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To: Peach who wrote (15228)	7/29/2001 5:20:03 PM
From: Lost1	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15481

I hate raccoons too. Although they have that cool bandit look going for them they are very destructive and dirty as hell. CATFOOD!! That is the 1st thing to change....can't leave it outside if you have coons and since you are on a greenbelt there is truly an endless supply. I like the lime idea...or chili powder. I used to have a problem with them getting in the attic..using the "Have a Heart" trap got a bit old after a few trips to the BArton Creek GB for release. They will chew and tear everything they can reach. Squirrels too..hate em

To: Peach who wrote (15228)	7/29/2001 6:36:12 PM
From: HG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15481

The funniest episode is about a baby rat in our garage once. My husband bought a trap and set it up. We all heard the trap snap and ran to see the results...and there he was, a little rat trapped with his head caught up between the steel wires. He looked he was....ummm.......really.......ummmmm......trapped ! My daughter ran and rescued him and started howling how cruel daddy was to put a sweet little baby rat thru the trauma....she wept and wept and screamed "How could you ?" at him, again and again. HappyDood just muttered something under his breath about the trials and tribulations of living with a houseful of hysterical mushy women and left the room...feeling guilty as hell....<g> She coaxed and nursed it back to life over the next few day...and Master Rat was released into a dumpyard a few days later.... Dood's learnt to live with us now...and rarely commits any such acts of.....violence...but despite tearful outbursts from my daughter, he draws the line at collecting spiders and releasing them into the wild...and he even swats and sprays flies instead of chasing them out the door....well, she's working on him though !!!! LOL