Way OT: Dealing with criminal trash pandas
Raccoons have a huge range, so you have to take them like 30 miles to keep them from coming back.
Good luck. I hate those trash pandas.
April 28th, 2018 at 10:05 AM ^
April 28th, 2018 at 12:53 PM ^
April 28th, 2018 at 11:27 AM ^
Or just get rid of the bird feeder.
April 28th, 2018 at 11:55 AM ^
April 28th, 2018 at 10:31 AM ^
getting rid of the racoons isn't going to work. Get used to them. Maybe try installing the feeder on top of a pole. Less racoons/birdshit on deck.
I'll go with this response. If its not racoons, the squirrels will eat anything - everything - you put out for birds. Have you actually seen the racoons? They don't usually go after bird feeders, anyway, they'd prefer the birds (and your trash cans). Squirrels, OTOH... If some bird nests get destroyed, look at racoon nation. If bird food is getting torn up, probably squirrels.
In either case, learn to live with it because nature lives in the woods. You can't just relocate the entirety of woodsland animal life, and something else will piss you off next week.
Wait for the deer to start eating your flowers...
And they are cunning.
April 28th, 2018 at 12:00 PM ^
April 28th, 2018 at 11:20 AM ^
A big part of the problem is Toronto's recycling program, which gives everybody green bins to put food and other organic waste out for recycling. The idea is that this will get made into compost, which can be sold. The old green bins were thoughtfully easy to open, so of course it ended up being a racoon feeding program as well.
In the last couple of years the city has been introducing racoon-proof green bins. Shortly after they were introduced, though, the racoons had figured out how to open them. I imagine a racoon somewhere getting rich with a seminar on how to open them.
So, this is going to be a recurring problem, as you have a great food source - the birdfeeder. Even if you remove the current (1? 3? 10?) racoons after it, next year or the year after, some more will find it and you're back to square 1
The best way to solve the problem is to remove the food source. Buuuut since you probably really like watching the birds at the feeder, the next best solution would be to try to racoon proof it via hanging on a wire, shields, etc. Lots of ideas online on how to do this
If you're dead set on the sisyphean battle of leaving the feeder as is, and only dealing directly with the racoons, the hav-a-hart traps work well. Bait with peanut butter and marshmallows
Like CTS said, you have to take them a long ways to get rid of them, which presents several problems - you are transporting a critter that could have parasites/disease, which is not the best. Also you're transporting it out of its home range, which can result in low survival rates of translocated racoons. Third, you generally are not permitted to release them on public land in most states, which means you are stuck breaking the law, or need to get permission from someone 10+ miles away
April 28th, 2018 at 11:17 PM ^
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Ces bâtards de rats! Quoi qu'il en soit, laisser tomber ceci ici.
Deux joueurs qui ont fait le voyage à Paris finiront par transférer. Le moment reste à déterminer.
This is what worries me about these European excursions:
One trip to Paris and the whole team will come back sounding like Pepe Le Pew.
From the DNR hunting and regulations handbook.
edit: whoops. Didn't read your whole post. The only way to get rid of racoons is to eliminate the food source.
Again. What the fuck is wrong with you?
If you find yourself repeatedly asking people "what the fuck is wrong with you?" you should strongly consider the possibility that "what the fuck is wrong" is not, in fact, with them.
April 28th, 2018 at 12:47 PM ^
Bullet to the head is always the most humane but the OP said no firearms
April 28th, 2018 at 10:54 AM ^
I've dealth with dozens and dozens of them in my life. If you don't have the ability to secure your trash, which isn't really that hard, then you need to learn to shoot. Aside from opossums, they are the easiest pest animal to shoot and kill. Drowning them or poisoning them is in no way humane.
April 28th, 2018 at 11:04 AM ^