AFAIK raccoons are already manageable pets up until they hit puberty. Then they get batshit crazy and feral, and it’s best to let them go, so all in all it’s not worth it. However, while I’m not sure it’s a perfect analogy, but there was a domestication experiment spanning over several decades with foxes, and it’s still ongoing. Those particular foxes are somewhat more domesticated, but still utterly loud, kept in kennels, they still piss everywhere, etc. - and raccoons aren’t even halfway there.
Urban raccoons are starting to figure out that being friendly means snacks
so are we looking at 30 years tops for common domestication?
If they are ever domesticated they are gonna be annoying as pets since they literally have hands. They will be able to open anything you can open.
the raccoon build is still minmaxxing interaction/loot, who domesticates who is still waged
AFAIK raccoons are already manageable pets up until they hit puberty. Then they get batshit crazy and feral, and it’s best to let them go, so all in all it’s not worth it. However, while I’m not sure it’s a perfect analogy, but there was a domestication experiment spanning over several decades with foxes, and it’s still ongoing. Those particular foxes are somewhat more domesticated, but still utterly loud, kept in kennels, they still piss everywhere, etc. - and raccoons aren’t even halfway there.