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To: Gottfried who wrote (11189)	12/19/2001 12:17:08 PM
From: The Ox	Respond to of 23153

OT Wolf or coyote piss. I'm not joking but I am laughing. If none is available, you might try a large dog but I've been told that dog's urine is much less effective.

To: Gottfried who wrote (11189)	12/19/2001 12:28:10 PM
From: kodiak_bull	Respond to of 23153

OT: Very very interesting article by Maybury on UBL as mastermind/masterbanker of terrorism. Click on the top link, fyi: chaostan.com

To: Gottfried who wrote (11189)	12/19/2001 12:31:03 PM
From: kodiak_bull	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 23153

GF: Unfortunately, cat food is raccoon food, they are indistinguishable. My suggestion is your neighbor pays $50 for one of those catch 'em alive traps, puts fishy catfood in it, and slowly catches the family of raccoons. Now, you can either put these nasties in your truck and drive them 50 miles away so that they'll end up as roadkill, or you can fill a plastic trashcan with water and just submerge the trap in it for about 10 minutes. Toss nonfunctioning raccoon in the forest and reload trap. Lather, rinse, repeat. Kb

To: Gottfried who wrote (11189)	12/19/2001 12:37:10 PM
From: Libbyt	Respond to of 23153

OT* OT* A neighbor wants to keep the raccoons from coming into his garage where his cat's food is. What is a good repellent? I often take care of my neighbor's cat when she is traveling. I've found that taking my very large dog with me to feed the cat, and leaving on a light and t.v. (or maybe a radio?) tends to keep the raccoons away. The raccoons have actually come into the house through the cat door from the garage, but they tend to not want to have an "up close and personal" meeting with the dog! (Actually her cat "feels" the same way!)

To: Gottfried who wrote (11189)	12/19/2001 1:28:39 PM
From: upanddown	Respond to of 23153

Gottfried Tell your neighbor to keep the cat food inside the house. I can tell you from painful experience that it is best to leave no food source in the garage. If the raccoons can get in, so can those nasty rodents and they like to settle in and stay a while. John

To: Gottfried who wrote (11189)	12/19/2001 2:10:12 PM
From: Edmond Katonica	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23153

Dry Blood which you can get in any good Garden shop

To: Gottfried who wrote (11189)	12/20/2001 7:08:53 PM
From: diana g	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23153

<<OT>> Raccoons Hi Gottfried, I think a metal container is the only way to succeed. A steel trash can with lid secured with a moderately heavy spring will work. Or else keep the cat food in the house. I used to have a visiting wild raccoon who would bring food to me at my cabin. He kind-of made exchanges with me. He would bring found items and take other food, especially Cheerios, which he was very fond of. This started because I left out food scraps for whatever animals might find them (My cabin is very remote, so there are none of the potential problems this would cause in a suburb.) The raccoon started coming regularly, and for reasons of his own he left things, usually roots or berries or such. Once he left a half ear of corn which he must have carried a long way since the nearest corn field was more than a mile off. I started leaving a trail of Cheerios from the flat rock outside where I usually left food scraps up to the cabin & into the open door. He entered warily at first following the Cheerio trail, but after a while he would walk in unfearing every few days & take Cheerios right from my hand. They have really neat paws that are like little hands. I would hold out a Cheerio between thumb & index finger. He would reach out his paw & very gently take it from me. Raccoons are smart & bold critters. They can be a nuisance in some circumstances, but it isn't too hard to deny them access to stuff by using secure lids on metal cans. regards, diana