Re: skunks(NOW Racoons,Help!)
Now those were great suggestions thank you Louise..
Connie
Louise Niemer wrote:
> It is not really recommended that you transport raccoons (or other animals).
> Lot of problems for the animals and for the people in the area where they
> get transplanted to. Plus, they can carry rabies and you're risking that by
> messing with them. Better that they stay put. Here are some things that
> I've done to discourage raccoons and it seems that I've had some success.
>
> Raccoons don't like to be inconvenienced/annoyed. Hang/lay streamers of fly
> paper in areas that they visit - paper won't hurt them (I don't think) and
> you can hear them screaming and carrying on because they just can't get rid
> of it.
>
> A little bit of dilute human urine - I used this for the deer and since then
> couldn't tell that raccoons had returned.
>
> A friend of mine has a hose set up on a sensor (he got all the parts for
> less than $20). Raccoons trip the sensor and get a blast from the hose -
> they HATE that!
>
> My mom does this one - hang little sacks of moth balls. Use some old
> stockings for the sacks. Mom says she thinks it works for deer too. Moth
> balls are poisonous so I'd use this one sparingly.
>
> With all that said - I have had to resort to physically removing a few very
> persistant males (MEAN little suckers - have to be careful). Hope these
> help!
>
> Louise in Park Hills, KY
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: Diann Barbee Thoma <diannthoma@EARTHLINK.NET>
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Sent: March 9, 2001 1:05:42 AM GMT
> Subject: Re: [SG] skunks(NOW Racoons,Help!)
>
> Ya, and hope you don't catch a skunk instead!
>
> Diann
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PRIMROSES [s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU]On Behalf Of
> Narda A. Miller
> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 9:14 AM
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SG] skunks(NOW Racoons,Help!)
>
> In a message dated 3/4/01 10:06:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, coneh@QWEST.NET
> writes:
>
> << Can anyone advise on how to handle,discourage Racoons.??
> Did do a search but most info was how to attract 'em not the opposite.
> >>
>
> Buy or rent a big have a heart trap, bait it with cat food and haul off the
> critter after you catch it. It is recommended that you carry it a far
> distance. Keep in mind that these big guys can be dangerous so careful.
> They can be very destructive to properly. My mother in law lost part of her
> roof to raccoons trying to remove it to gain access to her house. They did
> nest in her chimney and raised a family. They started on the new roof and
> we
> decided to take action, better for her and the raccoons.
>
> In some states it is unlawful to trap them without destroying them, so
> ........what the state does not know won't hurt them.
>
> Narda
>
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