We have a heated water bowl for the cats so that we don't have to keep ice out of it. Well now that the snow is almost gone, the coons were on a regular tear last night. They got the peanuts out of one bird feeder, they got the ear of corn out of the squirrel feeder and then used the cats water bowl as a hot tub! This morning the water in it looked like coffee! And that's what we have found so far.
I suppose you forgot to put the 'Raccoons Keep Out' sign. It is obvious from the cat's watering bowl that the raccoons last stop was Starbucks. Lets hope you are not on the raccoons new spring shopping list. Jerry
As my mother-in-law says, "Oh, aren't they (raccoons) cute!" No, they are not! They are destructive little varmints. Sorry you had a nocturnal visit from the little robbers, Captain.
I think they're cute, although they are little b*st*rds! Darn things ate all the pears off our tree 2 years running. Im thinking about trimming some rose canes and tying them around the trunk of the pear tree! Think that'll work?
The rose canes might work, but raccoons are very persistent (and tough). If you make cones of thin tin, like roof edging, and put them on the trunks of the trees so the open end is down, it may deter the little so-and-sos. This is usually used for squirrels, but raccoons are sometimes discouraged by the cones, also.
We had a warm day and that night I saw 5 big fat raccoons running down the road. I raced home and took down the bird feeders! I do NOT want them coming here!
They usually benefit from an inoculation of pb (aka lead). put out a motion sensor so you can catch them in the act and give them their annual dose. It works better than a rabies vaccine.
they tore hole in ladies roof. A newer one-got in attic,. Dropped through ceiling-blown insulation every place in kitchen.
Netty, Try putting cayenne pepper (ground or flakes) in your bird food. It is marketed for squirrels, but I ma pretty sure the 'coons won't like it either. You could try sprinkling it all over the ground around your bird feeders, too.
They have hands like human . DG put his radio on at night. On top of tractor. Ripped the tubes out of it. Customer has doggy door -came in house. Dogs chased them out. But a real mess.
I just remembered the raccoon that used to break into my gardenshed. He used to climb the walls and squeeze through a gap in the soffits. Then he would climb down the inside and use my flower pots as a ladder. Make a mess snooping around in there, not sure what he was looking for. One day he found a box of mouse poison I had hidden in there ... ate the whole box!
Dentist we clean for. They killed baby swans-well ate the eggs. They also got into barn and ate Decon. If you trap them-buy strong ones. He said ripped one apart. Seeing them in day time--they are sick. Rabies.
When we lived in California, we had a pool. And a dog. And dog food out on the back deck, by the pool. The 'coons would come at night, and we'd watch them very daintily take handfuls of dog food in their little paws, walk to the pool's edge and dip the dog food in the water, and then nibble on the dampened kibble. Repeat a few times, then they'd go away. It was cute, and the kids (then little ) LOVED to watch the show. We'd turn out the light in the den, and watch through the big sliding glass door. It was sort of like wildlife TV.
