Comments on: I don’t want these neighbors!

By: Slow Pitch Bats

Slow Pitch Bats — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:36:56 +0000

Trap and release is one of the most humane was to rid yourself of Racoons. But, sometimes the racoons have kits and some exterminators do not take the time to find them. This is a very cruel situation for the young ones. So be careful when using an exterminator make sure they look for the nest. Usually it is close by to where the critter is trapped.

By: curt

curt — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:33:47 +0000

susan — how about we hire this 5-year-old kid and his stepfather?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/05/rabid.fox.ap/index.html

wow.

By: Out, out damn stripes! « One-Woman Show

Out, out damn stripes! « One-Woman Show — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:59:44 +0000

[...] I don’t want these neighbors! [...]

By: curt

curt — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:13:38 +0000

breaking news on the neighborhood raccoon invasion.

I have spoken to a few more of our neighbors. and, supposedly:

- the varmints are here because one of our neighbors was feeding them. if true, this neighbor should be held in the gazebo so that we can throw rocks at him/her.
- a few of the raccoons were spotted down at a nearby house here in the ‘hood and, when the homeowner saw them, he called the police, who promptly responded and shot one of them dead. the responding police officer said that where we live is “infested” with raccoons.
- one of our neighbors was bitten by a raccoon that was supposedly rabid.

take that as you will.

for me, I think that it’s very unusual for these rodents, which are habitually nocturnal, to be so active during the day. and, they are very brazen — at least, the satanic one I came in contact with a couple of weeks ago was.

By: curt

curt — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:01:54 +0000

I have another option — hire carl spackler:

http://www.80stees.com/images/Halloween_Costumes/Caddyshack_Karl_Spackler.jpg

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:18:24 +0000

My parents had raccoons in their back yard – eating it – they call a pet externinator of sorts who trapped the raccoons and let them go somewhere else (or at least that’s what they told her as she is a HUGE softee for all animals).

The other stuff they tried – from the hardware stores – never worked. Actually more came because of whatever they used because they ended up liking it.

Good luck!!

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:37:29 +0000

Hi, all. Thanks for your tips and empathy. I really have nothing against raccoons, but I’m living in a state of high alert (orange, not red) worried that they will somehow find their way into my house, or that I’ll never be able to open my patio door again without having a new guest rip through the screen and pull up a chair at the dinner table. (If they could help me cook, I might reconsider.) Anyway, bought some Critter Ridder at Lowe’s. It’s not supposed to kill them or anything; only repel them with the odor and taste of black pepper. I figured I’d wait until the weekend and then spray it around. That will give the babies a chance to gain some strength before they have to high-tail it out of there.

BTW, Mamcita, the carcass I found was another baby r. that didn’t make it.

So if the Critter Ridder doesn’t work, I’ll evaluate other options. More details on suburban wildlife than I’m sure you want to know, but there it is.

PS. Sheri, I’ll be sure to tell you whether the Critter Ridder works, but I’m pretty sure the label said it would be harmful to humans. Now don’t let me catch you running out to buy some!

By: Sophie

Sophie — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:32:37 +0000

I have no idea; I wish I did to help you out. In such circumstances, I usually decide that outsourcing is the best, and I call The Experts. Have you looked in the Yellow Pages yet? Hmmmm… what category would that be under… Pest control… Neighbors, exterminate… Animal (tho’ cute) removal…

By: Mamacita

Mamacita — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:31:29 +0000

So what was that carcass? The father?

I am also partnered with a man who is a member of the NRA, who likes fishing and sees “guns” the way a child would see “teddy bear.”

Last week he was driving us somewhere when we ran over this possum. I have never driven over an animal. There was a hideous bump. He, however, kept driving.

By: Sheri

Sheri — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:34:15 +0000

I thought for sure this would be an article I could relate to. I’m ready to get rid of our neighbor, however it is a critter of the human kind that you cannot remove with coyote urine, let alone any kind of urine. Very much like a raccoon, he leaves his trash everywhere and manages to stink up the place. He digs holes around his house and manages to shack up with different female species on occasion. Are we really so different??

P.S. I guess this now explains my love for FarSide cartoons.