i need some help (Coon content)

[wareagle]

looking for some suggestions and/or remedies to get this bitch out..

i have one racoon that is starting a home and maybe a family in my attic right above my bedroom. i am 100% positive that it is a coon and not some other creature for many reasons ie i have seen this bitch in my yard at dusk on multiple occasions. well we all know that it's spring time and they have babies in the spring, so i need to act fast assuming sh? hasnt given birth yet.

there are a few problems....i dont know where her access point is located...she is in the part of the attic that i cannot get to...i dont want to pay 500 bones for a professional to come out when i think i can do it myself. i have heard a trap with sardines works...since they sleep during the day and nobody is home, i know someone that played rush limbaugh at high volumes right under their den and it drove them out...i could release my dogs in the attic, but i dont want rabies or insulation issues with my dogs

i need to act fast before the mom gives birth! :scared

 

[neverteaseit]

i seen on a home show the other day of a strobe light u can put in your attic and it will get rid of all rodents including racoons but i cannot find this on the internet currently

 

[Blazer]

This thread is destined for trouble.....

 

[Mjolnir]

there must be a way to get them out of your attic without killing them. hope it works out.

 

[The Boys]

This should work:

 

[kneifl]

Just don't let him find that new dog of yours......

kneifl

 

[vinnie]

where's them coons

 

[Looselugs]

Ebay has you answer!

item number 7232216470 racoon trap.

I`ve used these they work! You might catch your neighbors cat but if you get up early enough they will never know.

 

[SixFive]

here's a serious response. Your city/county where you live will have some sort of animal control officer. That person is probably associated with the police or sherrif's dept. Call him and tell him what you have going on. Secondly, if that person isn't going to help, there is a live trap style on the market called a "Have-a-Heart" trap. Coons are not difficult to catch, and you can probably do that on your own and then transport it to a different location. Google when a coon normally has it's young, or look closely and if it's a female, see if it's teets are engorged/large and therefore nursing. If it is, then the young will most likely die and rot and stink in your attic.

Lastly, I'm not totally convinced you have a coon in your attic. Is it at night or during the day that you hear the noises? If the noises are at night, I bet it's not a coon. If the noises are during the day, then maybe so. Sounds more like a squirrel problem to me, especially if you hear it at night, and because they are more prone to get in attics. Keep us informed.

 

[K-LINE]

Wareagle, if you can get close enough to where it is in your attic try throwing some moth balls around. the smell i have heard will run them out.

Cheap route even if it doesn't work.

gl
k-line

 

[wareagle]

Lastly, I'm not totally convinced you have a coon in your attic. Is it at night or during the day that you hear the noises? If the noises are at night, I bet it's not a coon. If the noises are during the day, then maybe so. Sounds more like a squirrel problem to me, especially if you hear it at night, and because they are more prone to get in attics. Keep us informed.

thanks 6.5...

only hearing them at the crack of dawn in the morning, not all night, like my wife thinks. my thought is that they are on their way in to sleep during the day.

i have seen the same coon in my front yard at dusk on multiple occasions! i also busted this bitch eating my tomatoes and peppers last summer!

i am going to try and listen for babies as soon as i get home this afternoon and look for coon hair as well as an entry/exit point

you're right it "could" be squirrels, those rat bastards have had a history in the house from the previous owner, but i just feel that this is a momma coon either who just had babies or is looking for somewhere to give birth.

 

[neverteaseit]

when all else fails go to the ole reliable CONIBEAR.

 

[THE KOD]

 

[lawtchan]

look for coon hair as well as an entry/exit point

check between its legs
:com: :com: :com: :com:

 

[wareagle]

check between its legs
:com: :com: :com: :com:

:s1: :s1: :s1:

 

[ELVIS]

looking for some suggestions and/or remedies to get this bitch out..

i have one racoon that is starting a home and maybe a family in my attic right above my bedroom. i am 100% positive that it is a coon and not some other creature for many reasons ie i have seen this bitch in my yard at dusk on multiple occasions. well we all know that it's spring time and they have babies in the spring, so i need to act fast assuming sh? hasnt given birth yet.

there are a few problems....i dont know where her access point is located...she is in the part of the attic that i cannot get to...i dont want to pay 500 bones for a professional to come out when i think i can do it myself. i have heard a trap with sardines works...since they sleep during the day and nobody is home, i know someone that played rush limbaugh at high volumes right under their den and it drove them out...i could release my dogs in the attic, but i dont want rabies or insulation issues with my dogs

i need to act fast before the mom gives birth! :scared

:mj07:


wareagle, i know it is not funny, but that write up made me laugh. i thought you lived in upscale Memphis...... :scared

j/k anyway i don't knwo what to suggest, btu would like to know what you do and how it comes out.

 

[Franky Wright]

This thread is destined for trouble.....

:mj07: :mj07: :mj07:

I agree, and it still has been fairly tame :fit01:

 

[beantownjim]

IF I WAS YOU I WOULD GO OUTSIDE IN YOUR BACKYARD AND COOK SOME RIBS AND BELIEVE ME EVERY COON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL SHOW UP :scared MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF WIBS THESE COONS JUST CANT RESIST RIBS JUST DONT TELL THEM WHERE YOUR LAWNMOWER IS I HAD A COON STEAL MINE.I HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM WHEN MY DUMB RUSSIAN NEIGHBOR (YURI) STARTED THROWING OUT MEAT AND BREAD I BOUGHT A TRAP AND IT WORKED GREAT I CAUGHT 3 OF THEM.


ALWAYS SLEEP WITH YOUR HANDS ABOVE THE COVERS THIS WAY YOU WONT BE TEMPTED TO TOUCH YOUR WEINER :SIB