Raccoons, continued

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Von Jones

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I'd like to jump right into it but, I need a little help. Can anyone remember the last encounter I shared about these raccoons? I will say that they are still around and still annoying.

To answer John B.'s question about the coyote urine. It worked for one family of raccoons which I think I spoke about. After that another family moved in and unfortunately that solution didn't phase this group. So I was stuck with two bottles of coyote urine which I just emptied them around the fencing in the backyard.

Remembering things that I read online about the nature of raccoons, like, being nocturnal, not liking bright or rapid blinking lights, and cold temperatures. When there was a heavy snowfall about 2 weeks ago of about 2+ inches and temps were like in the 30s. I felt at last relief, well, that lasted about 24 hours. I love the snow and when I looked outside in the backyard and saw two sets of paw/foot/critter prints merging as they headed in one direction. I was not a happy camper.

Another time earlier in the summer I was doing some yard work in the morning when it was cooler. I was sweeping up debris and happen to see a shadow in my peripheral vision. (I spelled that right.) I looked up a there was a raccoon sitting on the rooftop near the chimney of the vacant house next door looking down at me.
Me: "It's daylight! What are you doing up there?!"

Another time (still summer) I decided to take a break and sit on the front porch. It was evening, it was cool and pretty quiet. Then I heard rustling in the overgrown weeds next door, twice. Then I saw them; a mother and her two kits climbing down a weed tree (a weed that has grown into a tree). Immediately I retreated inside.

It doesn't help that the City has decided to demolish vacant houses in the neighborhood where I live. The raccoons just vacate and find another vacant place to live. My thought was Okay, that might not be such a bad thing. Then I see a humongous machine making its way up the street from me and begins demolishing a house up there. Oh well.

So it's a start, and maybe someone can jog my memory.
 
Beth Gallagher said:
Von, here's a forum snapshot from last February; you can navigate to the last few pages of the thread to see what was posted on the old Raccoons discussion. https://web.archive.org/web/20241217122739/https://www.seniorsonly.club/threads/the-raccoons.20625/
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Beth, lady you still have it. 👍

The last posts were dated 2020. That's about right Johnny started declining around then and needed more attention.

Anyway, the discussion centered on ways of getting rid of them- there is no other way to say it. @Don Alaska made a suggestion that I remember thinking long and hard on it and how would I go about doing it without harming other animals.
 
Von Jones said:
Beth, lady you still have it. 👍

The last posts were dated 2020. That's about right Johnny started declining around then and needed more attention.

Anyway, the discussion centered on ways of getting rid of them- there is no other way to say it. @Don Alaska made a suggestion that I remember thinking long and hard on it and how would I go about doing it without harming other animals.
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That's odd. When I look at that link the last post is on page 28, made by Don Alaska on 10/18/24. Anyway, you can get the gist. 😬
 
This gives so much faith in your neighbors...

Eureka Police used to get reports about Raccoons a lot, that wasn't unusual. Eureka is on the edge of a lot of heavily forested land. One night they got a report of a Red Raccoon. It turned out to be a Red Panda named Masala, an escapee from Sequoia Park Zoo.


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I seriously cracked up when I read this:

"Masala went missing on Thursday from Sequoia Park Zoo. The young red panda was very popular with zoo guests, but apparently fame wasn't enough. She wanted more. She wanted adventure."
 
@Von Jones I recall you were looking at wolf pee when Don & I pointed out that coyote pee might scare more raccoons than the wolf pee (wolves only go after the young?) Try getting different critter pee. Or get yourself a powerful pellet gun with a scope. They are spring-driven, lethal, and make no noise. Take no prisoners. And don't let anyone see you with it. They are not "law-compliant" in most congested areas...but neither are critter infestations.
 
@Von Jones , I don't know if it will work for racoons, but human pee will keep the deer out of a garden. The deer were eating my son's veggies. I told him to put an old pair of his boots around the edges of the garden and pee in them. No more deer problems. They smell the pee and think there is a man in the garden............ I think. He has done that every year since then.
 
Shirley Martin said:
@Von Jones , I don't know if it will work for racoons, but human pee will keep the deer out of a garden. The deer were eating my son's veggies. I told him to put an old pair of his boots around the edges of the garden and pee in them. No more deer problems. They smell the pee and think there is a man in the garden............ I think. He has done that every year since then.
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It needs to be man pee. Isn't that funny? I asked hubby to come to the main garden next year and make deposits but it is out in the open and he is shy.
I have problems with raccoons and possums. I live trap a lot except for those I invite for dinner. I thought you could live trap considering your feelings. Although they can be pricey now, you might be able to borrow one or rent one from your animal control organization. The problem I had was where to take live animals. I did not want to put them near other farms and the area is being built up so much lately. I settled on a large country cemetery with hills to hide me as I made deposits.--far enough that the critters don't come back to my place.
Several ways to dispatch critters. One that might appeal to you if you have a large cooler/freezer to put the trap in. Get the old fashioned starter fluid/spray made of ether. Drench a rag. Put it in with the critter and maybe even put a snack in the trap for him. Close the lid and don't open for a couple three days. Ether will put it to sleep and he will suffocate while sleeping I have done that with a pet guinea pig after I found I could not trust our vet.
Then you can look up recipes on google. ;)
 
My son when he lived in Missouri trapped a raccoon and relocated it...not far enough away. He lost all ten of his chickens to a raccoon. We believe it to be the same one. He said he couldn't kill it as his young children would find out and report it to his MIL, who thinks it is evil to kill any wild critter.
 
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