On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:43:10 -0700 (PDT), the renowned engineman
wrote:

A friend who lives in a mobilehome at the edge of town is having
problems with racoons.
Other than eating up his plants and keeping him awake at night
frolicking around on his roof, his girlfriend is terrified of them.
What are some methods he could use to get rid of them?
Shooting is out of the question.
Someone told him to try ammonia but he says it doesn't seem to do any
good.

Engineman

I've trapped a bunch alive and released them far (at least 7 miles)
away, with some freeways and other linear barriers between. Bait was a
can tuna (open, obviously). Drowning them is an alternative to
releasing them where they'd be someone else's problem.

The big ones can be quite bold and nasty, particularly if you have
their babies.

They're quite clever and dexterous too- if you use the Have-a-heart
(Home Despot) traps be sure to weight the trap down so they can't
easily rattle it from outside and trigger the door. IIRC, Harbor
Fright has clones of the traps.

Supposedly, mothballs repel them.


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Spehro Pefhany
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