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Neutering a male bottle baby is highly recommended. Males intended to be breeders should be mother raised, or in the least put in the breeder pen by 4 to 6 months of age. Some bottle raised non-neutered males exhibit the dreaded “Berzerk Male Syndrome”, in which case they are little lovers sometimes or they down right attack you the next minute. Neutering should be done before 6 months of age. I have neutered many as young as 4 weeks old without any problems.
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into a fight in the breeder pens, they won’t do much damage to each other. Plus, I don’t like pain, and with k-9s a little nip can be a big laceration. We start by removing the baby k-9s. As with puppies, the juveniles tend to get a bit rough sometimes when playing and this helps me thru the biting stage, which is from 4 to 10 months of age. The adult k-9s come in at 1 year old for the females and 1 ½ year for the males. These should be removed as soon as you can find them.
Declawing Coatimundi is very important (I don’t like pain). They have very long and very sharp non-retractable claws and they don’t mean to scratch you, but it hurts when they run up your leg or cling around your neck. Without claws, those things can become cute, cuddly, and desirable activities. It is natural behavior for a coati to dig for grubs and look under rocks and other things. This can be very devastating to your carpet and furniture if they have claws. They have strong little arms and can still climb quite well and ride on your shoulder without claws.
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