afsipmh@cidsv01.cid.aes.doe.CA (05/06/91)
Sorry if this isn't quite the proper forum but: I have a raccoon and its pups in my attic. I could catch/kill the mother but this would not deal with the pups and I can't get at them where they are. Before I take drastic/violent action I want to give them a chance of leaving by harassing them sufficiently. My question is how long before the young are mobile enough to leave the nest? Harming them in any way will be a last resort. Is there a way of "smoking" them out? -- Pat Hertel Canadian Meteorological Centre Analyst/Programmer 2121 N. Service Rd. phertel@cmc.aes.doe.ca Dorval,Quebec Environment Canada CANADA H9P1J3
mmvvmm@mixcom.COM (Daniel Offutt) (05/09/91)
afsipmh@cidsv01.cid.aes.doe.CA writes: >Sorry if this isn't quite the proper forum but: > I have a raccoon and its pups in my attic. Go buy a box of mothballs, grind them up (to increase the surface area), and spread them in your attic where you can sweep them up later. Close all the windows in your attic, but leave a small opening -- an easy path out of the attic for the raccoons. You might want to try to seal the rest of the house off from the attic. Then wait. As the naphthalene fumes become more concentrated in the attic, the raccoons should become more and more inclined to leave.
kell@cs.albany.edu (Brian A. Kell) (05/10/91)
In article <710@mixcom.COM>, mmvvmm@mixcom.COM (Daniel Offutt) writes: > Go buy a box of mothballs, grind them up (to increase the surface area), and > spread them in your attic where you can sweep them up later. > [...] As the naphthalene fumes become more > concentrated in the attic, the raccoons should become more and more inclined > to leave. Mothballs are really good at keeping bunnies from eating your lettuce plants, too. brian kell