Raccoon Latrine

One of the many reasons I fucking HATE this place. But we're moving to either Rocklin or El Dorado Hills within the next year and I do believe this is better-covered out that way

 

bait with dog food, tuna, etc. pour just a little inside the trap and some out side to lure them in, make sure its staked good to something solid. otherwise they will pull the trap loose, but not from their little mitt. might have to dispatch with a T-ball bat in city. They stink and wear rubber gloves when disposing of them...

https://www.animaltrapsandsupplies....MIxficlLGX3AIVDoJpCh00eQ8TEAQYASABEgLyO_D_BwE

 

The mighty opossum is nearly immune to rabies and manages to kill nearly every tick that gets on it. They're pretty much one of the few animals I don't mind wandering around.

Cat food works great for attracting raccoons, I know because I have accidentally fed some before.

OP - I hope the pepper continues to work because it seems like relocating them is not fun.

 

Yeah since I spread that pepper it only put down one little crap the 1st day and e have been crap-free so far since then. I cautiously hope that did it!

 

If you relocate be sure to go at least 10 miles or it can find its way back.

 

SSS=shoot, shovel, shut up...I dont relocate coons...they arent endangered, they are a pest.

 

That's ridiculous. Just because something can carry rabies doesn't mean it is just because it shits in your yard.

 

People carry disease too, you gonna shoot all them as well?

 

Relocation Zone: Pacific Ocean, feed hungry oceanic predators.

 

Follow it home and poop on it's lawn.

 

putting animals above humans is ridiculous...

 

We're animals too

I think it's ridiculous to kill something just because it exists. There, I said it. Unless it's you vs the raccoon, what do you gain by killing it? Being macho on an internet forum? Because it might give you the crazy eye while pooping in your lawn?

 

you act like its an endangered animal and its the last one on the planet... Raccoons are pests. they carry diseases. Im sure everyone wants to get a series of rabies shots to protect them

 

Nah. I just think life isn't something to throw away, even if its an animal that's lower on the evolutionary scale. If I were in that scenario, I'd live trap and release in a forested area far from my property. We have chickens and rabbits so raccoons and fox are always showing up in our yard at night. I don't kill them just because they're looking for a meal. They're just trying to exist and survive and I can't fault them for that.

Edit: I did have to kill one last year that tried clawing through our screens to get after our dogs (which would've been interesting, as we have three and one is ~120 lbs). But that one was pretty obviously rabid and we bagged/buried him to keep anything else from eating him. Felt bad man...but my wife is a vet tech and has seen enough rabies to know we made the right call.

 

I can see why someone would kill a raccoon if got into their crops or something similar. However, I don't think it's an effective means of termination. With there being so many freaking raccoons, unless you have the need for lots of hats, it's better to just find a way to keep them out of what they are getting into.

 

Agreed. We switched from chicken wire to hardware cloth because smaller predators can't chew through it. Probably tough to keep them out of a crop field though, but that's an excellent reason to not eliminate any of their natural predators like bobcats, coyotes, and fox. When we move closer to the mountains and have to deal with black bears, that'll be another story...

 

I live in a neighborhood where they are a delicacy. Therefore, I never see them anymore. When I lived across the river I had to keep the garbage can lids bungee corded otherwise I thought they were funny to watch. Washing clams and opening them to eat, partying all night on the deck, etc.

 

A couple marshmallows inside a cat litter bucket and a 10" Conibear trap in the opening. Deadly, works every time.