raccoon and I need one raccoon when on the road it was like coming on the road and then like somebody like went over it on the car with the car and and we'll drive somebody was driving and they ran over it and it was pretty sad and I probably it was not my pet but it was on the road it was like outside in the jungles there's nobody pet but I wanted to be with Sophie and yeah but I died pretty sad so I'll see you next time bye
Love the video. I tried to order some items on your Amazon wish list, but there was an error message saying the items aren’t deliverable to this address, the address associated with your account.
Oh no! I'll go check it out and see if we can switch out for alternative items. If you're trying to send a larger item, like a bag of rodent diet, send us an email to animalwonders@email.com and we'll send you a street address of a volunteer where you can send it instead of our PO Box.
How about bringing him another rescued raccoon? Raccoons really need contact with other raccoons to be happy. Your raccoon lives in a cage. He would benefit from having a brother or sister.
Thank you for your concern. Ringo was raised alongside his sisters, who were successfully released back into the wild. Unfortunately, Ringo did not follow in his sisters' footsteps but instead formed a bond with the rehabber and became habituated to humans. He was then deemed nonreleasable since he would likely come too close to human houses looking for food and attention if he was released. Maybe in the future we'll be able to find a raccoon companion that he would enjoy sharing his space with. Until then, we'll continue providing him a safe place to live and lots of good food and toys to keep him healthy and happy.
If Ringo is intact, may I bring my 2 yr old Nisha to breed w/ Him? Contact me if you wish to see a video of my latest two kits nursing from a rescue pit bull.
No, you may NOT bring an animal to BREED with any animal! These animals are not there to BREED! They are not pets & not baby producers! It's reprehensible for you to breed wild animals just because YOU want animal babies or to make more animals to sell. AWM is there to serve non-releasable wildlife & exotic pets who need a home because they have been surrendered, confiscated, abandoned, etc. and need a home. Many are special needs animals, like Zema, Kemosabe, or Ophelia.
This is about parrots. What seeds do you feed your birds I have 7 cockatoos a gray and a Meyers ringneck & sun conure. I feed all of them Lafeaber nutriberries pellets fresh fruits but no seeds. I want to do more for my 11 parrots &feel you can assist me by getting great info. Thank you
man, even my cat needs like an hour of playtime a day. keeping ringo entertained is probably a fulltime job. lol
Jess has 50 full time jobs.
My aunt had a pet raccoon when I was a kid (back in the 80s when people were less concerned about keeping non-releasable animals as pets) and he destroyed everything he could reach in her house and was very bitey and stinky overall. Don't try keeping a raccoon, they're always wild no matter how friendly Ringo looks and all that cute shredding, biting and grabbing he's doing is way less cute when it's stuff you don't want turned into a raccoon toy
I had a friendly relationship with a wild raccoon for a few years. Ringo reminds me of him. He'd come by to visit me when I was on my porch sometimes. We'd just hang out. Sometimes he'd bring me little bits of trash or food scraps. I'd sometimes give him some of whatever I was eating. Definitely not a pet, but I liked him anyway.
I have a similar type of relationship with a female raccoon. She started coming around last year and I was so excited to see her again this spring.
Definitely not a pet. You are right. Jesse is a rehabber, I think .
@@ursulasmith6402 sort of similar. To my knowledge, none of the animals at animal wonders, her company, are in rehabilitation to be released. That's the usual aim of animal rehabilitation facilities. She takes in animals that, for one reason or another, cannot be released into the wild and trains them to be ambassadors. They do presentations where people learn about the animals and their ecosystems.
I could watch Ringo hamming things up all day, such an inquisitive hyper-critter that he is
Ringo is so cute!!🥰 I love the enrichment ideas-I’ve learned a lot from your videos about how to provide enrichment for my puppy.
We love to hear it!!
He's so, so cute! I'd love to see a video on what it took/takes to Ringo-proof the latch on his enclosure, because I'm certain that with those little hands, it can't be easy!!
Oooh yes, that's an excellent point. I'm also curious if Ringo wakes up when activity happens, regardless of being nocturnal.
Or...puts it in his water bowl. A true sign of enjoyment :)
If Huckleberry gets to build a lodge, Ringo could do the wiring and HVAC with his little hands!
Good one!😂😂
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@@sirensynapse5603 👎
Raccoons are so awesome! I love the little trash pandas !
This channel never fails to put a smile on my face!
AHHHH I almost died of cuteness in this episode !!! His little hands playing with the toys is so adorable
Ringo is ADORABLE.
That's it. That's the comment.
"Steals it" should be added to score card
Thank you Jessi, needed this. Just put down my baby girl (15yrs) cat. She was/is my familiar. She went everywhere with me, and taught me a lot. Introduced me to animal behaviouralism. She once a street feral cat, and became a loyal companion. Many of my coworkers and Vet did not think possible.
How do you get over a close animals death? Maybe a video of that may help others. Idk. Take care.
The senior special needs cat we got from the rescue used to be feral and needed to have a very calm environment because she was scared and didn't like anyone except me. The only person she would curl up next to was me.
I'm so sorry though. It really is just a thing that needs time. You will never forget her, but the pain will get better over time.
@@InfectedChris Thank you, very much. Sounds like our story started the same. I was the only one able to get close to her in the kennel, and eventually took her home. Long road, a lot of work, love and pain. I would do all over again in heartbeat. I'm heartbroken, behind words but I dont regret.
@@atonegames 100 percent. It's such a rewarding feeling and something you would never hesitate to do again.
Very similar to volunteering or doing good deeds because you're a good person. Not the people who are motivated by getting "likes" and retweets on social media.
Hi, I wonder how do you manage the animal ambassadors when going to a vacation or going to your parents house for days
If I'm not mistaken, Jessi and Augusto actually live with her parents! They're teaching their kids about some of what they do, but there also are some volunteers and an occasional employee that come to the facility.
unfortunately I don't have racoons in my contrary but I do have fennec foxs since my country's a desert
Fennec foxes are also very cute and mischievous! I love their big ears!
5:36 I love Donut County
Jesse my son Lucas loves everything you do for the animaks. He wants to do the same work you do when he grows up. You are inspirational to him.thank you for what you do.
He really tolerates petting, that surprised me. Thank you for sharing Ringo with us today.
AnimalWonders should definetly have their own childrens book
Books.
This gave me a good idea for raccoon toys based on Egyptian tomb technology I was learning about. Keys and locks triggers and levers used to hide valuables. These could be incorporated into a toy that changed consistently in small incremental ways so that the answer was not always the exact same. Start simple and then add difficulty. Start with a wooden key with 5 pins. Once he figures that out. Change the combination so he has to move the pins in the key to the right height to open the lock. Several other simplified puzzle locks that could be used. I've seen the raccoons getting in locked rooms and garbage bins. They are smart when they are motivated.
Oh! Yes! I think puzzles w/ latches, levers, etc. sounds like a great idea! I don't quite understand the design you described where he would be moving pins to "the right height", but the concept is good. A simpler version of this would be to put bits of food under piles of small branches or small smooth stones so he would need to move things. That would make a lot more mess, though, which would need to be cleaned up, but it would be similar to digging and foraging for food in the wild. But making different types of wooden boxes with different mechanisms to get to the food would be stimulating for him and would be a lot easier to clean up!
I think Ringo liked all the toys and with food treats inside he'd love them even more! ❤
Raccoons are just squirrel cats
seems like the go pro gets the most points
Good lord that trash panda is adorable.
GO Ringo
Our raccoons are such cute and goofy critters. I have Blink cameras in a few places outside, and one of the cameras faces a section where I put a few veggies out for whoever wants them, which is usually deer and opossums, or woodchucks during the day.
One night I put out some tomatoes, and since raccoons couldn’t care less about tomatoes they decided to, well, play with them. It was hilarious watching them smell them, roll them around… even with their back feet, trying to stand on them…. on all fours like a cartoon circus elephant on a ball.. seriously the funniest thing ever. And some food they’re very suspicious of… like cubed sweet potatoes or dish of applesauce.
They also went poking around in a few empty peanut shells until the little skins were stuck to their noses.
They’re nature’s little clowns. Love watching them.
is this one of the new vids you’re creating entirely in-house? if so, amazing!! xx
Thanks for the compliment! This is the last video that was edited by Maia, our director/editor from Complexly. Next week is all us, and the video won't be as polished, but it'll still be lots of fun!
@@animalwondersmontana i'd be fine if you just wanted to do a playtime compilation for some of the critters. less editing is fine by me, i just like seeing the animals happy and getting some good info at the same time.
whatever it is it’s going to be totally fine and awesome! xx
Can you please shout me out. I, I always watch you on epic whenever we're on epic and you're all over epic, and I watch you all the time, and I want to be an exotic animal care just like you. And I think you're awesome for housing all those animals. And you are one of my favorite people besides my family.and I'm only 9 about to turn 10. I tried to tell everybody about you
Is Ringo hard to take care of?
Does anyone know of a good hammock for a "fluffy size furball?" She's about 20 lbs and isn't a year old yet lol..
Animal wonder I love that raccoon I saw a raccoon died and I named it I think I named it will it was nobody's pet but there's a lot of we have a lot of raccoons Ann Arbor neighborhood 2 and and we I watch your videos on Epic and Epic and UA-cam and I love the raccoon and I need one raccoon when on the road it was like coming on the road and then like somebody like went over it on the car with the car and and we'll drive somebody was driving and they ran over it and it was pretty sad and I probably it was not my pet but it was on the road it was like outside in the jungles there's nobody pet but I wanted to be with Sophie and yeah but I died pretty sad so I'll see you next time bye
Raccoons and opossums playing together make really grate vids
Hello. I'm hoping to get a hold of someone about my raccoons?
His hygiene is very good doesn’t look like he carries a zoonotic virus
You should do more of those ranking systhem for BE toys!!
Love the video. I tried to order some items on your Amazon wish list, but there was an error message saying the items aren’t deliverable to this address, the address associated with your account.
Oh no! I'll go check it out and see if we can switch out for alternative items. If you're trying to send a larger item, like a bag of rodent diet, send us an email to animalwonders@email.com and we'll send you a street address of a volunteer where you can send it instead of our PO Box.
So where can I get toys. I have a one year old racoon that we saved but his toys we do have are getting a bit boring
How about bringing him another rescued raccoon? Raccoons really need contact with other raccoons to be happy. Your raccoon lives in a cage. He would benefit from having a brother or sister.
Thank you for your concern. Ringo was raised alongside his sisters, who were successfully released back into the wild. Unfortunately, Ringo did not follow in his sisters' footsteps but instead formed a bond with the rehabber and became habituated to humans. He was then deemed nonreleasable since he would likely come too close to human houses looking for food and attention if he was released. Maybe in the future we'll be able to find a raccoon companion that he would enjoy sharing his space with. Until then, we'll continue providing him a safe place to live and lots of good food and toys to keep him healthy and happy.
Raccoons are such incredibly intelligent animals! I wonder that they didn't out-evolve us.
Lesson: Best toy is the go pro.
I love your BE videos!!!
i wanna pet that cat
🖤🖤🖤🖤🥺🥺🥺
he is so cute
he's so cute
I love Raccoons
great video
Should a raccoon and a fox be in same cage
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My friend says her neighbor raccoons like it when they leave their flip flops out at night. They are full of little teeth holes the next day.
Must smell good, haha.
Mmm, spongy 😄
Do humans make good pets?
Poggers
What does his fur feel like? It just looks so soft.
It's pretty fluffy, but not super silky soft. Their fur feels a bit like a German Shepard.
oh man i mi
ssed this going live
Ringo is so adorable and smart too.
First (or at least early)
Cutest thing ever 😍
If Ringo is intact, may I bring my 2 yr old Nisha to breed w/ Him?
Contact me if you wish to see a video of my latest two kits nursing from a rescue pit bull.
No, you may NOT bring an animal to BREED with any animal! These animals are not there to BREED! They are not pets & not baby producers! It's reprehensible for you to breed wild animals just because YOU want animal babies or to make more animals to sell. AWM is there to serve non-releasable wildlife & exotic pets who need a home because they have been surrendered, confiscated, abandoned, etc. and need a home. Many are special needs animals, like Zema, Kemosabe, or Ophelia.
This is about parrots. What seeds do you feed your birds I have 7 cockatoos a gray and a Meyers ringneck & sun conure. I feed all of them Lafeaber nutriberries pellets fresh fruits but no seeds. I want to do more for my 11 parrots &feel you can assist me by getting great info. Thank you