If you have a raccoon problem, then you know they\u2019re always thinking with their stomachs. They\u2019ll do just about anything for a morsel of food. They\u2019ll even break into a house! One woman wasn\u2019t surprised when she saw raccoons attempting to bust through the back door of her house. But if you ask me, the little guy was just hoping to get invited in for some cake.<\/p>\n
Something tells me that Amanda Bumann has been battling the raccoons in her yard for a while now. So she was not surprised when she saw one trying to figure out the lock on her door.<\/p>\n
I guess you never really know who is at your backdoor, do you? It might be a friendly neighbor looking to borrow a cup of sugar \u2014\u00a0or it might be some hungry raccoons looking to eat a cup of sugar. In this case, it was the latter!<\/p>\n
Related: Chunky Raccoon Doing Parkour in the House Is So Perfect<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re finally doing it. They\u2019re trying to learn how to get into the house,” Bumann said from behind the camera.<\/p>\n The raccoon really was hanging from the woman\u2019s doorknob. Its eyes were locked on the cake she had sitting on the counter. Who could blame the little guy? He wanted some dessert.<\/p>\n \u201cDefinitely going to have to keep that door locked from now on,\u201d the woman added.<\/p>\n People in the comments section were dying. Everyone could tell the little guy had one thing on his mind.<\/p>\n \u201cRaccoon: \u2018\u2026you gonna eat that cake or what?\u2019\u201d joked one commenter.<\/p>\n \u201cMa\u2019am he only has one goal in mind,\u201d someone else teased.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat happens if they learn how to pick the lock?\u201d another commenter wondered.<\/p>\n \u201cWell how are they going to domesticate themselves if they’re not allowed to come inside and learn inside manners?\u201d asked another person.<\/p>\n Should You Feed Raccoons in Your Yard?<\/p>\n They might look really cute and friendly. What could a little human food do \u2014\u00a0hurt them? Well yes actually. No matter how much the raccoons in your yard might want some of your dinner, you shouldn\u2019t give it to them. It can do more harm than good!<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc36<\/a>SIGN UP to get \u201cpawsitivity\u201d delivered right to your inbox with inspiring & entertaining stories about our furry & feathered friends<\/a>\ud83d\udc3e\ud83d\udc3e<\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally published by PetHelpful<\/a> on Feb 10, 2026, where it first appeared in the Pet News<\/a> section. Add PetHelpful as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you have a raccoon problem, then you know they\u2019re always thinking with their stomachs. They\u2019ll do just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[154843,90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-419729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-amanda-bumann","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}