On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 10:16:08 PM UTC-4, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
Welp. Just as soon as I thought I got rid of the little critters, I watched a couple of them climb a tree, jump on the power line and run onto the roof. If it were one or two trees, I'd try putting something around the trunks to keep them out, but would not work here.

So I'm wondering if there's something to throw over the power line that the wouldn't cross?

Or any other ideas?

I feel your pain!

I've got raccoons coming into my garage through the cat door and
eating/spilling the cat food. I've been recording them with a security
camera to try to figure out how to dissuade them from this activity.

Blocking the cat door for about a week seemed to discourage them but it also
prevented my cat from using the garage at night. Once they stopped coming
around I unblocked the door, but now, after more than a week of no activity,
they are back.

I put the food up on a center-legged table that the cat can jump onto, but
last night one of the critters was just tall enough to knock the food onto
the floor. It took some effort, but the critter was persistent. The table
is adjustable so tonight I'm going to raise it up a notch so the critters
can't stand on their hind legs and support themselves with their front legs
like they did last night. It'll be interesting to see what they try next.
Maybe I'll see one raccoon standing on the back of another or one of them
giving the other an old fashioned "boost". ;-)

I may have to eliminate the cat's midnight snacks for a while.