Woman Finds Raccoon Acting Like It's On 'All-Inclusive Vacation' Outside Her Home

Raccoons have a reputation for being bold and cheeky creatures. Despite the hassles they can cause for homeowners — everything from tipping over garbage cans to invading attics — these cute and cunning critters also have plenty of ardent fans who admire their intelligence and resourcefulness. One woman whose exasperation with a specific trash panda seems to be turning into reluctant fondness is a Los Angeles resident who has shared a series of her wildlife encounters in entertaining Facebook reels.

The Facebook reel titled "The Raccoon Who Thinks He Pays Rent Part 3 😂" is captioned, in part, "Shawn and I came downstairs and this raccoon was laid out, feeding himself cat food like somebody booked him an all-inclusive vacation. Looked right at us and kept eating!" Stretched out nonchalantly, with his paw in the dish of cat food, the audacious animal gives off strong Homer Simpson vibes. "He thinks he's human, he done got comfortable," wrote one viewer, while another suggested, "He needs a little couch and a table and a TV." The impudent little fellow definitely seems to be one of those raccoons who eats all the food. A third netizen confessed, "That looks like me eating Cheetos."

Several netizens suggested that the Facebooker should stop leaving out cat food for the furry bandit. She responded to one of the comments, "It's someone else leaving cat food out for the cat but he's coming to eat it 😩 plus we have this big ol tree that grows fruit but he won't eat that for some reason...he loves the cat food."

Raccoons are omnivores, and in the wild they eat almost anything they can get their petite paws on: bugs, small rodents and amphibians, eggs, berries, nuts, and corn. In urban environments, wild raccoons enjoy chowing down on kibble intended for cats and dogs, along with any kitchen scraps they can dig out of garbage cans. The diet of pet raccoons usually consists of some dog kibble supplemented by the types of natural foods that raccoons eat in the wild. The feisty fellow in the Facebook reel isn't yet a pet raccoon, but he seems well on his way to domesticating himself, as long as the bowls of kitty kibble continue.

Looking for more cute stories about the eating habits of these furry little cuties? Meet Periwinkle, the one-handed raccoon who brings her baby by at dinnertime, and Echo, a raccoon who uses her tiny hands to scoop pumpkin seeds.