This am again the crows were making ALOT of noise (5am) ...so went outside & a racoon ran away...then headed north up the street. I then pretended to throw a rock towards the tree where the crows were at...& they scattered...
ynot ...good question & timely...today went into the shed & took everything out...boxes...janitor floor buckets...non working floor machines...old fishing rods used thru the years...etc...ON & ON.. (this shed is an old one that was here when we moved in...leaky roof etc...thus did some repairs ..guess I should of put a mouse trap in as well time to time as there was "mouse droppings all over the place")
Swept paper from boxes that were ripped by the racoon...& came across 3 dead raccoons...flies & odor. They were about 7-8 inches each. Well with all that I basically am throwing away 80% of the stuff...also got a pressure washer & blasted water everywhere...I have a stand up fan blowing in the shed right now & will leave on all night. (dead stinky baby racoons plus mice **** all over)
:oNot a job I want to do ever again
Not my idea of fun.
Will also put a mouse trap in there tomorrow with cheese as bait. (for present or future mice or rats.) Hopefully the racoon does not try to re-enter that shed...with their claws & with the thin siding...they I'm sure can create a new openning quite easily
Wife said she saw 2 racoons a few houses away the other night as she came home.
I like the story about the racoons coming in & having a snack nightly at the cat & dog bowl...(earlier post) Maybe if we had an acre of land & did not need that shed possibly I'd just let racoons take it over & even may leave them some food scraps .............
EDIT IN: Well this am the crows DID NOT gather in the tree & make TONS of noise so the racoon must have moved on to another location !!! YIPPIE. Think the problem is solved. But ya know LIFE...it's not if problems come...rather it's when problems come along............
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