southern california guy Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 The raccoon's that live here are becoming a real nuisance. They eat the cat food, scare off the cats, and the night before last they got the screen door open and got into the house! I've tried putting the cat food inside a cage but somehow the raccoon's can squish their fat bodies through the door (It's something pretty amazing to see!). And I have to keep the cat door into the house closed because they will get into that. Does anybody have any good ideas for dealing with them -- short of shooting them? [img]http://inlinethumb15.webshots.com/12046/2489759880066947068S600x600Q85.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeresaBenedicta Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 [quote name='southern california guy' timestamp='1308966402' post='2258346'] Does anybody have any good ideas for dealing with them -- short of shooting them? [/quote] Shoot! That was going to be my suggestion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 How do you deal with raccoon's? First, you take the apostrophe out of the plural word. Then, what's the problem with shooting them? If you don't want to do it yourself - and I can understand that - call a pest control company. Ask on the phone if they do raccoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil'Monster Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 also do u have any live traps? if u dont want to kill the beasty animal then i would suggest u to get a live trap and then let someone who is willing to shoot the raccoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 The groundhog sits on my back porch swing and eats my plants. I had a coon on my porch this week who simply picked up the cat food bowl in its mouth, climbed the fence and walked off. Two weeks ago I had a dead possum floating in the pond. Deer walk down the alley, and less than a mile from here turkey and foxes take shifts playing in my aunt's yard. This would be fine if we were not living in the middle of the city. The solution to the coons and cat food is to only feed the cat during the day and get rid of the bowl before dark, since they only come out at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Another recommendation - contact some of the posters in the Intuitive Animals thread and ask them to send their pets to do some interventions with your raccoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teen_Catholic Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 [quote name='Luigi' timestamp='1308976247' post='2258438'] How do you deal with raccoon's? [b]First, you take the apostrophe out of the plural word.[/b] Then, what's the problem with shooting them? If you don't want to do it yourself - and I can understand that - call a pest control company. Ask on the phone if they do raccoons. [/quote] Darn, I was going to be the grammar freak. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/dance.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 You gotta be quick around here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AccountDeleted Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 You leave a note for the raccoons telling them that would appreciate it if they stopped harrassing you. If that doesn't work, you get a restraining order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilianus Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 (edited) [url="http://www.usanimalcontrol.com/california.html"]http://www.usanimalc...california.html[/url] Edited June 25, 2011 by Maximilianus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southern california guy Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Luigi' timestamp='1308978086' post='2258453'] Another recommendation - contact some of the posters in the Intuitive Animals thread and ask them to send their pets to do some interventions with your raccoons. [/quote] I think I write real good! Actually I absent-mindedly changed raccoons to "raccoon's" when the spell checker incorrectly underlined it -- without thinking about it much... Actually though you've got a good idea. Once I get a fence in I can get a dog!!! Edited June 26, 2011 by southern california guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 [quote name='southern california guy' timestamp='1309046952' post='2258761'] I think I write real good! Actually I absent-mindedly changed raccoons to "raccoon's" when the spell checker incorrectly underlined it -- without thinking about it much... Actually though you've got a good idea. Once I get a fence in I can get a dog!!! [/quote] I'm not picking on you, but I AM the WORD NERD, so I thought I'd sneak that in. And the spell checker & grammar checker drive me nuts. [i]Machines[/i] recommending changes, when they have no idea what I mean, and not one of them can diagram a sentence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeresaBenedicta Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 [quote name='southern california guy' timestamp='1309046952' post='2258761'] I think I write real good! Actually I absent-mindedly changed raccoons to "raccoon's" when the spell checker incorrectly underlined it -- without thinking about it much... Actually though you've got a good idea. Once I get a fence in I can get a dog!!! [/quote] I think I write [i]well[/i]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xSilverPhinx Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Get a dog, that's all I can say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southern california guy Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 [quote name='TeresaBenedicta' timestamp='1309048438' post='2258774'] I think I write [i]well[/i]. [/quote] I was being sarcastic. I should have written "I think that I write really well." Or I could have said " I think that I write very well." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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