Watch: Adorable Raccoon Knocks for Food

Feeding a wild animal is never recommended, but sometimes it just can’t be helped.

A Sarasota area wildlife rescue volunteer has found this out for herself courtesy of a little raccoon that lives in her yard. It seems Rocksy has a taste for cat food and has developed a rather unusual way to let Susie Chinn know when the bowl kept on the porch for actual cats happens to be empty.

“The silly raccoon has figured out that after she has raided the cat food bowl and it is empty that she will just knock on the door,” Chinn wrote on a video posted on YouTube. “Not sure how she figured out how to knock, but it certainly works.”

In the video, Rocksy is shown banging on Chinn’s sliding glass door. She even has a rock in her hands to make that knocking even more audible.

Chinn volunteers with Wildlife Inc., a nonprofit education and rehabilitation center in Bradenton Beach. The organization has served both Manatee and Sarasota counties since 1988. In her video post, Chinn urges viewers to donate to the cause by visiting www.wildlifeinc.org.

The organization takes in a wide variety of orphaned animals, its website says. It has rehabilitated and/or rescued more than 3,000 injured and orphaned animals each year since its founding. The group operates solely on donations to pay for food, medicine, surgeries, rescue gear and other supplies. Volunteers provide the manpower for the operation.

As for feeding wild animals, Chinn and Wildlife Inc. recommend against it, the Sarasota Herald Tribune reported. That, however, doesn’t mean Rocksy will pay attention to the memo.

The video of Rocksy has become a viral sensation, having netted more than 2 million views since it was posted earlier this month.

YouTube screenshot of Rocksy the Raccoon