Any gardeners? part 2

mkm56
Wed, 02 May 2007 23:19:14 +0000

Our problem is racoons. I have a couple outdoor cats that come in and out of a screened porch (has pet door). I keep a litter box out there for rainy days for them. The litter box was being soaked with really foul smelling urine. One night I stepped out there and a racoon slowly came out of box, stood up and “hissed” at me and then got up in a rocking chair and proceeded to make himself comfortable!

He (the racoon) and his friends will come into garage, porch and one night when I had door opened to the house, even tried to come into house (the boxer scared him off).

I trapped a couple of them, then called animal control. They told me that you are not allowed to release them in another area–you must shoot them. I asked if my water blaster guns would work as those were the only “firearms” in the house. (I ended up breaking the law and taking them to a remote area and releasing them).

One of my neighbors is a hunter and also has/had peacocks. The racoons would break into the pen and kill the peacocks. The neighbor has been spotted running through the woods in his boxer shorts with a flashlight and gun chasing the racoons. Never a dull moment.

I don’t have trouble with rabbits—guess it’s the outdoor cats (but they don’t work with the racoons).