Thread: Anyone know how to get a raccoon to leave?

"sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Since you live in a city, call animal control (hopefully AU has that
> sort of thing) and have them trap it. Then close the raccoon hotel.


They wouldn't trap the squirrels. I will call, but I think I know the
answer.

"Cheri" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Invest in a humane animal trap. Trap the critter and relocate it several
> miles from where you live. Keep it to yourself when you do it, since it's
> illegal to do that in many areas. Possums, rabbits, squirrels, raccoons
> and lots of other little beasts have happy new homes that way. :-)
>
> Cheri

I'm not sure about that. In a new area they don't know their way around
they probably get beat up and mugged by the locals already living there.
Not sure it's more humane to relocate them. It's like people that can't
take care of their dog, and release them out in the woods.

We don't grow anything here that raccoons find edible - only pecans, pears,
acorns and Christmas peppers. One of our neighbors attempted a koi pond and
the raccoons thought it was a fine sushi bar. Another has a lovely border
of scuppernongs and didn't have a prayer of success to get them safe to
harvest. Both solved the problem with some sort of hot wiring. I have no
idea how they went about it but it was very successful. Polly

"Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:k45vsv$otr$[email protected]..
> "Cheri" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>
>> Invest in a humane animal trap. Trap the critter and relocate it several
>> miles from where you live. Keep it to yourself when you do it, since it's
>> illegal to do that in many areas. Possums, rabbits, squirrels, raccoons
>> and lots of other little beasts have happy new homes that way. :-)
>>
>> Cheri
>
> I'm not sure about that. In a new area they don't know their way around
> they probably get beat up and mugged by the locals already living there.
> Not sure it's more humane to relocate them. It's like people that can't
> take care of their dog, and release them out in the woods.


No, it's not the same thing at all. Wild animals relocate just fine.

Cheri

"Cheri" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> I'm not sure about that. In a new area they don't know their way around
>> they probably get beat up and mugged by the locals already living there.
>> Not sure it's more humane to relocate them. It's like people that can't
>> take care of their dog, and release them out in the woods.
>
>
> No, it's not the same thing at all. Wild animals relocate just fine.
>
> Cheri

seriously, how do you know?

seems an animal released into unfamiliar surroundings would be at a big
disadvantage. And most animals are very territorial and not accepting of a
new outsider.

"Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:k462i2$3l2$[email protected]..
> "Cheri" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> I'm not sure about that. In a new area they don't know their way around
>>> they probably get beat up and mugged by the locals already living there.
>>> Not sure it's more humane to relocate them. It's like people that can't
>>> take care of their dog, and release them out in the woods.
>>
>>
>> No, it's not the same thing at all. Wild animals relocate just fine.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> seriously, how do you know?
>
> seems an animal released into unfamiliar surroundings would be at a big
> disadvantage. And most animals are very territorial and not accepting of
> a new outsider.



Seriously, they do it all the time...bears, cougars, wolves, etc. etc.

Cheri

"Cheri" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> seems an animal released into unfamiliar surroundings would be at a big
>> disadvantage. And most animals are very territorial and not accepting of
>> a new outsider.
>
> Seriously, they do it all the time...bears, cougars, wolves, etc. etc.
>
> Cheri

The animals you mention are all toughs and born to fight. Raccoons are
pretty boys (and girls)

Cheri wrote:
>
> "Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:k462i2$3l2$[email protected]..
> > "Cheri" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]..
> >>> I'm not sure about that. In a new area they don't know their way around
> >>> they probably get beat up and mugged by the locals already living there.
> >>> Not sure it's more humane to relocate them. It's like people that can't
> >>> take care of their dog, and release them out in the woods.
> >>
> >>
> >> No, it's not the same thing at all. Wild animals relocate just fine.
> >>
> >> Cheri
> >
> > seriously, how do you know?
> >
> > seems an animal released into unfamiliar surroundings would be at a big
> > disadvantage. And most animals are very territorial and not accepting of
> > a new outsider.
>
> Seriously, they do it all the time...bears, cougars, wolves, etc. etc.
>
> Cheri

Here's a bit of info:
http://icwdm.org/wildlife/euthanasia/Relocation.aspx

"Boron Elgar" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:53:49 -0400, Dave Smith
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On 28/09/2012 3:28 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>> If there is someway to bait and position a Have-a-Heart trap, you can
>>> try that.
>>>
>>> Disposal or re-location at that point is between you, your township
>>> ordinances and god.
>>>
>>
>>Around here you are supposed to release them within 1 km of where you
>>trap them. That works for me. The neighbours on both sides have ponds. I
>>can release them the next day.
>
> We are not allowed to remove them from the property in my town,
> although we are allowed to dispatch them on it.

I know nothing about raccoons. If you shoot them can you eat them?

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On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 02:15:43 -0400, "Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote:

>"Cheri" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> seems an animal released into unfamiliar surroundings would be at a big
>>> disadvantage. And most animals are very territorial and not accepting of
>>> a new outsider.
>>
>> Seriously, they do it all the time...bears, cougars, wolves, etc. etc.
>>
>> Cheri
>
>The animals you mention are all toughs and born to fight. Raccoons are
>pretty boys (and girls)
>

While I agree with you on re-location, you need to see a racoon 'with
his back up'. I've seen one damage 4 large dogs before they
bested him-- and 2 of those dogs were bred to be the 'kill dogs'.
[actually bred for boar, but we hunt coons with them in NY.]

Do not underestimate Mr. Racoon-- they are smart, strong and vicious
if need be.

Jim

On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 03:43:59 +0000 (UTC), gregz <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Dave Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 28/09/2012 3:28 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>> If there is someway to bait and position a Have-a-Heart trap, you can
>>> try that.
>>>
>>> Disposal or re-location at that point is between you, your township
>>> ordinances and god.
>>>
>>
>> Around here you are supposed to release them within 1 km of where you
>> trap them. That works for me. The neighbours on both sides have ponds. I
>> can release them the next day.
>
>Best take them far away, preferably across a wide river.
>

1/2 way across the river would be more humane.

Jim

"Bob O'Dyne" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> From another time and place:
>
> "This entire thread reminds me of a story from one of the Roger Caras
> books. Very loosely recalled, he had moved to a house in the country,
> and suddenly, there were the mice. Didn't want to use the old
> fashioned traps, since they looked like Beatrix Potter mice, so bought
> a little carousel-like thing, designed to capture and rotate, capture
> and rotate. Baited it with Brie, and such-like. Came out the next
> morning and found a mousie. Had already located the perfect pristine
> wilderness down the driveway, across the highway, and through the
> pasture. Took mousie out there, let him go, and watched him scamper
> away, the way he had come. Mousie runs back across the pasture,
> across the highway, and starts up the driveway. At the top of the
> drive is an entire row of cats, who have been watching the whole
> thing. Mousie hits the line; no more mousie. Roger Caras said every
> time he went down to the mailbox after that, the cats all lined up,
> hoping he'd bring back another one."
>
> --
> Ann's Little Brother Bob


interesting.

I've had mice here too. And another place. I read they have a strong
homing instinct and can travel three miles to get back where they were.
Though as the story above illustrates, not without a lot of obstacles.

On 2012-09-29, Jim Elbrecht <[email protected]> wrote:

> Do not underestimate Mr. Racoon-- they are smart, strong and vicious
> if need be.

I've no doubt!

Chased one off our deck. As it was reluctantly ambling away, it
looked back at me over its shoulder with a look of, "Jes wait,
suckah!". Big sumbitch, too! No wonder Mom's min poodle never barked
a warning when it was jes outside our door. Didn't wanna get
involved. I don't blame her. That strippy-tailed turd was twice as
big as she is. I wouldn't go up against one of those big sumbitches
with anything less than my .44 mag! 8|

nb

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"Jim Elbrecht" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>The animals you mention are all toughs and born to fight. Raccoons are
>>pretty boys (and girls)
>>
>
> While I agree with you on re-location, you need to see a racoon 'with
> his back up'. I've seen one damage 4 large dogs before they
> bested him-- and 2 of those dogs were bred to be the 'kill dogs'.
> [actually bred for boar, but we hunt coons with them in NY.]
>
> Do not underestimate Mr. Racoon-- they are smart, strong and vicious
> if need be.
>
> Jim


sigh. Learned yesterday they aren't coming to do the reinspection of the
roof and gutters until Oct 8th. I started this thing 3 months ago and now
back to square one and now with some soffit pulled down and a raccoon in the
mix... I was hoping making it uncomfortable would make it leave and go find
somewhere else. But yesterday when it was above the wood paneling, I banged
on the wall repeatedly and loudly with a stick and turned on talk radio very
loud-- and it didn't seem fazed. I'll let the inspector know about it.
Don't want them being surprised and falling off the roof!

If I get the soffit repaired, is the raccoon just going to come back and
pull it down again? They said that about squirrels.

"notbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 2012-09-29, Jim Elbrecht <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Do not underestimate Mr. Racoon-- they are smart, strong and vicious
>> if need be.
>
> I've no doubt!
>
> Chased one off our deck. As it was reluctantly ambling away, it
> looked back at me over its shoulder with a look of, "Jes wait,
> suckah!". Big sumbitch, too! No wonder Mom's min poodle never barked
> a warning when it was jes outside our door. Didn't wanna get
> involved. I don't blame her. That strippy-tailed turd was twice as
> big as she is. I wouldn't go up against one of those big sumbitches
> with anything less than my .44 mag! 8|
>
> nb


Anything that lives in sewers has got to be pretty tough and ornery. I've
seen them go in the catch basin by here a few times. One time I was riding
by on my bike late at night and there was a mother and 3-4 cubs(?). As I
went by in the street, she looked at me like if I came one inch nearer she
was going to fight me to the death.

On 2012-09-29, Bob O'Dyne <[email protected]> wrote:

> and rotate. Baited it with Brie.....

Holy crap! Did he put out wine, too?

Peanut butter works better and is a whole lot cheaper.

nb


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On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:23:57 +0100, "Ophelia" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>
>"Boron Elgar" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]. .
>> On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:53:49 -0400, Dave Smith
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>On 28/09/2012 3:28 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>> If there is someway to bait and position a Have-a-Heart trap, you can
>>>> try that.
>>>>
>>>> Disposal or re-location at that point is between you, your township
>>>> ordinances and god.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Around here you are supposed to release them within 1 km of where you
>>>trap them. That works for me. The neighbours on both sides have ponds. I
>>>can release them the next day.
>>
>> We are not allowed to remove them from the property in my town,
>> although we are allowed to dispatch them on it.
>
>I know nothing about raccoons. If you shoot them can you eat them?
>
>--

There are gun discharge laws within the township, although a former
neighbor, a cop, gladly volunteered his services when we were having
some critter problems in years past.

And yes, people eat them. Not I.

http://www.backwoodsbound.com/zracoon.html

I do not go near raccoons here, nor even things as seemingly innocuous
as stray kitties. We've had rabies incidents within a few miles of the
house.

Boron.

"Boron Elgar" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:23:57 +0100, "Ophelia" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Boron Elgar" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected] ..
>>> On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:53:49 -0400, Dave Smith
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 28/09/2012 3:28 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> If there is someway to bait and position a Have-a-Heart trap, you can
>>>>> try that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Disposal or re-location at that point is between you, your township
>>>>> ordinances and god.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Around here you are supposed to release them within 1 km of where you
>>>>trap them. That works for me. The neighbours on both sides have ponds. I
>>>>can release them the next day.
>>>
>>> We are not allowed to remove them from the property in my town,
>>> although we are allowed to dispatch them on it.
>>
>>I know nothing about raccoons. If you shoot them can you eat them?
>>
>>--
>
> There are gun discharge laws within the township, although a former
> neighbor, a cop, gladly volunteered his services when we were having
> some critter problems in years past.
>
> And yes, people eat them. Not I.
>
> http://www.backwoodsbound.com/zracoon.html
>
> I do not go near raccoons here, nor even things as seemingly innocuous
> as stray kitties. We've had rabies incidents within a few miles of the
> house.

Rabies! I don't blame you!

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"Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>If I get the soffit repaired, is the raccoon just going to come back and
>pull it down again? They said that about squirrels.
>

I would bet on him trying if he likes it there. have the roofer be
sure to fasten that piece very well. Might discourage them from
that spot. Hopefully the neighbor's soffits are easier to get off.

Jim