How do you train a raccoon to use the litter box?

I have a raccoon that is about two months old and I would like to litter box train it so that it can stay in the house like a dog or cat. I don't want to put him in a cage outside, so any help is appreciated.How do you train a raccoon to use the litter box?
Just a bit of a comment on what margecutter has indicated on here. All of what she says may be true, but that does not necessarily mean that you cannot have the raccoon for awhile.





My family and I had a tiny baby who was only a few days old, his mother had actually been hit by a car, and all the other kits were deceased when my son found him on the way home from work one evening. I had one rude person who tried to give me a hard time over it, and I asked if they could come and take him and put him back in the wild, and of course they never showed up.





My son could not bring himself to leave this tiny guy to die or get eaten by another animal, so he scooped him up and brought him home. The racoon actually crawled up his pants leg right into his arms and that was the end of that decision making process.





We went through the nearest wild animal rehabilitator and our own vet and got permission to raise the baby, he was part of our family until he was an adult of a bit over two years of age, and then we released him into the woods near our home.





We actually got a rabbit hutch from one of my sons friends and used that as Rickys home. We had to hand feed him with a replacement formula for weeks and weeks due to the fact that he was orphaned. We were lucky as we had both a cat and a dog also, and the cat took to Ricky like he was her own, as he got a bit older, she actually would place him in the litter box, and he learned to go in there. (I am sure that you could teach him to do the same by placing him in a litter box a few minutes after he eats.)





We took him to the vets and got all the appropriate shots for rabies and whatever else he needed. One of the antirabies products happened to be a banana flavored liquid, and he pulled it out of the vets hands and chugged the entire bottle. (Raccoons love bananas and anything banana flavored.)





The only reason we really had to put him back into the wild was that males want to mate with any available female once they become adults, and our cat and dog were having none of that, thank you.





I know several other families who have female raccoons that are fixed and have remained in their families for years and years. They can be walked on a leash, as well as litter trained, you just have to fit them with a harness.





They love bananas and other fruit, and will also eat moist dog food without a problem. You have to make sure that you keep a bowl of fresh water out all the time, or in the hutch as they do not produce saliva and that is why they dip everything they eat in water.





You do want to keep him in some type of a cage at night, while you are sleeping, as they are nocturnal as extremely curious and will get into everything. They can open knobs and open hook and eye type door latches.


We had to keep a spring load type lock on the outside of the hutch, or he would get out and crawl into bookcases and dump all the books on the floor, one by one or rearrange clothing in a closet by dumping it on the floor.





We would line the bottom of the hutch with newspapers in case he had to go at night, and then when he was a bit older and litter trained, he had an open litter pan in the hutch.





This was a tremendous time in my family's life, and we all went to put Ricky back in the wild, and actually go back a couple of times a year to where we released him and he has come back to see us multiple times and then gone back to the woods with a female and many kits. We released him many years ago now so it is really incredible that he even remembers us.





Enjoy your little buddy and just know that he will need to be taken care of properly like any furry family member, and you will likely have to place him back in the wild when he is an adult. They are a lot more difficult to handle when they are full grown.





Best of luck and have a good day.How do you train a raccoon to use the litter box?
I had a raccoon, and it's not really in their nature to use them. Mine always used the same area, but that was his decision on where it was... and I do NOT recommend keeping one indoors without a pen or something... oh the stories I could tell......
Put it outside where a wild animal like a racoon belongs next time it doesn't pee in the litterbox.


Problem solved.
Raccoons are wild animals. They are not meant to be kept in the house or in a cage. They are meant to be in the wild.





If you live in the US, it is illegal to keep a raccoon without the proper permits. It is also extremely dangerous. ';RACCOON DISEASES: They are a common carrier of rabies, a potentially fatal disease. They also carry canine distemper, which can kill your dog. Their feces may contain raccoon roundworm, the spores of which humans can breath in and become seriously infected by.';


http://www.wildlife-removal.com/raccoon.鈥?/a>





';The raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) is a serious public health concern. This parasite is transmitted through the ingestion or inhalation of eggs passed in raccoon feces. Children should be prevented from playing in areas where raccoons have defecated. Raccoons are also hosts for the zoonotic (transmittable to humans) disease leptospirosis, but the incidence is so low as to be of concern only to people who routinely come into contact with these animals, such as wildlife rehabilitators or animal control officers.'; (or people foolish enough to try to keep one as a pet)


http://www.hsus.org/wildlife/a_closer_lo鈥?/a>





Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. You can find one here: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/contact.鈥?/a> This person can evaluate the general health of the raccoon and its readiness to be released back into the wild where it belongs.
Wow!!! How in the world did you end up with a raccoon? That's so cool...I want one now...





Well, try to use the same methods as you would use with a dog. Try to regulate its bowel movements and you should eventually get him/her used to doing its business in there.