Raccoon Issues?
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I've had racoons come into my backyard for about 10 years and they go to my pond to eat the fish. They trample my plants, knock off water plants in the middle of the pond, leave their feces everywhere, make noise all night, etc...., bascially they're a pain in the ass.
I tried everything over those years, hot pepper, bleach, moth balls, critter litter, trapping them, among other crazy ideas I was told. These work for a few days as they do wear off and you have the same problem back again. I once caught a baby racoon, the mother went nuts and howled all night as she wanted her baby out of the trap, so I called the humane society. They informed me in Toronto it's illegal to trap these animals, they also told me I should release the creature within a kilometer of where caught it, but they will return since they're so smart.
This year I tried chicken wire all around the pond and guess what????? They're not around any longer. No feces, no plants destroyed, nada, it's fabulous. I even went and bought fish again and the racoons are no where to be found. That chicken wire did it to them. Thought I'd shard as this has worked for me.
I tried everything over those years, hot pepper, bleach, moth balls, critter litter, trapping them, among other crazy ideas I was told. These work for a few days as they do wear off and you have the same problem back again. I once caught a baby racoon, the mother went nuts and howled all night as she wanted her baby out of the trap, so I called the humane society. They informed me in Toronto it's illegal to trap these animals, they also told me I should release the creature within a kilometer of where caught it, but they will return since they're so smart.
This year I tried chicken wire all around the pond and guess what????? They're not around any longer. No feces, no plants destroyed, nada, it's fabulous. I even went and bought fish again and the racoons are no where to be found. That chicken wire did it to them. Thought I'd shard as this has worked for me.
chicken wire and hot sauce
I'v used both.
Currently there's raccoon feces on the chicken wire - piles of it.
Hot sauce - worked for a couple of days. Then it needed to be replenished. If I didn't replenish, they came back. Then it rained. Rain washed out the hot sauce. It rained 4 times in a week. Much hot sauce wasted. Found feces in watered down hot sauce. Went through a carton of bottles.
Let's not forget raccoon roundworm is a killer.
I'v used both.
Currently there's raccoon feces on the chicken wire - piles of it.
Hot sauce - worked for a couple of days. Then it needed to be replenished. If I didn't replenish, they came back. Then it rained. Rain washed out the hot sauce. It rained 4 times in a week. Much hot sauce wasted. Found feces in watered down hot sauce. Went through a carton of bottles.
Let's not forget raccoon roundworm is a killer.
I dancer I know told me how to deal with skunks. It seems that they do not spray when they are soaking wet. So when the skunk is in the cage, you spray it with a hose, then you can walk up and put the cage in the pool and drown the skunk. That is what the person she knew would do. I would be reluctant to walk up to a cage with a wet skunk in it though. I have no reason to get rid of skunks, my dog has been sprayed a few times, which makes him run into the house, so the house stinks for a month. But I consider that his fault for going after the skunk.
Racoons on the other hand, I hate. They spread the garbage around and make noise in the garage that wakes me up.
It seems that some of us are sensitive about animals, and would not like them to be drowned. One thing to consider is that essentially no racoons die of natural causes. When a racoon gets older, he does not go to a racoon old folks home, he gets older until he can not walk, or see, or whatever, so then he slowly starves to death. Its not like the other racoons bring him food. That is assuming that he does not get killed by dogs, or cars, etc. Perhaps some would die peacefully in their sleep after a long, happy life, but not too many. I would think being drowned in a pool would be less unpleasant than being too old to walk, and starving to death.
Racoons on the other hand, I hate. They spread the garbage around and make noise in the garage that wakes me up.
It seems that some of us are sensitive about animals, and would not like them to be drowned. One thing to consider is that essentially no racoons die of natural causes. When a racoon gets older, he does not go to a racoon old folks home, he gets older until he can not walk, or see, or whatever, so then he slowly starves to death. Its not like the other racoons bring him food. That is assuming that he does not get killed by dogs, or cars, etc. Perhaps some would die peacefully in their sleep after a long, happy life, but not too many. I would think being drowned in a pool would be less unpleasant than being too old to walk, and starving to death.
baci2004 said:
I had a raccoon problem too. One or two were living under a gazebo I have in my back yard.
But the raccoon problem got fixed when a couple of skunks took up residence under the gazebo
.I'm going to have to get around to going to the bulk food store and get a load of cayenne pepper or hot sauce or something similar and see how that goes.
james t kirk said:
I am fucked up because a dancer told me how her friend used to kill skunks, and all I said about it was that I would not do it?
Or I am fucked up for pointing out that the majority of racoons do not die peacefully, and that being drowned in a pool would not be the worst fate they might face? Am I wrong?
I have never killed a raccoon or a skunk, it annoys me that the raccoons wake me up, and make a mess, yet I do nothing about it. How does that make me fucked up? Save your anger for people who are actually doing things to animals, or even advocating doing mean things to animals. I do neither.
